Your feedback on the FEAD Evaluation partnership meetings 27 April, 2018 Andris Skrastins Evaluation and Impact Assessment Unit DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

Feedback provided in the follow-up survey after previous partnership 13 responses received; 10 OP I (with 2 replies for single country) 2 OP II Participation in other FEAD events Network Expert Group Always 8 6 Usually 3 Never 2 1

Rating of the elements: IT system to register to the meetings (AGM) Good 11 Satisfactory 2 Organisation of files on CIRCABC Good 7 Satisfactory 5 Poor 1

Rating of the elements: Pre-meeting information (timeliness, clarity, completeness) Good 5 Satisfactory 8 Possibilities to introduce items for discussion in the agenda Good 9 Satisfactory 4 Possibilities to express views and opinions Good 12 Satisfactory 1

Frequency of the meetings Right frequency 12 Too seldom 1 Partnership meetings to be held in conjunction with other FEAD events (multiple answers) with FEAD Expert Group 8 with FEAD Network 6 Should be separate events 4

Comments and suggestions - Material should be made available 5 working days before the meeting (5 comments) - Meeting to be held at least twice a year (2 comments) - More interactivity and MS presentations (2 comments) - Meetings should focus around 1 central topic (1 comment) - Hold Evaluation meetings back to back with FEAD Network and Expert Group (1 comment in addition to specific question) - Meetings should be whole day events (1 comment)

Interest in project visits in other Member States Interested 10 Occasionally 1 No No answer Meetings are held in English without translation Content 11 No 2

Holding meetings in Other Member States Yes 7 Occasionally 5 No 1 Willing to help hosting Partnership meeting in your Member State Yes 7 (single response used for the 2 respondents from single country) No 4 No answer 1

Issues should be covered by Evaluation partnerships (multiple replies possible) Sharing of evaluation experiences by Member States 11 Practical experience in other Member states in conducting surveys of the end recipients 9 Information on the work of Commission in relation to FEAD 6 More academic information on the evaluation methodology (tutorials etc) 7 Practical experience in dealing with specific topics (such as accompanying measures, food donations etc) More practical help with difficulties faced with during evaluations 5 Dissemination of results (use of data visualization techniques etc) 4 External experts on particular topics (such as data collection on minors, tackling of disadvantaged communities such as Roma) Practical experiences in collecting storing and reporting of data

Other suggested topics for discussions Practical experience / help with concrete actions in the FEAD specificities such as tenders, how to include social clauses, etc. What kind of evaluation should we strive for, how to tackle the problem of "one-size-fits-all" results, results that show only positive impact, need to embed evaluation in project design Rigidity of structured survey dates which do not serve the purpose of evaluating and showing results More content related to OP II

The partnership should have more Open round-table discussions 9 Workshops and working group sessions 8 Plenary sessions and presentations 7 Social and networking events 4 Face to face events 3 E-environment discussions/platforms such as Yammer groups -

Other issues beyond monitoring and evaluation No guidance on communication, promotion of FEAD activities without stigmatizing patronising end-recipients, use of social media and the web FEAD has no logo Need to feel confident that we have clarified or learned new things

Overall appreciation of the Partnership Very good 7 Good 6 FEAD helped to gain knowledge and expand network YES 9 Partially 4 Positive appreciation voiced also in the open comments (5 responses)

Main take-aways More presentations from MS and open discussions Workshops for the thematic issues (OPII, tendering etc) More regular meetings (minimum twice per year) Holding meetings in conjunction with FEAD Expert group (as today) Holding them in other MS (in future) More timely provision of invitations, agendas and documents for discussions!!! Comments beyond M&E will be relayed to the FEAD network

Thank you!