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... The evaluation project
“Evaluation of CIP EQUAL Transnational Cooperation Principle” commissioned
by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic (MoLSA)
took place in the period from April to October 2008 in the territory
of the Czech Republic and ten European Union (EU) countries, to be specific,
in Austria, in Germany, in Poland, in Slovakia, in the Netherlands,
in the United Kingdom, in Portugal, in Spain, in Italy and in France.
The individual evaluation steps, i.e. analysis of documents, questionnaire
survey, evaluation visits and interviews, case studies, focus groups,
SWOT and process analysis took place in accordance with the stipulated
time schedule. The evaluation output was in total six reports (including
this Final Report), which, in accordance with the stipulated time schedule
and the contract, answered the individual evaluation tasks and questions. ...
... The evaluation project
“Evaluation of CIP EQUAL Transnational Cooperation Principle” commissioned
by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic (MoLSA)
took place in the period from April to October 2008 in the territory
of the Czech Republic and ten European Union (EU) countries, to be specific,
in Austria, in Germany, in Poland, in Slovakia, in the Netherlands,
in the United Kingdom, in Portugal, in Spain, in Italy and in France.
The individual evaluation steps, i.e. analysis of documents, questionnaire
survey, evaluation visits and interviews, case studies, focus groups,
SWOT and process analysis took place in accordance with the stipulated
time schedule. The evaluation output was in total six reports (including
this Final Report), which, in accordance with the stipulated time schedule
and the contract, answered the individual evaluation tasks and questions. ...
... Jan Kroupa, Czech Republic ...
... Václav Misterka, Czech Republic ...
... Jiří Pstružina, Czech Republic ...
... Linda Skolková, Czech Republic ...
... Jakub Štogr, Czech Republic ...
... Josef Štogr, Czech Republic, Slovakia ...
... Petra Štogrová Jedličková (head
of the evaluation team), Czech Republic ...
... Czech Republic ...
... This citation and the following mentioned citations come out from the coordinators of the transnational cooperation (as the case may be of the whole project) of the individual partnership organisations in the Czech Republic. ...
... In the course of the
whole evaluation it also showed up that the Community Initiative Programme
EQUAL had impacted in a specific context in the Czech Republic and it
had interfered with it quite significantly. Without the framework understanding
of this context it is neither possible to interpret the results nor
to understand the findings. The following aspects of more general
framework of the programme effects have shown up as the most substantial: ...
... Non-profit organisations
in the Czech Republic are still unstable altogether as regards the sources
of financing insomuch that the overwhelming majority of them practice
the crisis management permanently instead of the strategic management.
Reserves, own free sources that would not be spent in the operation
and, above all prospect of any more stable financing with a more long-term
perspective are missing completely. The situation is different in the implementation
agencies that came into existence without their own mission for the
purpose of “implementation” of the European projects and do not
follow wider objectives or topics – these do not need to “feed”
from the projects the operation of the insufficiently financed non-profit
organisations and the administrative demands do not burden them excessively
– account of them has been taken since the beginning (it means the
funds for a coordinator’s and administrator’s salary are really
used in this way and it is not necessary to pay from them normal employees
of the organisation, who shall then “administer” the project
somehow aside – in addition to their normal duties). ...
... The comparison among
the Czech Republic and the other EU countries included in the evaluation
is interesting, above all because it has not been possible to trace
any considerable difference in the respondents’ reactions to the same
questions and themes; however, it is possible to trace the differences
in comparable extent of cases, namely the substantial ones. The individual
partial differences may be followed best in the results of the questionnaire
investigation; however, it may be stated in general that the differences
resulting from “maturity” and “immaturity” are concerned –
namely both in good and bad meaning. Maturity and self-confidence of
the senior EU Member States bring, on the one hand, well-established
procedures, beaten tracks, proved methods, rich experience with partnership,
well-established work culture that is not based on personal relations,
open communication with partners, namely including authorities and institutions,
etc. However, it may bring at the same time certain routinism, lack
of interest in the gist of the matter and endeavour to maintain the
status quo, excessively established character and commonplace conterminous
to becoming stale. Compared to that, the “immaturity” of the newer
Member States carries round immaturity and instability of the environment,
which almost is not ready to absorb the aid of similar extent, clientelism
or servility towards authorities and at the same time unprofessionality
of officials, unproven procedures, incomparable conditions, lack of
data, unreflected own tradition, etc. on the one hand, but on the other
hand it may be a source of unexpected innovation, unusual interest in
the matter and resolve to do something for it, great drive, willingness
to learn and absorb new things, endeavour to show oneself in front of
the others, innovative approaches and the like. ...
... All of it – the better
an the worse – clashed in various extent and various proportions within
the framework of the transnational cooperation within the framework
of the evaluated projects, and it is possible to state with certainty
that it was very inspiring and that the international partnership within
the CIP EQUAL framework was appreciated as high in the Czech Republic
as in the other participating European countries. ...
... The information and communication
background of the programme management and implementation was, within
the framework of the Czech Republic, criticised by all the participating
parties: the monitoring system was perceived rather as repression than
as assistance, the databases of projects and partners were not updated
regularly and an outline of the created products was missing completely.
But at the same time both parties were learning during the programme
implementation and they were improving these tools together. ...
... The transnational cooperation
becomes complicated due to the language barrier, namely in several aspects.
There are states distinguishing with common knowledge of English (northern
countries but also Germany), others where the language knowledge complies
approximately to the status in the Czech Republic, in some countries
the knowledge of English is very low or these countries prefer their
national language for communication within the framework of the transnational
cooperation (the countries of the south). Interpreting is a significant
brake for the transnational cooperation within the programmes of this
type; however, it is necessary to differentiate, which participating
groups are concerned. The Czech participant ensured, as a rule, that
his representatives and his national partners’ representatives were
communicative for common contact and for research and development of
products. As regards the target group of the middle staff participating
in special cognitive and training events, then interpreting is a common
phenomenon. ...
... EU and ESF aid to the Czech Republic in the 2000–2006 period ...
... In the 2000-2006 EU
programming period two rounds of calls to submit CIP EQUAL grant applications
took place in the EU-15 Member Countries. The Czech Republic, as one
of two candidate countries, took part also in the first round announced
in 2001 in the Phare Programme. ...
... Since the accession
of the Czech Republic to the EU, the ESF it has been a tool of direct
EU aid to the Czech Republic in the area of human resources development,
labour and employability; the aid was implemented by means of the operational
programmes of the 2004-2006 programming period and by means of CIP EQUAL.
Drawing of the ESF funds in the Czech Republic and in the Capital City
of Prague was enabled by the following operational programmes: ...
... Since the accession
of the Czech Republic to the EU, the ESF it has been a tool of direct
EU aid to the Czech Republic in the area of human resources development,
labour and employability; the aid was implemented by means of the operational
programmes of the 2004-2006 programming period and by means of CIP EQUAL.
Drawing of the ESF funds in the Czech Republic and in the Capital City
of Prague was enabled by the following operational programmes: ...
... Since the accession
of the Czech Republic to the EU, the ESF it has been a tool of direct
EU aid to the Czech Republic in the area of human resources development,
labour and employability; the aid was implemented by means of the operational
programmes of the 2004-2006 programming period and by means of CIP EQUAL.
Drawing of the ESF funds in the Czech Republic and in the Capital City
of Prague was enabled by the following operational programmes: ...
... The Czech Republic participated
in the second round of the CIP EQUAL calls, financed by the ESF, on
the basis of the Community Initiative Programme EQUAL CZ (CIP EQUAL
CZ) after the accession of the Czech Republic to the EU in May 2004,
together with partners from other Member Countries. ...
... The Czech Republic participated
in the second round of the CIP EQUAL calls, financed by the ESF, on
the basis of the Community Initiative Programme EQUAL CZ (CIP EQUAL
CZ) after the accession of the Czech Republic to the EU in May 2004,
together with partners from other Member Countries. ...
... The Community Initiative
Programme EQUAL CZ, the MA of which became MoLSA and which was financed
of 73 % from the ESF and of 27 % from the state budget of the Czech Republic,
was approved by the European Commission in June 2004, namely for the
2004-2006 period; its implementation took place from June 2004 till
the end of August 2008; MoLSA is responsible for the CIP EQUAL CZ management. ...
... EU and ESF aid to the Czech Republic in the 2007–2013 period ...
... The ESF functions in
the Czech Republic also in the following programming period 2007–2013,
in which the financial means from the ESF were divided in three operational
programmes with their own managing authorities: ...
... The CIP EQUAL CZ budget
was EUR 43,973,880, i.e. ca CZK 1.4 billion (as it was already mentioned
above, of 73 % the ESF funds and of 27 % the funds of the state budget
of the Czech Republic were concerned). ...
... The CIP EQUAL Programme
had three implementation stages both in the Czech Republic and in the
partner countries – these were Actions 1, 2 and 3. The foreign partners
were both from the existing and new member countries. Besides their
national regulations and rules of the programmes, the common regulations
of the EU for the ESF and CIP EQUAL were valid for them. ...
... Condition for participation
in the CIP EQUAL CZ Programme was, accordingly with the other Member
Countries, creation of national development partnerships on the basis
of DPA and of the partnership for transnational cooperation on the basis
of TCA. According to the conditions of participation according to Chapter
2.1 of the Instructions for Applicants, an applicant could be a legal
person with a registered office in the Czech Republic representing DPA;
the conditions mentioned in the Instructions for Applicants related
to the partners, too. The projects had to have a non-profit character.
The project implementation was divided into three actions – Action
1 with the period of duration from one to five months, Actions 2 and
3 with simultaneous course in duration of 24–36 months. The Instructions
for Applicants specified eligibility of expenses and other terms and
conditions for the project budget. The grant amount for the individual
applicants was not specified; however, the condition was that it had
to correspond to the costs of the project activities. ...
... The technical assistance
is further used to support monitoring, audits and evaluation of the
activities carried out both in the Czech Republic as well as at the
Europe-wide level and for preparation of studies, seminars, information
events, collection, processing and dissemination of the obtained experience
and results. ...
... The framework strategic
document for the area of support from the EU Structural Funds is the
National Development Plan of the Czech Republic for the years 2004–2006. ...
... The main strategic documents
of the Czech Republic for the area of human resources development, employment
and social affairs are in particular: ...
... National Action Plan of Social
Inclusion of the Czech Republic; ...
... National Innovation Strategy
of the Czech Republic; ...
... The strategic documents
of the Government of the Czech Republic were incorporated in the CIP
EQUAL CZ Programme and in the program documents of the operational programmes.
In CIP EQUAL CZ it was by means of the following priorities: ...
... CIP EQUAL was implemented
in the whole EU territory, namely both in the developed and undeveloped
areas; also in the Czech Republic CIP EQUAL was implemented in the whole
territory. The transnational cooperation has showed up as possible and
beneficial. ...
... In the 2007–2013 period
it will be possible to apply in the Czech Republic advices from the
CIP EQUAL implementation in all forms of transnational cooperation based
on the partnership principles, in operational programmes and in other
Community initiatives. ...
... Except for the last
objective that is directed directly at the implementation structures
in the Czech Republic, all the other objectives relate both to the
Czech and foreign reality. Thus the evaluation focused primarily
on the assessment of the impact of the transnational cooperation financed
from the Czech sources, but these findings were compared with the findings
from ten selected EU countries, for the majority of the phenomena
being explored has (minimum) European dimension. ...
... Czech Republic (core of
the evaluation) ...
... Combination of the
data from graphs 8, 10, 25 and 27 mentioned in Annex 8.3 (the data for
all respondents and for the respondents only from the Czech Republic
are mentioned) ...
6.5 Topic 5: Analysis of interesting approaches and specific areas of HRD in other EU countries [go to this article ]
... In many respects it
was not been possible to trace any considerable difference among the
Czech Republic and the other EU countries, the respondents’ reactions
to the same questions and themes are similar in many aspects. ...
... However, it is possible
to trace some differences, namely substantial. These relate above all
to the extent of experience in the projects and partnership of the similar
type, while it is not possible to state unambiguously that greater experience
means higher effectiveness and project contribution at the same time.
The experience may play both positive and negative role. Nevertheless
it is possible to state already now that the international partnership
within the CIP EQUAL framework is appreciated as high in the Czech Republic
as in the other participating European countries. ...