LEED Programme (Local Economic and Employment Development)

Seminar on "Evaluating Local Development Strategies" in Bratislava - Detailed Agenda

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	19 July 2005
09.00 – 09.20	Opening remarks Eva Šimková, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic
9.20 - 9.30	The Trento Centre Evaluation Unit work programme Jon Potter, Senior Economist, OECD
9.30 - 9.40	Content and objectives of the seminar Ivana Studená, Senior Analyst, OECD
9.40 -10.40	Evaluation methodologies and their use for local development strategies Nicoletta Stame, President of European Evaluation Society
10.40 - 11.00	Coffee break
11.00 - 11.45	Entrepreneurship Strategies in West Normandy and their evaluation Jack Breton, Director, CEBANOR, West Normandy Development Agency,France
11.45 - 12.30	Evaluation of local and regional strategies and projects: Evidence from Spain Silke Haarich, INFYDE, Spain
12.30 - 13.30	Lunch break
13.30-14.20	Local development strategies and their evaluation in Ireland: lessons learnt Sinead Pentony, Research and Evaluation Co-ordinator, Local Development Social Inclusion Programme, Area Development Management, Ireland
14.20-15.00	Slovak Case studies
15.00 - 15.45	Working groups: suitable evaluation strategies, obstacles faced when implementing evaluation in Slovakia and how to overcome them
	Working Group 1 Facilitated by Nicoletta Stamme, Jack Breton and Ivana Studena Discussion on the optimal evaluation strategy for the Slovak case study 1	Working Group 2 Facilitated by Silke Haarich, Sinead Pentony and Jon Potter Discussion on the optimal evaluation strategy for the Slovak case study 2
15.45 - 16.15	Coffee break
16.15 - 16.45	Focus group discussion on current awareness and use of the evaluation concept, barriers to evaluation, support needs for further development
	Working Group 1 Facilitated by Ivana Studena	Working Group 2 Facilitated by and Jon Potter
16.45 - 17.15	Plenary session Presentation by rapporteurs on main discussion points from the working groups Debate and Key Lessons from the Day
17.15 - 17.30	Closing remarks Jon Potter, Senior Economist, OECD Peter Ondrejka, Director of the Strategy Section, Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic