1. Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in the Czech Republic
Mainstreaming of CIP EQUAL results and evaluation of anti-discrimination policies in the Czech Republic
Vít Kettner
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in the Czech Republic

2. Anti-discrimination policies in the CZ ESF programmes 2004-2006
The social exclusion topic makes up a significant agenda of the programmes supported from ESF and from the state budget funds
As a part of the ESF programmes in the ( ) programming period projects were supported that were aimed at eliminating of discrimination and preventing of social exclusion in the
Operational Programme “Human Resources Development” Measure 2.1 – Integration of Specific Population Groups at Risk of Social Exclusion (174 grant projects; app EUR)
in the Single Programming Document for Objective 3 – the Capital City of Prague (120 grant projects; app EUR)
in the EQUAL Community Initiative Programme (74 projects; EUR)

3. EQUAL – mainstreaming process
National mainstreaming strategy: implementation regularly monitored/evaluated and strategy adjusted
Main strategic tools:
National Thematic Networks (NTN)
Validation of innovative products
Transfer of outputs to (potential) users:
Vertical: products delivered to policy-makers (ministries, labour offices, regional governments etc.); feedback mostly positive, but mainstreaming still in progress
Horizontal: „inspiration“ for potential new projects (by NGOs, schools, companies etc.) provided by PR campaign; the database of free EQUAL/ESF products (soon available)
Conceptual: EQUAL principles (innovation, partnership and transnational cooperation) adopted by new programmes

4. EQUAL – areas of antidiscrimination activities
Projects mainstreamed their outputs/products within 6 NTNs – 6 areas of anti-discrimination activities:
A) Difficult (re)integration on the labour market (mostly disabled)
B) Business creation
C) Social economy
D) Adaptability and life-long learning
E) Gender equality
F) Foreigners/Asylum seekers
Work of NTNs mostly positively evaluated:
importance of cooperation among projects, experts and policy makers
valuable activities and outputs for discriminated groups
Some NTN continuation projects proposals already submitted to MA within Calls of OP HRE

5. EQUAL NTNs in the ESF
OP HRE MA will transform the Roma WG to the form of NTN, so the national actions are more coordinated and reflect good practice from projects, WG is a part of the international project EUROMANET
Some EQUAL NTN continuation projects proposals already submitted to MA within Calls of OP HRE
One of them is NTN on Social Economy
Promotes new ways of integration
Defines of SE principles and elements
ESF funds were allocated to the SE on the basis of NTN proposals

6. EQUALity for people with disabilities
Examples of products included into EU mainstreaming database:
Supported employment for blind/visual impaired
Social observatory – information on accessibility in tourism (in Beskydy Mountains)
Education of deaf/hearing impaired in PC graphics
Vertical transfer: Rules of communication with deaf people (seminar and multimedia manual) adopted by public administration (Labour offices, etc.)
Horizontal transfer:
A set of work-rehabilitation products (based on the idea of positive work recommendation) will be used by MoLSA and Labour offices.
the job-market website for disabled and employers created on

8. EQUALity for minorities
Examples of successful ROMA outputs:
„Ethic Friendly Employer“ Mark (Certificate)
Mainstreamed to Labour offices (some awarded by the Mark) and regional governments (development of new project of Ethnic Friendly Institution)
Employers themselves required the Mark Award
Further dissemination on both CR and EU level
System of education for ROMA youth between years (complex work with whole family)
Adopted by some regional governments and further disseminated on both CR and EU level

9. EQUALity for other groups
Creation of many more products for various (discriminated) groups:
Foreigners/Asylum Seekers
Women; 50+
Homeless people; (ex)offenders; etc.
All products disseminated/mainstreamed on suitable levels (project, NTN, programme or EU); results differ with particular products
PR campaigns:
Skin Fashion (ethnic equality)
International Day of Equality of Women and Men

10. Anti-discrimination policies in the CZ ESF programmes 2007-2013
With respect to the awarding of funds from ESF in the programming period, the issues related to members of socially excluded communities are solved (among others) by focusing the funds directly on excluded groups of inhabitants by means of:
Priority Axis 3 Social Integration and Equal Opportunities of the Operational Programme Human Resources and Employment
Support Area 3.2 is focused on the support to social integration of members of Roma communities ( €; 140 projects; persons)
Support Area 3.3 is focused on integration of socially excluded persons or persons at risk of social exclusion ( €; 430 projects; persons)
the support to socially excluded communities is also included in the OP Prague Adaptability and in the Integrated Operational Programme

11. Evaluation of Projects Aimed at the Roma Communities Issues
Evaluation dealt with the impact of the projects on ALL the target groups
advocacy groups,
institutions,
educational facilities, etc
Identification of the currently available impacts of the projects as regards socially excluded Roma communities
Evaluation of the overall success of this type of support in the 2004–2006 Programming Period

12. Evaluation of Projects Aimed at the Roma Communities Issues – lessons learned
Evaluation led to a very broad interpretation of the target group, the environment where the mutual relationship between the majority and the socially excluded plays its role, and the tools oriented at changing the situation
Success of the short-term or locally generated evaluation may not mirror the real picture of the entire climate change, processes that may have been started and their expected trajectories

13. Evaluation of Projects Aimed at the Roma Communities Issues – main findings
The Global Evaluation Question:
To what extent was the support within the 2004 – 2006 system generally successful and why? What strengths and weaknesses of the support may be identified?
In the situation when there is no unambiguously accepted starting field that would concurrently be defined in a sufficiently broad manner, it is advisable to support a wide range of subjects with various objectives defined in accordance with substantially different subjects. In this sense, the 2004–2006 support system was selected correctly. Considering the lack of an input analysis and substantiated priorities, it may be said that the variety was a strong point.
A weakness is the fact that this general feature of support was not internally structured, especially in regards to the setting of monitoring indicators and also the fact that the outputs and results of these so much differing projects were not continuously monitored and evaluated.

14. General evaluation themes – a concept suggestion
Evaluation of the anti-discrimination policies context and taxonomy of interventions
Evaluation of impacts of anti-discrimination policies on institutions
Evaluation of impacts of anti-discrimination policies on individuals
Evaluation of factors influencing the success or failure of anti-discrimination policies
Evaluation of the Community Added Value of anti-discrimination policies

15. Suggestions for evaluation tasks
Identify an appropriate method for evaluation of anti-discrimination policies
Question:
What concepts, tools and methods can be used best for evaluation of anti-discrimination policies? What evaluation criteria can be defined?

16. Suggestions for evaluation tasks
Describe a broader context and history of ESF anti-discrimination policies in the selected EU member countries
Question:
What is the broader context and history of ESF anti-discrimination policies in the selected member states?

17. Suggestions for evaluation tasks
Describe the effects of anti-discrimination policies on institutions
Question:
What is the impact of anti-discrimination policies on institutions that may, through their active or passive approach or by changing their operations, influence the issue of excluded (discriminated) communities?

18. Suggestions for evaluation tasks
Identify the effects of anti-discrimination policies on excluded communities
Question:
What are the drawbacks and benefits of ESF anti-discrimination policies on excluded communities or people being at risk of social exclusion?

19. Suggestions for evaluation tasks
Create a taxonomy of target groups supported by ESF assistance in selected EU countries
Question:
What sorts of target groups can be / are being supported through anti-discrimination policies? What are the most effective mechanisms for inclusion and activation of described target groups?

20. Suggestions for evaluation tasks
Indentify factors influencing success (good practice examples) or failure of ESF anti-discrimination policies
Question
What are the success of failure factors influencing implementation of ESF anti-discrimination policies?

21. Suggestions for evaluation tasks
Describe the Community Added Value of anti-discrimination policies
Questions:
To what extent ESF anti-discrimination policies „add“ to existing action either by supporting national action in general or specific areas of national policy?
To what extent ESF anti-discrimination policies broaden existing action by supporting groups or policy areas that would not otherwise receive support?
To what extent ESF anti-discrimination policies influence (selected) Member States administrations and organisations involved in the programmes?

22. Suitable methods for evaluating anti-discrimination policies
Desk-research (meta-analysis); study of available literature, reports and documents
Case-studies of good practice in selected member states
Surveys by means of questionnaires
Evaluation Visits - Structured interviews with MA´s and project promoters
Focus groups or expert panels

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