EWM Monitoring & Evaluation Requirements
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EQUALITY FOR
WOMEN MEASURE
2010-2013
Networking & Support
Event
Investing in your Future
6th October 2011
What is Covered?
Background
Current state of play (EWM Year 1 & 2)
Monitoring Requirements
Information & Publicity Requirements
Evaluation
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Background
• 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 economy and in
decision making at all levels in
accordance with the National
Women's Strategy 2007 – 2016
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Funding
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 in collaboration with the
Department
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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
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EWM Target Groups:
• 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 multiple
disadvantage
Age Profile: Women 18 years and over
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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
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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?
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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
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ESF/HCIOP Annual Progress Report
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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)
ESF Annual Progress Report contd/...
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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
ESF Annual 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
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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
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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
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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 20102013, with funding from the European Social Fund (ESF) through the
Human Capital Investment Operational Programme 2007-2013 and the
Department of Justice and Equality
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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
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Questions?
Investing in your Future