Evaluating OpenCoesione

This section intends to highlight the various surveys and analyzes that have been carried out over the years to evaluate the OpenCoesione initiative:

 

Analysis of the needs of the portal users (2020)

Survey conducted in December 2020

The survey was launched in December 2020 with the aim of improving the usability of the portal. It was addressed primarily to subscribers to the OpenCoesione mailing list and afterwards opened to all users. Since 2012, the year of the launch of OpenCoesione, the portal has significantly increased the quantity of data and information - published and constantly updated. The survey was structured in 20 questions and has enabled the verification of the characteristics, impressions and opinions of users useful for improving navigation efficiency and usability.

For further details consult the infographic with the main results of the survey.

 

Evaluation elements of the OpenCoesione initiative (2015)

The study was carried out by the enterprise Contesti srl - external provider to whom was awarded the public tender promoted by OpenCoesione for an initial evaluation of the initiative. The effects produced by the OpenCoesione initiative on the improvement of cohesion policies three years after its launch (2012-2015 period) were analyzed. Specific issues have concerned users’ profiling and how to use the portal, both inside and outside the Public Administration. Different methodological approaches were adopted: web scraping and sentiment analysis accompanied more traditional methods such as interviews. Hereinafter are available, in Italian language, the materials produced in the study:

 

Who makes the use of cohesion policy open data, how and why (2014)

The research dedicated to "Who uses open data from cohesion policy, how and why" (available in Italian language only) by Michele Lo Russo, was published in the UVAL Materials series and produced as part of the NUVAL Project "Support Actions for the activities of the National Evaluation and Evaluation Nuclei ”co-financed by the NOP Governance and Technical Assistance (ERDF) 2007-2013. By detecting the traffic flows of the OpenCoesione portal, the research defined the types and composition of the basins of origin of the users of the initiative. The study also put forward a metric proposal for evaluating the open data release strategy based on the dimensions of transparency, participation and efficiency / innovation as value generation mechanisms.