Project

The evaluation examined the funding programme in the period from 2008 to 2019 and focuses on the following aspects:

• Fit of the programme: in particular the relevance of the funding and the evaluation of the application procedure and the programme management.
• Achievement of objectives (Output): The evaluation analysed the achievement of objectives and target groups.
• Effects on programme participants (Outcomes): Focused on the effects on the directly involved parties: project participants, funded organisation and funding authorities.
• Sustainability and broad effects (Impacts): Examined the mechanisms that contribute to the dissemination of project results and their uptake and use by the public or specific target groups.

The evaluation was based on a mix of methods consisting of quantitative and qualitative approaches as well as reactive and non-reactive techniques: Reconstruction of the programme's impact model; guided interviews with five programme managers, 14 selected federation representatives and five programme managers of comparable programmes; a survey addressing all 499 project managers; 15 case studies including an assessment of the programme documentation and interviews with consultants of the authorities, project managers and project participants or multipliers; a specialist workshop dealing with the topic of monitoring and evaluation in funding programmes.

The final report can be downloaded here (in German, with an English summary): https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/evaluation-des-programms-verbaendefoerderung

12.2020-2.2023

Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Consultation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

Com.X Institute, University of Koblenz-Landau (Prof. Reese)