1. ESF EVALUATION PARTNERSHIP
Evaluation of the ESF support to integration of migrants and ethnic minorities
Draft outline
Unit 03 Evaluation and Impact Assessment, DG EMPL
11 March 2009, Brussels

2. Policy context of the evaluation
Migrants and ethic minorities - part of Europe's policies for economic and social development and an integral part of the Lisbon Strategy
Employment
Fundamental rights, non-discrimination, equal opportunities
Social inclusion, social protection
Education and training

3. ESF support to migrants and ethnic minorities
Activities to support integration of migrants and ethnic minorities eligible in the ESF
Greater emphasis on the issue in the ESF
enhancing access to employment by promoting specific actions for migrants in employment and thereby strengthen their social integration (Article 3(1)(b)(iv))
reinforcing social inclusion of disadvantages people by promoting pathways for integrations and re-entry into employment for minorities (Article 3(1)(c)(i))

4. ESF interventions in 2007-2013 targeting migrants and ethnic minorities
Two tracks approach:
Mainstreaming of integration of migrants and ethnic minorities
Specific action targeting migrants and ethnic minorities
Overview of the ESF OPs indicates:
Many MS include these groups in OPs
Some MS do not foresee specific actions in OPs

5. Purpose of the evaluation
To examine intervention logic, type and scope of the ESF support to integration of migrants and ethic minorities in the and ESF interventions
To assess the results of the ESF interventions
To find and illustrate links between results of the ESF interventions and the current OPs
To evaluation added value of the ESF interventions in relation to other programmes (national and European)
To provide recommendations for the implementation of the ESF OPs

6. Scope of the evaluation
ESF Operation Programmes for
ESF Operation Programmes for
The EQUAL Community Initiative
MS country reports
Thematic report on the ESF support to Roma
Representative sample of EU27 Member States

7. Preliminary evaluation questions (1)
(1) What is the intervention logic of the ESF funded measures to support integration of migrants and ethnic minorities?
ESF contribution to the broader priorities of social and economic integration of migrants and ethnic minorities

8. Preliminary evaluation questions (2)
(2) What are the type and scope of the ESF funded measures to support integration of migrants and ethnic minorities?
specific actions vs mainstreaming
specific challenges for integration of migrants and ethnic minorities
gender specific objectives
involvement of stakeholders

9. Preliminary evaluation questions (3)
(3) What are the effects (outputs, results and impacts) of the ESF funded measures to support integration of migrants and ethnic minorities in terms of employment and social integration?
outputs and results produced through the implementation of the ESF interventions
conditions for the effectiveness of the ESF interventions
sustainability of the outputs, results and impactsof the ESF interventions

10. Preliminary evaluation questions (4)
(4) What are the links between the and current ESF funded measures to support integration of migrants and ethnic minorities?
(5) What ESF added value can be attributed to the ESF support in implementing national policies aiming at integration of migrants and ethnic minorities?

11. Thematic report - Roma
EU and national contextual situation with regard to Roma
Characteristic of Roma population in MS
Intervention logic(s), instruments, actors involved in the ESF funded measures to support Roma
Level of involvement of Roma in planning, design, implementation and monitoring of ESF funded programmes
Good practices for increase of level of social inclusion, employment and education of people from Roma, analysis of success factors and obstacles;
Examples of lessons transferred from EQUAL projects and mainstreamed in ESF

12. Issues still to be discuss
Definition of migrants and ethnic minorities
Scope of thematic analysis: additional report on asylum seekers?
Methodology of the evaluation:
levels of field work
soft outcomes (access to final beneficiaries)
availability of statistical data, previous studies and evaluation