Presentation of results of the Analysis of the bilateral relations within the EEA and Norwegian Grants 4. 10. 2016 Eva Vavřínková

General information The aim: evaluate bilateral cooperation between Czech entities and entities from donor states (from June 2011 to June 2015) Programme level, Project level Company Ernst & Young, s.r.o. October – December 2015 Respondent representatives: Programme operator, Czech programme partner, Donor state programme partner, Beneficiaries, Partners of beneficiaries in donor states, The National Focal Point, The Norwegian Embassy in Prague

Areas of the evaluation Creation of partnership Execution of partnership during project implementation Development of partnership after the project completion / beyond the scope of the projects

Evaluation questions The following set of evaluation questions was chosen for the Project Evaluation question categories Evaluation questions Creation of partnership How were potential partners identified / selected? How were mandatory / predetermined partners selected? How was cooperation with a partner established? What were the problem areas in the search for partners? What were the problem areas in negotiating partnerships? Execution of partnership during project implementation What was the manner of partner cooperation during project / programme implementation? What were the benefits of partner cooperation during project / programme implementation? What were the most common obstacles / problem areas of partner engagement? Development of partnership after project completion / independent of project implementation How does the partnership continue on projects / programmes after the grant is exhausted? What are the reasons for ending the partnership after the grant is exhausted? What is the partnership benefit beyond project / programme implementation?

Results 167 addressed beneficaries (106 resoponses) 155 addressed project partners (75 responses)

Identification of partners

Problematic areas of creation of partnership 1 2 3 4 Limited capacities of project partners 5 Administrativ e burden of programme Limited time for preparation/ creation of partnership Competences between partners . Limited communicati on due to the distance

Involvement of partner – perception of beneficiary

Obstacles for greater partner ivolvement Other obstacles Short time for the implementation of projects Different setting of reporting of grants Insufficient setting / definition of cooperation during creation of partnerships Limited personal contact

Further cooperation with partner Would you realize the project with same conditions and same partner? Do you plan to continue with the cooperation after the end of the financial support?

Benefits of partnership beyond the project scope

Recommendations (creation of partnership) Database of potential partners Analysis of relevant programmes Up-to date database Timely provision of information about the need of partnerships Enhancement of cooperation with partners at programme level Time schedule of the calls Information about the need of partnership is communicated in advance Increased cooperation on promotional activities Capacity building

Recommendations (Execution of partnership) Providing documentation in both language versions Greater involvement of partner in the preparation of project Instruction for financial reporting, exchange rates, timesheets Provision of all documentation in both language versions Greater participation in the project preparation Sufficient information about all aspects of cooperation

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