1. 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

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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?

6. Problems/solutions in running the surveyBE
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

7. 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

8. 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?

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

10. Questions
Any other issues you need our assistance?

11. Thank you!