The Labour Market and Industrial Relations Area

1. The Labour Market and Industrial Relations Area
Evaluation
Evaluation activities conducted in the area regard implemented labour policies both in the sphere
of complex programs as well as in relation to specific interventions, also with reference to
specific beneficiaries.
In particular our evaluation activities regard:
monitoring and evaluation of Labour Policies;
monitoring and evaluation of European Structural Funds;
monitoring and evaluation of Equal Opportunity Policies.
Monitoring and Evaluation of Labour Policies
We are among the primary institutions in Italy specialised in the evaluation of Local, National
and European Labour Policies. Our approach integrates impact evaluation and process
evaluation, to single out how results and impacts are linked to the implementation process. This
allows us to single out the nodes on which to intervene in order to improve the efficiency and the
effectiveness of the policies. Our most recent works have regarded the planning of monitoring
systems and the evaluation of Active Labour Policies on National (Labour Ministry), Regional
(Regions of Lombardy and Tuscany) and Provincial levels (Provinces of Trento, Varese, Lecco,
Firenze, Bolzano), with focus on the specific collocation of the handicapped and employment
services.
Monitoring and Evaluation of European Structural Funds
Our team has a decade of experience in evaluating the European Social Fund and Community
Initiatives. During the last Programming Phase (1994-1999) we conducted in itinere and final
evaluations of FSE Ob. 3 on a National level. We also carried out evaluations of the Euroform
Community Initiative, Horizon, Occupation and Adapt. In the current Programming Phase
(2000-2006) we are independent evaluators for POR - Regional Operative Programme Ob. 3 of
the Valle d'Aosta Region and the Marche Region and for POR Regional Operative Programme
Ob. 1 for the Calabria Region. We are also participating in the setting up of the Regional
Strategic Guidelines for the 2007-2013 Programming Phase (Valle d'Aosta Region and Calabria
Region).
Monitoring and Evaluation of Equal Opportunity Policies
We are specialised in the planning and realisation of monitoring and evaluation systems for
Public Policies in terms of gender mainstreaming on the basis of specific batteries of gender
indicators. For the latter we have developed monitoring, evaluation and benchmarking models
for Equality Policies on the European Level for the European Commission, and ex-ante, in
itinere and ex-post evaluations on the impact of gender (potential and effective) of European
Structural Funds (FSE, FESR, SFOP, FEOGA) to support Public Administrations.

2. Recent activities of our team:
the evaluation of reconciliation policies and tools like service vouchers with conciliation
aims;
the planning and evaluation of Positive Action Policies in Local Public Administrations;
the singling out of good practices in employment services for female users;
gender budgeting for Local Public Administrations.