After the data collection, a dialogue validation took place with the COCO lab team. The exchange helped us to consolidate the results and to support the transfer for the COCO lab. We thank the team of the ÖGWM for the good cooperation. The results were summarised in a report and are now available for download (in German).
The aim of the evaluation is to examine the intended effects of the COCO lab as well as to question the structures, activities and processes of the project in connection with the effects.
A theory-based evaluation approach forms the basis for the empirical data collection. Along the program theory, the impact assumptions of the COCO lab are related to the implementation activities and the results achieved with target groups. Complex relationships between project goals/impact assumptions, various intentions/activities, and impacts become transparent and communicable with stakeholders. Potential and unintended effects can also emerge. The aim is to make empirically substantiated statements about effects and cause-effect relationships in the COCO lab.
The evaluation design builds on a dynamic sequence of five phases:
Duration: August 2022 – February 2023
Client: Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection
Contact: veronika.ehm(at)educult.at
Evaluation des COCO lab - Abschlussbericht (in German), EDUCULT 2023
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