The contextualized participative mode of evaluation (CPME) applied to “Granada-Employment” project / El modelo de evaluación participativo contextualizado (MEPAC) aplicado al proyecto “Granada-Empleo”

Abstract

This article presents the evaluation of 2009-2010 “Granada-Employment” Project financed by the European Social Fund and coordinated by the Granada County Council. The evaluation -developed between September of 2010 and July of 2011- was designed by the Departments of Political Science and Public Administration, and Sociology from the University of Granada. This research offers a Contextualized Participative Mode of Evaluation (CPME) case study, which is ad hoc designed by the external evaluation team. The summative evaluation of the Project undergoes the main objectives pursed and the measures developed by the programme, and it reveals key points for the territorial pacts future development for employment and actions addressed to improve the job seekers’ labour integration.

Keywords

• Evaluation
• unemployment
• vocational training
• labour integration
• territorial pact