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Measuring benefits of European Territorial Cooperation Programmes – Piloting of Typology Lead Partner Seminar 14th November 2012 City Hotel, Londonderry/Derry, Northern Ireland, UK Christopher Parker. The Proposal – Why?. Need to know benefits at the EU level
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Measuring benefits of European Territorial Cooperation Programmes – Piloting of Typology Lead Partner Seminar14th November 2012City Hotel, Londonderry/Derry, Northern Ireland, UKChristopher Parker
The Proposal – Why? Need to know benefits at the EU level Need to assess what is achieved in order to communicate benefits Difficulty with indicators across E.T.C. Programmes Over 50 sub themes identified in regulations Wide range of projects multi country & multi sectoral Common system not possible Difficult to change existing programmes Too late for new indicators Data for communication, capitalisation, monitoring, evaluation needed
Benefits A tool to identify common achievements What are you proud of? Relevance of your achievement in context of programme area/topics Visibility Communication tools KEEP Help the programme To show its uniqueness Justify achievement of programme objectives
The Proposal – How does it work? Looking outside of indicators, but focusing on project achievements (the most significant effects achieved by the end of the project) Reported via one report at project completion stage Based on project self assessment Simple, easy to use, not take very long to complete Online system - http://www.interact-eu.net/login Contact your Desk officer for your log-in details
Step 1: Type of achievement New knowledge or analysis -Studies and analysis where the main purpose is to develop new knowledge (egfeasibility studies, benchmarking, comparitative analysis or surveys) New ways of working - Change or significant improvement of working methods, skills, practices, procedures and structures (egguidelines, strategies, tool kits, new clusters, new legal identities) Changes to policy or public behaviour - Amended laws or regulations (egnew standards for construction of buildings) Product or Service – eg online service, health care service
Step 2: Themes Economic development Environment Quality of life Accessibility
Step 3: Value of cooperation What is the added value of the cooperation? ----------------------------------------- Cooperation status – To what extent is the cooperation important for this achievement? Benefits of cooperation – Additional effects of cooperation? Geographical impact – At what level is the most extensive geographical impact of your achievement? Transferability of achievements – Would it be possible to transfer this achievement to other organisations / regions / countries outside current partnership?
Pitfalls Projects have difficulty identifying one major achievements Projects have difficulty distiguishing between types of achievements – Products, services or activities Projects have difficulty distiguishing between outputs and results – Products and Services
Discussion Questions Can you identify one main project achievements? Can you explain how cooperation has helped you reach your main project achievement?