Publications

The Participation and Integration Law of the federal state Berlin (Partizipations- und Integrationsgesetz des Landes Berlins [PartIntG]), passed in 2010, was the first of its kind. In their current coalition agreement the governing parties have agreed on a revision of the law. Syspons’ evaluation of the law almost ten years after its implementation was meant to prepare this revision. Thus, the evaluation has a formative character and focusses on the law’s potential for further development.

Berlin Senate Administration for Integration, Labour and Social Affairs

The Challenge Fund Powering Agriculture is a multi-donor initiative of USAID, Sida and GIZ. It aims to promote sustainable innovations for accelerating the use of renewable energies in agricultural value chains and increasing agricultural productivity in developing countries. In the evaluation, Syspons analyzed the structures and processes of the Challenge Fund and its initially attained impacts. Moreover, it developed recommendations for the future strategic direction of the Fund.

German Corporation for International Development (GIZ)

The Special Evaluation Office of the Belgian Development Cooperation commissioned Syspons and Nuffic with an impact evaluation of the Belgian university development cooperation. The focus was on developing a methodology that was as robust as possible and appropriate to the topic, e.g. to measure the impact of scholarship programmes. To that effect, Syspons and Nuffic carried out a detailed evaluability analysis. Based on their findings, the partners evaluated the Belgian university cooperation using a novel mix of methods and a quasi-experimental design.

Special Evaluation Office of the Belgian Development Cooperation

In 2010, the Berlin Senate adopted its industrial policy strategy, the "Berlin Industrial Master Plan". It was developed by the Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Enterprises (SenWEB) together with chambers, associations, trade unions and other partners. Syspons designed and moderated the participatory process of updating the master plan from 2017 onwards. The master plan linked here is the result of this process and documents measures in four fields of action. For the strategic governance of the implementation process, Syspons also developed an integrated project management and transferred it to the master plan management office.

Berlin Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Enterprises (SenWEB)

Within the framework of the "Einstieg Deutsch" (Entry Point German) project, adult education centres, associations and other organisations throughout Germany are implementing learning opportunities for initial language orientation. The German Adult Education Association (DVV) has commissioned Syspons to scientifically monitor and evaluate the project. In cooperation with the University of Paderborn, Syspons identified critical success factors, areas of improvement and challenges. The presentation gives an insight into the results.

German Adult Education Association (DVV)

In this article for the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), Syspons scrutinised how the impact of scholarships can be measured when a long-term study is not feasible. Syspons describes an alternative method for the evaluation of higher education cooperation, which generates robust results.

Special Evaluation Office of the Belgian Development Cooperation

Syspons evaluated the three-year pilot phase of the North-South component of the programme "weltwärts", a development volunteer service for young people. Among other analyses, the North-South component was compared with similar programmes in Germany and abroad. Building on the evaluation results, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) was able to improve and further develop the programme component.

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

In view of the steadily increasing number of co-financing cooperations with other donors, the German Corporation for International Cooperation's (GIZ) Executive Board commissioned a strategic evaluation on co-financing. Syspons was charged with carrying out the evaluation and analysed a number of aspects, such as transaction costs and scaling up. In their report, the GIZ incorporated a management response which specifically addresses the recommendations of the evaluation.

German Corporation for International Development (GIZ)

The Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) - WOTRO Science for Global Development launched an "Integrated Programmes" scheme in 2007-2010. It serves to support problem-centred, interdisciplinary research in the Global South. Syspons evaluated this component through analyses, surveys and interviews using the OECD/DAC criteria. The report presents the results of the evaluation in detail.

Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) - WOTRO Science for Global Development

In 2016, the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation (FES) convened a commission of experts consisting of representatives from politics, administration, business and society. The Commission was tasked to draw up guiding principles for Germany as a country of immigration. Syspons moderated the process of developing these guiding principles on behalf of the foundation. The final report contains the jointly developed guiding principles. Based on this output, Syspons moreover developed event formats for the dissemination of the guiding principles.

Friedrich-Ebert Foundation (FES)

All integration offers to refugees and their family members in the federal state of Schleswig Holstein have been analysed by Syspons regarding their accessibility to refugees with different residence status. The results are shown in a synoptic table.

Schleswig-Holstein Ministry for Internal Affairs, Rural Areas and Integration

The project evaluations (PEV) of the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) were examined by Syspons in a meta-evaluation. The quality of the evaluations was systematically assessed using a detailed analysis grid. The results of the resultant report were presented at international conferences.

German Corporation for International Development (GIZ)

Syspons supported the Ministry of the Interior of the Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein with the integration-focussed reception of refugees. The aim of the project was to improve the cooperation between the actors and to develop processes. As a pivotal product, Syspons conceptualized and graphically prepared ideal-typical support processes for linguistic and labour market-oriented integration. The linked presentation interactively presents these model support processes.

Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of the Interior, Rural Areas and Integration

Syspons supported all administrative districts and cities of the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein in optimizing their process of integration-oriented admission of refugees. Two to three workshops were held in every district or administrative city for this purpose. Every process has been time-efficiently visualized by flowcharts. The final report presents an overview of the results in all eight fields of action. Many of the administrative districts and cities have published their processes online (search for: „Integrationsorientierte Aufnahme von Flüchtlingen“).

Schleswig-Holstein Ministry for Internal Affairs, Rural Areas and Integration

Syspons accompanied the project "ABCami" – a project for alphabetisation and basic education in mosque communities. In this context emerged this article about religious location as special learning environments.

Association for intercultural social coexistence (Gesellschaft für interkulturelles Zusammenleben e.V.)