Qualitative and Quantitative Research on Evaluation of the European Union and Council of Europe Joint Programme “Dissemination of Model Prison Practices and Promotion of the Prison Reform in Turkey”

Project Title 32

Qualitative and Quantitative Research on Evaluation of the European Union and Council of Europe Joint Programme “Dissemination of Model Prison Practices and Promotion of the Prison Reform in Turkey”

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BYS Grup

Türkiye

Council of Europe

EU/CFCU

COMPLETED

July 2012 – September 2012

BYS Grup

Detailed description of project

Type and scope of services provided

 

Main objective of the assignment was to administer qualitative and quantitative research methods on the target group and final beneficiaries of the Dissemination of Model Prison Practices and Promotion of the Prison Reform in Turkey Project in order to be able to determine the progress recorded within the lifetime of the Project.  

 

 

The target groups of the studies were prisoners, prison staff, public prosecutors, prison teachers, commanders of the gendarmerie, prison health care staff and prison administrators as shown in the figure. 

 

Project aimed: 

 

  • To generate data to establish and strengthen the sources of verification, 
  • To review existing project related data together with the data to be produced within the framework of the studies proposed here and to determine the level of progress based on the objective verifiable indicators,     
  • To demonstrate whether the expected results of the project achieved through administration of qualitative and quantitative research methods, 
  • To assess results in an evaluation report 
  • Desk-top Review 

Review of existing project documents such as the project fiche, description of the action, progress reports, expert reports, other relevant documents and existing sources of verification 

  • 20 In-depth interviews with the project stakeholders, the target group and the final beneficiaries, 
  • Development of the “data collection forms” for different target groups, 
  • Training of the field workers, 
  • Identification of sampling frame and sampling methodology, 
  • 3.000 Face to face interviews conducted, 
  • Analysing statistical analysis, 
  • Ex-post evaluation of the Project, 
  • Reporting.