Experience of the MAs with the structured survey on end recipients FEAD Evaluation Partnership meeting 26 October, 2017 Jiri Polasek Evaluation and Impact Assessment Unit DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

Feedback provided in the follow-up survey after previous partnership 22 responses – 19 OP1 (of 24) and 3 OPII (of 4).

Structured survey of the end recipients will be performed by? OPI ONLY Fully outsourced 15 Outsourced+ PO 1 (CZ) Outsourced + MA 1 (FI) PO+MA 1 (IE) PO only 1 (BE) Total 19

Additional questions introduced by 8 MS (1/2) BE opinion about the products received BG effectiveness of the accompanying measures the satisfaction with quality and type of foodstuffs EL In the process of setting questionnaire IT NGOs profile, their previous experiences in the field of food aids, frequency of their services, number of end recipients, networking with the local services, their opinion on the programme level of education of end recipients, civil status, if she/he has children and how many, health conditions, working status, their observations/remarks

Additional questions introduced by 8 MS (2/2) PL fields of co-operation between partner organisation and social assistance centres in FEAD, availability of food aid for people with reduced mobility, any difficulties that organisation faces when it comes to distribution ES measuring the impact and change in personal circumstances LV Information channels, Coverage by distributing points, Usefulness and sufficiency, obstacles in using/receiving aid, opinion concerning changing of the package content, saved money LT PO: 5% flat rate sufficiency, coverage of homeless, usefulness for target groups Recipients: support is important and useful?

Problems/solutions in running the survey BE Some questions appear to be very sensitive (for example about the housing situation of the end beneficiary). LV Face to face interviews are better at preserving human dignity, use of phone interviews PL Some reluctance of PO to conduct surveys, End recipients initially reserved IE PO have better chances of responses No major issues reported by others

Reporting of results 2017 01/18 02/18 03/18 06/18 AT, BE, CZ, ES, EL, IE, IT, LU, PT, PL 01/18 SK, EE 02/18 BG, FI, HR, SI 03/18 LV, LT 06/18 FR

Guidance requests If possible more information around the selection of a sample from an unknown population that is commensurate to the annual expenditure Question B13 is ambiguous and should be more clear what kind of support should be considered here. Question B13. Could you please tell me if you and or your household are receiving assistance from other organisations?

Survey of end recipients OPII All 3 countries (NL, DE and DK) are planning to carry out survey but they will use different questions

Questions Any other issues you need our assistance?

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