EQUALITY FOR WOMEN MEASURE

2010-2013Networking & Support

Event

6th October 2011Investing in your Future

What is Covered?

Background Current state of play (EWM Year 1 & 2) Monitoring Requirements Information & Publicity Requirements Evaluation

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Background3

• 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

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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4EWM 2010 - 2013

3 Strands / Aims & Objectives

Strand 1: Access to Employment

Strand 2: Developing Female

Entrepreneurship

Strand 3: Career Development for Women in Employment

EWM Target Groups:5

• 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

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

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)

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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

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Projects are also required to provide qualitative information, which relates to:

• Project ProgressDetails of individual project achievements and

challengesAny 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/outputsProject achievements / challengesBeneficiary 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 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

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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?

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