Disability Activation Project MONITORING AND EVALUATION

Why monitor and evaluate? 1. Monitoring and evaluation is a requirement of the Disability Activation Project. 2. Monitoring and evaluation allows the project promoter to demonstrate how the project is meeting its overall aims, objectives and indicators. 3. Monitoring and evaluation provides an opportunity to identify and address difficult issues, as well as identifying “models of good practice.”

Monitoring Evaluation  Quarterly Progress Reports  ESF Report with June and Dec QR  Project Site Visits  Final Project Report  Self Evaluation  Programme Level Evaluation

Quarterly Progress Report  Must be submitted with each claim for expenditure  Update progress on:  Indicators  Project activity  Conditions  Publicity  To complete the report you will need to:  Keep Records of the individual participants  Keep attendance records for all events and activities

ESF Report – Performance Indicators Socio Economic Profile:  Gender  Regional Breakdown  Age  Disadvantaged Group (Disability)  Labour Market Status  Educational Attainment  Participants Entering / Leaving the project Horizontal Themes:  Social Inclusion  Gender Equality & Wider Equality Opportunity  Mainstreaming  Operating Environment

Definition of a Project Participant  Participants must be, 16 to 65 years of age, in receipt of disability/illness welfare payments and reside in the Border Midlands and Western (BMW) region.  Each participant must have a Personal Progression Plan developed.  Each Project participants details must be submitted to and agreed with the Department of Social Protection in advance of registering for the project. to:

FINAL REPORT Submitted at the end of the project with final claim Report Structure Review of the project taking account of the objectives, indicators and outcomes. Project challenges/un-foreseen events Learning from the project Project Sustainability

Evaluation Budget  Budget Changes  Maximum budget of €2,000  To set up monitoring and evaluation systems  Feed into the programme level evaluation

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