Report on the perception and evaluation of the network approach

As a result of task 4.5 a report on the perception and evaluation of the network approach will be drafted. Task 4.5 monitors the perception of the network approach by the participating municipalities during the project period and derives recommendations for a continuous improvement. The objective of the task is on the one hand to adapt the approaches and methods applied during the project duration in order to maximise the effectiveness of the networks. On the other hand, the findings will be used in the guidelines for implementing learning municipality for the replication of new networks after the project duration.The main input for the analysis during the project will be a committee of local partners, acting as network managers, providing the insights as well as the minutes of the network meetings (task 2.2). As 2-3 network meetings will take place during each year, it will be possible to monitor – based on the minutes – the perceptions of the municipalities of the networks during the project lifetime. Thus, main questions of the analysis are:• How is the network approach perceived?• How do the municipalities evaluate the starting phase of the networks?• How do the municipalities perceive the possibility of a peer-to-peer exchange?• How do they perceive the effect of the networks on measure implementation?• How do they evaluate the organisation of the networks (e.g. network meetings etc.)?