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.
JOBLAND aims to help primary school students broaden their knowledge about careers, learn to know themselves and recognize their potential, and acquire key skills that will help them in the future to make more informed and well-founded decisions about their life and career plans. D'EP Institut, together with 9 other entities of the education and training sector from 6 countries of the European Union have been responsible for creating and testing the methodological framework of the Jobland project, as well as the resources and didactic materials created. This didactic material can be downloaded free of charge from the project's website, so that teachers can be trained and apply the games and activities in class, thus helping students to acquire career management skills. What are the Jobland resources for Primary School? The JOBLAND teaching resources, which have been tested and applied in more than 70 schools in Europe, are the following:
Once again, DE’P Institut is carrying out a set of studies for the UAB Foundation (FUAB) for the academic year 2022-2023 that provide information on:
On the occasion of the forthcoming completion of the construction of the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia, the Construction Board of the Expiatory Church of the Sagrada Familia Foundation wishes to focus its foundational efforts on Social Work. In this context, a new call of grants for social projects carried out in the Archdiocese of Barcelona has been presented in order to respond to the social needs of this geographical area. D'EP Institut, as technical secretariat of the project, has collaborated in the design and conceptualization of the bases of these grants to carry out the first edition of the call, and once the period of reception of the candidacies is closed, it will carry out the evaluation of the projects submitted, presenting a proposal of finalist candidacies for the evaluation of the jury. More information: https://sagradafamilia.org/fons-accio-social
