Evaluation of Preparatory Actions and Special Events in the Field of Sport now available

The evaluation was carried out in the first half of 2011 by The Evaluation Partnership, a consortium of companies led by Economisti Associati s.r.l., which also included navreme Boheme, SCIENTER, Amitié and Ipsos-MORI.

The main purpose of the Evaluation Report is to analyse and assess the relevance, effectiveness, and efficiency, as well as the EU-added value, of the Preparatory Actions and Special Events that were carried out during 2009 and 2010, the first two years of Preparatory Action funding.

The report contains 5 Chapters as follows:

• Chapter 1: Introduction

• Chapter 2: Background: aims to set the scene to facilitate understanding of the evaluation. This chapter describes the policy and programme context of the request for services, the projects supported under the 2009 and 2010 Annual Work Programmes and the objectives and scope of the evaluation.

• Chapter 3: Approach to the Evaluation: describes the overall framework for assessment followed by the evaluation team including choices with regards to methodology, data collection and data analysis. Chapter 3 also discusses the limitations and constraints of the evaluation exercise and their implications for the interpretation of findings.

• Chapter 4: Evaluation Results: this Chapter presents answers to the evaluation questions set by the Commission.

• Chapter 5: Conclusions and Recommendations: describes the conclusions that were drawn as a result of the assessment. Recommendations are also made to the Commission with regard to future EU incentive measures in the field of sport.

 

Evaluation of Preparatory Actions and Special Events in the Field of Sport – Final Report