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Evaluating the Implementation Process

A Contribution within the Framework of the European Social Fund (ESF) Programme

National ESF Evaluation Unit at ISFOL, Italy

Paola Martini

National ESF Evaluation Unit at ISFOL, Italy

Stefano Volpi

National ESF Evaluation Unit at ISFOL, Italy

This article presents a specific analysis of programme-implementation evaluation with reference to European Social Fund (ESF) interventions. Although in recent years increasing attention has been paid to implementation processes, there is still a lack of adequate guidelines and methodologies to support this type of evaluation. Within the framework of the ESF programmes and of the Italian political-institutional context, this article analyses the main factors affecting the implementation process and considered relevant for achieving policy objectives. A case study of the Italian Objective 3 Community Support Framework process implementation evaluation is presented and the influence of three factors -actors, context and regulations -on outputs is described.

Key Words: European Social Fund • implementation analysis • labour-market policies • multi-level governance • programme evaluation

Evaluation, Vol. 12, No. 3, 313-329 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1356389006069137


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