The needs of citizens evolve, and to make necessary adjustments (in services, plans, programs, or policies), these needs must be periodically evaluated. Therefore, when conducting diagnostic studies or needs assessments, we focus on analyzing and understanding the problems that justify intervention and assessing the necessary services or actions to generate social change and transformation.
D’EP specializes in evaluation, incorporating a wide range of approaches through different applied social research techniques: from the most descriptive and qualitative to the most quantitative and experimental. These methods allow us to effectively conduct satisfaction studies and evaluate the design and process/implementation of services, plans, programs, or policies.
Impact studies and evaluations aim to analyze whether a plan, program, policy, etc., has achieved the expected results. We use methodologies typical of experimental studies (with random assignment of the intervention and simultaneous control group), quasi-experimental studies (without random assignment), retrospective case-control studies, and/or prospective cohort studies. D’EP’s experience allows us to identify and protocolize the most appropriate and efficient methodology for impact evaluation. Our impact measurement studies provide evidence on whether the project or policy achieved the expected results, the level of certainty in reporting specific impact results, the extent to which the results can be attributed to the project, and whether these results are transferable to other contexts.
At D’EP, we develop projects that integrate conversation dynamics and active listening of citizens to promote participation and transparency. We deploy techniques and methodologies aimed at incorporating citizens into public action through deliberation and citizen participation.
D’EP provides support in identifying, defining, and analyzing the necessary information to develop and/or reformulate a service or project. In this line, the search and analysis of information, both nationally and internationally, as well as consultations with experts and other social research methodologies, allow us to develop comparability processes (benchmarking) and learning, as well as descriptions and identification of future trends.
D’EP is an innovative organization with a clear commitment to promoting applied social research and knowledge transfer. For over 15 years, it has participated in European projects and other relevant calls in the field of social sciences (such as the Recercaixa program, Digital Agenda programs, etc.). Currently, it has a network of over 60 partners at the European level, a combination of public and private partners, demonstrating the company’s potential and capacity for international outreach.
Reference Point is an association that supports young people under guardianship, former wards, and/or at risk of exclusion in their emancipation process. During 2022 and 2023, D’EP Institut has supported the association in evaluating projects related to:
D’EP Institut has conducted the recruitment, facilitation, and transcription of 24 interviews and 4 focus groups within the framework of the European project Invent Culture, of which the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) is a partner. The Invent Culture project, funded by European funds, investigates social and cultural premises with the aim of successfully implementing the New European Union Agenda for Culture's (2018) new proposal for political collaboration within the European Union in the cultural field. More information: https://webs.uab.cat/edo/projecte/invent-inventari-europeu-dels-valors-socials-de-la-cultura-com-a-base-per-a-politiques-culturals-inclusives-en-el-mon-en-proces-de-globalitzacio-h2020-eu-3-6-3-2-870691/
