Annex 2: stakeholder consultation synthesis report

• Author: CSES, Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (European Commission), Maastricht University, PPMI
• Pages: 135-146

Study suppo rti ng t he eva luat ion of t he op erat ion of t he Consu m er s, Heal th,

Agr icult ure an d Food Execu tiv e Agen cy ( 201 4-2016)

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AN NEX 2: STAKEH OLDER CONSU LTATI ON SYN THESI S REPO RT

The st akehold er con su ltation activities described in this stakeholder consu lt at ion

syn t hesis repo rt w ere cond ucted in t he cont ext of the evaluati on o f CHAFEA.

The stakeholder consultation activ it ies carried out for th is ev al uation sought t o collat e

evidence-based i nfor m ation and st akeh olders’ v iews based on the five mandat ory

evaluati on cri t er ia o f t he Agency ( assessment of regul at ory fr am ewor k, m ission an d

govern an ce, assessm en t of CHAFEA’s perfor m ance in 20 14- 201 6, inclu di ng

eff ectiveness, effi ciency an d coherence, assessm ent of kn ow ledge m anagement

strat egies and com m unication chann els m aintaining an ad equate level of k now-how

insi de the Com missio n as well as a cost-ben efit analy sis).

The consultat ion soug ht t o collect evidence an d views in or der t o m easure t h e

sat isfaction wit h CHAFEA’s operat ions am on g r elevant stakeholders. The r elev ant

stakeholders w er e m apped in t he ear ly st age of t h e ev al uat ion and are d escri bed

bel ow .

1 . Con sul tat ion m eth ods an d t arg et gr oup s

The st akehold er consul tat ion met hods consisted of an ex ten sive int erv iew progr amm e,

tw o su rveys, fiv e in-dept h case st udies and a focus gr ou p. The cont r act or worked to

tr iangu late diff er en t sou rces, follow in g w hich th ey were further t riangul at ed wit h

finding s from desk research, CBA and benchmarking. TABLE 24 b elow p rovi des d et ails

on t he ty pes of sta keholders en gaged for each con sult ation met hod.

TABLE 2 4. TYPE OF STAKEHOLD ER CO NSU LTATI ON AN D STAKEHOLD ERS

ENGAGED

Type of st akeho ld e r

con sult atio n

Ty pe of s tak eh old ers e nga ge d Tim in g

Explor a t ory in t e r vie w s

w ith EC and Ag ency

offici als

 Head of Un its/ repr esen tat ives

of t he mir ror unit s in par ent

DGs

 Head s of

Uni ts/ rep resen tat ives o f t he

ope rati onal units

 Head s of

Uni ts/ represen tat ives of

Adm ini str ativ e Depa rtm ent

 Repr esent ativ es of Staff

Com mit tee

Q1 2018

Surv e y o f g rant a nd

procur em ent be n eficia r ie s

as w el l as ex t e r nal

ex p erts

 CHAFEA’s beneficia ries across

var ious f undi ng i nstr um ents

and legacy pro gram mes

duri ng t he per iod 20 14 to

2016

 All ext ern al ex per ts

con tra cted by t he Agency

bet ween 2014 and 201 6

Q2 2018

I nt e r vie w s w ith gran t and

pr ocure me nt bene ficia rie s



Int erm edi aries a nd

facilit ators of Join t Act ions,

Direct Gr ant s, Gr ant s fo r t he

funct ioni ng of

NGOs/ ECCs/Consu mer

Q2 2018