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[2.5] Methodology
PIMMS Methodology
PIMMS is a network operation focussed on the exchange of best practice information between the partners and between them and their regional partners. Its objective is to achieve change by empowering regional decision-makers to extend the use of mobility management. This will be assured by the methodology, which will achieve high levels of consistency across the project.
1. Establish a methodology for benchmarking the use of mobility management, using local sustainability indicators. This will:
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Focus separately and collectively on the eight ‘domains’; |
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Include a specification for reporting (to be used in steps 4-7 below); and |
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Develop a method for identifying the Critical Success Factors (CSF’s) that have led to the high take-up of mobility management in successful organisations or that have led to a certain project attaining its goals |
2. Use the methodology to Benchmark
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Partner-region actions, and |
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Known best practice examples (identified through European networks and EU-funded projects) |
3. Use the benchmarking to
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Devise a Programme of ‘best-practice visits’ between partners (and, on a limited basis, to other EU regions) |
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Measure the Outcome of the project |
4. Use the Programme of Visits to expose senior decision-makers to successful examples of mobility management (and a profound understanding of the related CSFs and their transferability).
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• The visits will be undertaken in three cycles, each of 8 months. In each cycle each partner will undertake one study tour (6 people visiting for 2 days) and one staff-exchange (2 staff visiting for 4 days). |
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• The participants will be selected for their relevance to the issues, and not because of any language ability: our budgets provide for interpretation if necessary. One of the six visits will be permitted outside of the PIMMS network. |
5. Use the agreed methodology to
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Report the outcomes of the visits, both in the project language and others where appropriate; |
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Compare the different CSFs to cross-fertilise between domains; |
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Place these reports on the project and partners’ websites |
6. Use the learning to prepare mobility management Action Plans with regional partners.
7. Disseminate the Outcomes
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Via 3 conferences in each region, (one at the end of each cycle of visits) targeted at other key decision-makers who can extend the use of mobility management in the region; |
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Via an end-of-project report and conference. |
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