External Evaluation of the Reach and Impact of the Joint Programming Initiative More Years Better Lives (JPI MYBL)

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*** This tender requirement was abandoned prior t The final date and time for the submission of bids is Friday 8th September 2017 at 14:00 This evaluation aims to look at the Joint Programming Initiative More Years Better Lives (JPI-MYBL) and evaluate the JPI MYBL's reach and impact. The Evaluation will draw on existing evidence and will collect new evidence through desk research, and interviews with those stakeholders involved with the JPI MYBL including European Commission, policy makers, country representatives, participants in JPI activities and JPI members. This evaluation will collect evidence that will be used in the final evaluation of the JPI MYBL in December 2017which will evaluate JPI over the J-Age (30 month) and J-Age II (36 month) funding periods. This will build on evidence collected through the annual monitoring of the JPI MYBL and the two previously conducted external evaluation reports. The First Evaluation was carried out in January 2015 to externally evaluate the JPI at the end of the J-Age (30 month) funding period. The Second External Evaluation was carried out in February 2016 to evaluate the JPI MYBL Fast Track initiatives. Other evidence available for the evaluation include the JPI MYBL deliverables D3.1 Action plan for networking meetings with third countries D5.1 Stakeholders' and target audience list D5.2 Communication Strategy & Dissemination Plan D5.6 Updated communication plan (v2) D6.1 and D.2 The JPI MYBL monitoring and evaluation indicators. And a paper on Social Questioning Applied to Social Marketing - Francois Lagarde. This evaluation will assess progress against the following JPI MYBL monitoring indicators A11 - Awareness of and engagement in demographic change and ageing research activities amongst non-academic stakeholders as a result of JPI activity A14 - The research quality and outputs of European researchers in the areas of demographic change and ageing research are world leading. EU research activities reflect the research priorities of the JPI MYBL (A19). A19 - EU research activities reflect the research priorities of the JPI MYBL B7 - Increased use of demographic change research amongst relevant stakeholders PI1 - Stakeholders engaged in each of the priorities identified in the SRA. PI2 - Proportion and type of stakeholders taking part in JPIMYBL activities PI3 - JPI visibility in communication and dissemination media The evaluation will analyse EU research funding documents to see if reference to demographic change research has increased after the JPI was formed and the SRA was published and if the JPI SRA has been referenced in country research and policy strategies. The evaluation will also look at the reach and impact of the JPI outside of Europe. This external evaluation will provide an independent assessment of the JPI MYBL's reach and impact with stakeholders within the EU and internationally and provide case studies and recommendations to the JPI on increasing its reach and impact.