Monitoring And Evaluation
Monitoring and evaluation is a key role for the Capital City Partnership (CCP) and it is one that impacts on all the projects and programmes that it is involved in. But what, in practical terms, does the Monitoring and Evaluation team do?
The Monitoring and Evaluation team is charged with collecting and collating information which can be used to determine the progress Edinburgh is making towards achieving the targets set in the Regeneration Outcome Agreement (ROA). These, in the main, focus on five key theme areas that have been identified by the Scottish Executive and Communities Scotland:
The ROA provides a plan of actions and interventions which will focus on these themes. It has a geographic focus as the policies and interventions discussed in the document try to ‘close the gap’ between the deprived areas and the city as a whole. The deprived areas have been identified as being the 61 data zones that are amongst the 15% most deprived in Scotland. For more information on this, and technical data on how this was arrived at please look at the Scottish Index for Multiple Deprivation and Social Focus on Deprived Areas 2005
We are grateful for the input of the data providing agencies for their help in this and their web pages can be visited by clicking on the appropriate links:
Evaluation
The evaluation undertaken by the team is wide ranging. In some instances it involves engaging with the other CCP projects to introduce frameworks at an early stage which can be used to monitor and eventually evaluate the project. This sometimes requires an external consultant to be involved and if this is the case then we give commissioning advice and help draw up research briefs. In addition to these roles the evaluation is often undertaken by the team itself. This is the case if the project is such that the knowledge, skills and capacity of the team is appropriate to carry out such a task. Carrying out project evaluations can occur for both projects which are funded or managed by the CCP, and also for projects which are funded or managed by other agencies, such as the local Partnerships. We are currently undertaking an evaluation of 40 projects funded by the Community Regeneration Fund in North Edinburgh and Craigmillar.
Support
Primarily the Monitoring and Evaluation team provide evaluation and research expertise, as well as statistical data, to the other CCP projects and local Partnerships. In addition to this support, the Monitoring and Evaluation team co-ordinates a network group of data providing agencies and users in Edinburgh to try and ensure better synergy between those providing and using data. The team also holds the results of a number of research surveys on areas related to social inclusion.
If you would like more information please contact:
Chris Nicol, Monitoring and Evaluation Co-ordinator
Direct Line: 0131 270 6077, Switchboard: 0131 270 6030
e-mail: chrisnicol@capitalcitypartnership.org
The Monitoring and Evaluation team is charged with collecting and collating information which can be used to determine the progress Edinburgh is making towards achieving the targets set in the Regeneration Outcome Agreement (ROA). These, in the main, focus on five key theme areas that have been identified by the Scottish Executive and Communities Scotland:
- Stronger Safer Communities – looks at housing, crime, perceptions of neighbourhood
- Getting People Into Work
- Improving Health
- Engaging Young People
- Raising Educational Attainment
The ROA provides a plan of actions and interventions which will focus on these themes. It has a geographic focus as the policies and interventions discussed in the document try to ‘close the gap’ between the deprived areas and the city as a whole. The deprived areas have been identified as being the 61 data zones that are amongst the 15% most deprived in Scotland. For more information on this, and technical data on how this was arrived at please look at the Scottish Index for Multiple Deprivation and Social Focus on Deprived Areas 2005 We are grateful for the input of the data providing agencies for their help in this and their web pages can be visited by clicking on the appropriate links:
- www.lbp.police.uk/
- www.edinburgh.gov.uk/
- www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/publications/annual_reports/
- www.sns.gov.uk/default.asp
- www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/
Evaluation
The evaluation undertaken by the team is wide ranging. In some instances it involves engaging with the other CCP projects to introduce frameworks at an early stage which can be used to monitor and eventually evaluate the project. This sometimes requires an external consultant to be involved and if this is the case then we give commissioning advice and help draw up research briefs. In addition to these roles the evaluation is often undertaken by the team itself. This is the case if the project is such that the knowledge, skills and capacity of the team is appropriate to carry out such a task. Carrying out project evaluations can occur for both projects which are funded or managed by the CCP, and also for projects which are funded or managed by other agencies, such as the local Partnerships. We are currently undertaking an evaluation of 40 projects funded by the Community Regeneration Fund in North Edinburgh and Craigmillar.
Support
Primarily the Monitoring and Evaluation team provide evaluation and research expertise, as well as statistical data, to the other CCP projects and local Partnerships. In addition to this support, the Monitoring and Evaluation team co-ordinates a network group of data providing agencies and users in Edinburgh to try and ensure better synergy between those providing and using data. The team also holds the results of a number of research surveys on areas related to social inclusion.
If you would like more information please contact:
Chris Nicol, Monitoring and Evaluation Co-ordinator
Direct Line: 0131 270 6077, Switchboard: 0131 270 6030
e-mail: chrisnicol@capitalcitypartnership.org
