Annex 6 - Fieldwork

• Author: Cambridge Econometrics, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (European Commission), Eurocentre, ICF
• Pages: 423-448

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ANNEX 6 - FIELDWORK

Overview

This annex presents an overview of the fieldwork carried out in the Member States in

support of the evaluation. Section 2 presents an overview of the intervi ews carried out

or scheduled by 28 February 2020 in the Member States. Section 3 presents the

methodology taken t o identify projects for the in -depth analysis in the case studies. A

detailed cost-benefit analysis has being carried out in a selection of five of these

projects.592 Section 4 provides an overview of the focus groups carried out while Section

5 presents the EU-level Delphi survey. The background document from the Delphi

survey can be found in Annex 6.1.

Interviews in Member States

The table below presents information about interviews carried out by the country

experts. In total 141 interviews have been carried out.

Table 95. Interviews carried out or scheduled by 28 February 2020

Organisation

Place

Date

AT

ESF Managing Authority Austria

Ministry of Labour,

Social Affairs, Heal th

and Consumer

Protection (BMASGK)

27.08.2019

AT

VHS Wien StartWien - Das

Jugendcollege

VHS Wien

29.10.2019

AT

Former participant of the

StartWien - Das Jugendcollege

Telephone interview

08.11.2019

BE

Managing authority ESF Flanders

Brussels

10.09.2019

BE

Cabinet Mnister-President

vervoort and cabinet Minister of

Employment Clerfayt, Brussels

Capital Region

Brussels

07.09.2019

BE

Managing Authority ESF

Brussels

10.09.2019

BG

Operational Programme Science

and Education for Economic

Growth

Sofia

05.11.2019

06.11.2019

08.11.2019

BG

Operational Programme Science

and Education for Economic

Growth, Burgas Municipality, Pre-

school Zvezditsa-Zornitsa, Pre-

Burgas

08.11.2019

592 As noted in Annex 4 the selection of projects for the in-depth cost-benefit analysis

includes the following:

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Organisation

Place

Date

school Detelina, Pre-school

Temenuga

BG

Operational Programme Human

Resources Development

Sofia

02.12.2019

BG

Agency for Social Assistance

Sofia

03.02.2020

CY

Planning Officer for European

Programmes, Coordination and

Development

Email, Telephone

15.09.2019

(phone)

25.09.2019 (email)

CY

Ministry of Employment Social

Welfare and Social Insurance,

Employment Department

Email

13.09.2019

CY

Ministry of Employment Social

welfare and Social Insurance,

ESF Unit

Email

08.10.2019

CZ

Ministry of Labour and Social

Affairs, MA of OP Employment

Prague

09.09.2019

CZ

Ministry of Labour and Social

Affairs, MA of OP Employment

Prague

Several meetings:

09.10.2019

14.10.2019

21.10.2019

24.10.2019

CZ

Municipality of Prague, MA of OP

Prague Growth Pole

Prague

17.10.2019

CZ

MA - OP Prague Pole of Growth

Prague

28.11.2019

CZ

Responsible for PA 3 Social

Innovation - OP Prague Pole of

Growth

Prague

28.11.2019

CZ

Ministry of Education, Youth and

Sports (MA – OP RDE)

Prague

04.02.2020

CZ

MA - OP RDE

Prague

04.02.2020

DE

Ministerium für

Arbeit, Gesundheit und Soziales

des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen

(Ministry for Labour, health and

Social Affairs) ESF-

Verwaltungsbehörde Referat II 1,

ESF-Programmsteuerung,

Telephone

14.10.2019