The European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research supports the Sustainable Development Goals
The Irish Department of Social Protection is charged with evaluating the effectiveness of its current programmes in terms of Working Age Supports. This also means that the Department needs to provide the evidence base to support its decision making at the strategic level. In the 21st century, there has been a growing interest at the European level in impact evaluations due to a rise of accountability concerns of public spending as well as a heightened call for evidence. Therefore, policy stakeholders benefit from a user-oriented understanding of impact evaluation approaches and methods. The training targeted stakeholders from senior management with extensive experience in social policy development.
The training team at the European Centre provided a one-day training programme on impact evaluation on May 25, 2022. The outcomes for the trainees were to learn and apply the principles and theories related to impact evaluations in their own professional field.
The training implemented a hands-on, interactive learning approach to foster peer learning. The training covered the following topics:
The training team provided trainees with an electronic pre-reading pack and a post-lecture pack including the PowerPoint slides, training materials, and references.
The European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research supports the Sustainable Development Goals