SEPTEMBER WORKSHOP: Incorporating agility in ESIF 2021-27 programmes (ESF+, CF, AMIF …)

  • 19-20 September 2024
  • Berlin, Germany
  • Regular -> 1399 EUR (excl. VAT)
  • Early booking -> 1299 EUR (excl. VAT) – no later than one month prior the event
  • Group offer -> 999 EUR (excl. VAT) – minimum 4 people per institution

Overview

The context of EU funding (ESF+, CF, AMIF …) has become increasingly complex. In fact, this is more broadly referred to as a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous context. For short: VUCA. The business world has understood that the response to this lies in becoming agile. Yet EU funding is seen by many as rigid as it is dominated by strict regulations and long programme cycles. This seminar will demonstrate that EU funding and agility do not have to be at odds with each other as novel approaches to programming, monitoring and evaluation can be reconciled with EU regulations. It is rooted in the latest research that focuses on the need to ensure rapid learning and improvement at project level.

What will you learn?

  • What does VUCA really mean? And how is it linked to innovation?
  • How can you ensure agility at programme level?
  • How can you ensure agility at project level?
  • What is the role of evaluation when taking VUCA seriously?
Day 1

9:00-9:15  Introduction

9:15-10:30 The challenge of VUCA for EU funds

  • Understanding the VUCA context: volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous
  • The limitations of rigid logic models in a VUCA context
  • How financing for results can go wrong in a VUCA context


10:30-10:45 Coffee break

10:45-12:30 VUCA proof approaches in EU funds

  • Network approaches to dealing with complex problems
  • Case: Programming ESF+ in Flanders (BE) to facilitate network approaches:
    • Objectives, actions and indicators incl. informed estimates
    • Procedure for selection of actions, incl. direct awards


12:30-13:30 Lunch

13:30-14:30 Putting quality of operations at the core of VUCA proof calls for proposals

  • The meaning of quality: continuous improvement via learning and innovation
  • Framework for coaching projects in ensuring quality
  • Case: Regional networks for integration of newcomers in AMIF


14:30-14:45 Coffee break

14:45-15:30 Practical approaches to quality management at project level

  • Human centered design processes for learning and innovation
  • The use of persona to assess and address diversity in target groups
  • Assessing needs and monitoring effectiveness in meeting them
  • User journeys
  • Case: activation of persons on welfare support in ESF+


15:30-16:00 Reflecting on the day

Day 2

9:00-9:15: Questions about the previous day

9-15-10:30 Practical approaches to quality management at project level

  • From user journeys to systems thinking
  • Embedding double loop learning in projects
  • Case: Local cross-sectoral partnerships for highly disadvantaged groups in ESF+


10:30-10:45 Coffee break

10:45-12:30 Monitoring projects under VUCA conditions

  • Framework for monitoring more than numbers
  • Supplementing hard outcome indicators with soft outcomes (distance travelled)
  • Good practices in monitoring meetin


12:30-13:30: lunch

13-30-14:30: The role of evaluation in VUCA contexts

  • From small scale experimentation to Randomised Controlled Trials
  • Realist evaluation approaches


14:30-14:45 Coffee break

14:45-15:15 Reflecting on the day

Expert

Benedict Wauters is currently the director responsible for European Programmes in the Ministry of Labour in Flanders (Belgium). He has worked for more than twenty years as a civil servant, consultant (Deloitte Consulting in Belgium, Policy Research Corporation in the Netherlands) and independent expert, in/for multilateral public institutions (e.g. United Nations, OECD, European Commission), regional and national government departments (e.g. Dutch ministry of foreign affairs, Dutch ministry of transport, Polish ministry of regional development, the French Region of Nord-Pas-De-Calais and the Belgian Regional Governments of Flanders, Brussels and Wallonie), local government (e.g. City of Antwerp) as well as NGOs and public corporations . He has written several books focused on EU fundings and public sector governance

Benedict Wauters

Director responsible for European Programmes in the Ministry of Labour in Flanders (Belgium)

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Berlin, Germany

This course will take place in the vibrant city of Berlin, providing an inspiring backdrop for an immersive learning experience.

 

Next to the training materials the training fee is covering:
a) the catering during the training (3 coffee breaks and a lunch every day);
b) the walking tour in a good company in Berlin (the evening of the first day of the training);
c) delicious diner;
d) family photo and some souvenirs for active participants.

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