EQUAL - Final report - eng - navreme

2.4.4 What has EQUAL brought
EVALUATION OF CIP EQUAL TRANSNATIONAL CO-OPERATION PRINCIPLE
CIP EQUAL was implemented in the whole EU territory, namely both in the developed and
undeveloped areas; also in the Czech Republic CIP EQUAL was implemented in the whole territory.
The transnational cooperation has showed up as possible and beneficial.
Implementation of the principles of transnational cooperation, transnational and national partnership,
stress on innovativeness, on development of new tools and know-how transfer – well-tried practice
both in transnational and national measure – bring a significant contribution to social development
and, in particular then to human resources development.
In the 2007–2013 period it will be possible to apply in the Czech Republic advices from the CIP EQUAL
implementation in all forms of transnational cooperation based on the partnership principles,
in operational programmes and in other Community initiatives.
3. EVALUATION OBJECTIVES AND METHODS
CIP EQUAL is an independent form of aid from the structural funds that supports development and
promotion of new approaches to solving of inequalities and discrimination at work and access to
employment. Its sense is to supplement other programmes contributing to achieving the objectives of
EES and to serve as an innovative laboratory for development and promotion of new tools, while
those that will prove useful will be supported further within the framework of the main forms of aid
from the ESF during the following programming period. CIP EQUAL differed from the main forms of
aid from the ESF in the past periods among others by the principle of transnational cooperation. Thus
in the course of the 2007–2013 programming period also selected CIP EQUAL principles will be
supported within the framework of the ESF programmes on cross-sectoral basis for the very
first time. To be specific, the principles of innovativeness and transnational cooperation are
concerned besides the partnership principle. It was decided on cross-sectoral support of these
principles together with the EU Member States and the European Commission representatives on the
basis of the experience with the CIP EQUAL implementation in individual EU Member States, therefore
among others the documents, on which this decision was based, were used for preparation of the
evaluation strategy.
To be specific, this experience is transposed in OP LZZ, in which the transnational cooperation
is included in the form of priority axes; Priority axis 5a Transnational Cooperation (Convergence)
and Priority axis 5b Transnational Cooperation (Regional Competitiveness and Employment) are
concerned. The global objective of these two priority axes is intensification of transnational
cooperation in the area of human resources development and employment, the specific
objective is then 1) to increase effectiveness of strategies and policies in the area of human resources
and employment and 2) development of partnerships, pacts and initiatives in the area of human
resources and employment.
The transnational cooperation is appreciated above all for its potential:
• to verify, strengthen or improve the quality of the drafts of policies and strategies in elimination of
inequalities in the labour market;
• to increase knowledge, insight and professional background when searching for and rectification
of causes of discrimination and inequalities in the labour market;
• to obtain, share, transfer and disseminate knowledge, experience, contacts and good practice;
• to build a sound basis for transnational comparison;
• to create networks of actors, who assist to solve the given issues, including synergic effects
connected with it;
• to build the capacities of the participating organisations and bodies at regional and national level;
• to increase the impact of the implemented projects and increase the effectiveness of the ESF
implementation at local, regional and national level;
• to increase efficiency and quality of project management and implementation;
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