EQUALITY FOR WOMEN MEASURE 2010-2013 Networking & Support Event

1. EQUALITY FOR WOMEN MEASURE 2010-2013Networking & Support Event 6th October 2011 Investing in your Future

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

3. EWM 2010-2013 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 economyand in decision making at all levels in accordancewith the National Women's Strategy 2007 – 2016 Background

4. EWM 2010-2013 is funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) through the Human Capital Investment Operational Programme 2007-2013 and the Department of Justice and Equality Human Capital Investment Operational Programme 2007 – 2013 http://www.esf.ie/en/hci-overview.aspx Pobal is managing the implementation of the initiative incollaboration with the Department Funding

5. EWM 2010 - 2013 3 Strands / Aims & Objectives Strand 1: Access to Employment Strand 2: Developing Female Entrepreneurship Strand 3: Career Development for Women in Employment

6. 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 multipledisadvantage Age Profile: Women 18 years and over EWM Target Groups:

7. EWM Year 1 • Following an open call for applications in June 2010 – total of 41 projects funded up until 30th 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

8. 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 30th April 2012 to continue existing projects in line with original proposals • Further funding post April 2012?

9. 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

10. 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)

11. 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

12. ESFAnnual Progress Report contd/... 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

13. 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

14. 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 www.esf.ie & www.pobal.ie • Failure to comply with the Guidelines may result in the loss of funding • Relevant logos must be used on all publicity materials and activities

15. 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 2010-2013, with funding from the European Social Fund (ESF) through the Human Capital Investment Operational Programme 2007-2013 and the Department of Justice and Equality

16. 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

17. Questions? Investing in your Future