Practical, methodological and cultural lessons learned

There was much to learn from the quantitative and qualitative analysis of the case studies. The discussion concentrated mostly on planning issues, including references to contextual analysis, and on monitoring and evaluation.

The cases presented in the meta-evaluation, do not necessarily represent the average energy-related behavioural change programmes in the Member States. The reason for this is that the cases have been subject to two selection processes. First, the partners have chosen which cases to file when the case template has been presented to them. Second, approximately half o the filed cases were chosen for more detailed data collection and analysis. These two steps have filtered the less “presentable” cases. However, also some “successful” cases were not selected to the more detailed analysis because they were too similar with other cases already selected.

The lessons learned are described per phase :

  Planning
  Monitoring and Evaluation