EQUALITY FOR WOMEN MEASURE Networking & Support Event 6 th October 2011 Investing in your Future

What is Covered?  Background  Current state of play (EWM Year 1 & 2)  Monitoring Requirements  Information & Publicity Requirements  Evaluation 1

Background 2 EWM is a funding initiative to support a programme of positive actions to foster greater gender equality Strategic Aim – To advance the role of women in the Irish economy and in decision making at all levels in accordance with the National Women's Strategy 2007 – 2016

Funding EWM is funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) through the Human Capital Investment Operational Programme and the Department of Justice and Equality Human Capital Investment Operational Programme 2007 – Pobal is managing the implementation of the initiative in collaboration with the Department 3

4 EWM Strands / Aims & Objectives Strand 1: Access to Employment Strand 2: Developing Female Entrepreneurship Strand 3: Career Development for Women in Employment

EWM Target Groups: 5 newly unemployed women women returning to work long-term unemployed women women early school leavers women in employment women in business women in leadership/management roles women experiencing multiple disadvantage Age Profile: Women 18 years and over

EWM Year 1 Following an open call for applications in June 2010 – total of 41 projects funded up until 30 th June 2011 to deliver practical, customised developmental supports Projects received funding of up to €50,000 Further funding dependent on the availability of funding and the achievement of pre-agreed annual targets 6

EWM Year 2 Existing projects had the opportunity to apply for funding under EWM Year 2 Tight timeframe for EWM funded groups to submit Year 2 proposals 40 projects funded up until 30 th April 2012 to continue existing projects in line with original proposals Further funding post April 2012? 7

EWM Monitoring Requirements All projects are required to complete the following reports:  ESF/HCIOP Annual Progress Report (calendar year)  End of Year Project Report (project/funding year)  Pobal Financial Returns (6-monthly) Site Visits - Number of projects randomly selected for Department Site Visit or Pobal Verification Visit which includes monitoring and financial verification checks 8

ESF/HCIOP Annual Progress Report Projects are required to report on Performance Indicators, which include: Project Outputs  No. of project participants (All strands) Project Result (post project)  No. of women taking up employment/ further training (Str 1)  No. of women who have moved to early stage entrepreneurship (Str 2) 9

ESF Annual Progress Report contd/... Performance Indicators also include: Project Impact (1 year post project)  No. of women still in employment/education (Str 1)  No. of women still engaged in entrepreneurship (Str 2)  No. of women who have advanced their careers (Str 3) Project Participants  Collation of data contained in the individual ‘Questionnaire to Gather Participant Data for the European Commission’ which is completed by each project participant 10

Projects are also required to provide qualitative information, which relates to: Project Progress  Details of individual project achievements and challenges  Any Reports/Studies/Publications completed ESF/HCIOP Report is completed on a calendar year basis. Projects currently submit information to Pobal on Word/ Excel Templates Data for the 2011 report to be submitted in Feb 2012 Exploring possibility of each project completing an annual online survey to gather this data 11 ESF Annual Progress Report contd/...

End of Year Project Report End of Year Project Report is completed at the end of each funding year (Year 2 report due in May 2012) Requires projects to undertake an annual review on progress against Project Plan in relation to :  Completed actions/outputs  Project achievements / challenges  Beneficiary Targets 12

Information & Publicity Requirements Clear acknowledgement to be given to the support of the European Social Fund under the HCIOP and the Dept of Justice and Equality (as per Grant Contract) Acknowledgement required in all aspects of publicity, promotional and information Projects must adhere to the ESF ‘Information and Publicity Guidelines’ – available on & Failure to comply with the Guidelines may result in the loss of funding Relevant logos must be used on all publicity materials and activities 13

Use of Logos Logos must be used in the following order of priority:  Horizontal - Ireland EU Structural Funds logo on left, ESF logo in centre, Department of Justice and Equality logo on right  Vertical - Ireland EU Structural Funds at top, ESF logo in centre, Department logo at bottom  ESF tagline “Investing in your future” should be placed underneath the logos and centred Optional logos: own organisation, Gender Equality & Pobal Logos available from Pobal website Publications/material must contain the relevant logos with an accompanying text: This project is funded under the Equality for Women Measure , with funding from the European Social Fund (ESF) through the Human Capital Investment Operational Programme and the Department of Justice and Equality 14

Evaluation Project Level Evaluation - Evaluation costs are ineligible  Evaluation should form part of the normal programme activity for projects  Annual Project Plan require projects to outline an Evaluation plan, which includes developing an evaluation baseline Programme Level Evaluation - No evaluation budget provided at programme level  No Monitoring & Evaluation Framework in place to enable evaluation of programme outcomes 15

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