WP16 Pan European Questionnaire

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WP16 Pan European Questionnaire

• Partners Meeting
• ROVIGO 4-6 May 2006

Sakis Karamoschos, ANEM
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Basic Characteristics

• TYPE

PAN EUROPEAN SURVEY

• ADDRESSING TO

INTERREG SERVANTS

• VIA

E- MAIL

• NUMBER

200 QUESTIONNAIRES
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SCOPE OF THE RESEARCH

• Extracting and articulating the influence of
  cultural differences, as described by persons
  with vast knowledge and experience on cultural
  aspects of management cooperation of INTERREG
  projects

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Main objective

• Collect Information on how
• different cultures,
• different values,
• attitudes,
• attributes and
• behaviour patterns
• affect INTERREG projects planning and
  implementation

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Addressing to

• INTERREG III project managers and promoters,
• management and co-ordination officers, (INTERREG
  Secretariats INTERACT points and secretariats)
  and
• national policy makers involved in interregional/
  transnational spatial planning processes.

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Scope
Sending a semi-structured questionnaire to a
pre-selected sample of 200 INTERREG officers
Criterion

• The level of experience is the principal
  criterion for choosing the final participants

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Method

• Web search
• Creating a database with the main INTERREG
  structures
• Collecting information on INTERREG II servants
• Communicating with the structures- locating the
  most experienced personnel
• Sending out the questionnaire

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Structure of the questionnaire

• Interviewer details
• Related experience
• Manifestations of cultural differences
• Influence on INTERREG projects
• Possible Solutions

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Interviewer details (1/2)

• This section contains principal data such as
• Name
• Specialty/ Degree Title
• Area of expertise (main fields of activity)
• Institution
• Contact Details
• Current Position / Occupation

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Interviewer details (2/2)

• What are his/hers main job tasks (what do you do
  in your job)?
• Years in this position
• Previous Experience (years, position,
  institution)

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Related Experience

• Which spatial development EU instruments have
  he/she had experience with? (INTERREG II ,
  INTERREG III , INTERACT , OTHER EU PROGRAMME
  (please specify) )
• Which are the fields that his/her experience is
  mainly related to? (Project design and planning ,
  Project evaluation , Project management ,
  Technical support on project implementation )
• Geographic Location of previous experience

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Manifestations of Cultural Differences (1/5)

• How do he/she interpret the term cultural
  differences in relevance with the planning and
  implementation of INTERREG projects? Please
  explain by giving examples
• Based on your experience, do planners have
  different attitudes and skills as a result of
  differences in planning traditions?

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Manifestations of Cultural Differences (2/5)

• What is the degree these cultural differences
  manifest themselves in the way (lead) partners
  approach an INTERREG project? Please rate the
  degree these cultural differences are expressed
  in the following activities.

Scheduling
Cooperation
Planning
Managing
Keeping deadlines
Communication
Organisational Issues
Programming
Quality of deliverables
Strategic Planning
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Manifestations of Cultural Differences (3/5)

• Is there a relation between the tension/ degree
  of manifestation of cultural differences and ..
  
• project progress (phase of the project)
• type of participating partners (research
  institutes, public actors, private actors etc)
• Including actors presenting previous
  transnational experience
• type of activities included in the project

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Manifestations of Cultural Differences (4/5)

• What are the main cultural differences emerging
  in INTERREG projects in the different stages,
  namely
• project generation
• pre-start up
• start up
• implementation
• closure?
• At which stage are the cultural differences more
  intense?

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Manifestations of Cultural Differences (5/5)

• What do different project members and INTERREG
  program managers see as the main objective of
  INTERREG projects, cooperation or content?
• Which challenges have you encountered as far as
  cultural differences are concerned within the
  framework of partners cooperation in INTERREG
  projects? You can refer to specific examples
• Which country/ countries present more stiff
  cultural behavior causing difficulties in the
  proper implantation of INTERREG projects? / Which
  country/ countries present more flexible
  cultural behavior facilitating the proper
  implantation of INTERREG projects?

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Influence on INTERREG projects (1/2)

• How much do cultural differences influence the
  following fields when implementing an INTERREG
  project?

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Influence on INTERREG projects (2/2)

• How would you rate the effect of cultural
  differences in each instrument included in the
  majority of INTERREG projects? Please score each
  of the following instruments?
• Scientific meetings (workshop, conferences,
  symposia, etc)
• Training seminars/ workshops
• Short visits and study tours
• Studies, researches, reports
• Scientific publications
• Information/ Dissemination activities
• Research activities
• etc

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Possible Solutions (1/2)

• How can cultural differences be managed in
  INTERREG projects (theoretically)?
• Which is the most suitable way to manage cultural
  differences in INTERREG projects?
• Has INTERREG smoothen/ reduced the cultural
  differences among the countries? How? Please
  explain
• Does more knowledge and insight/understanding
  about cultural differences in an INTERREG
  project, lead to a better management?

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Possible Solutions (2/2)

• What are good ways to manage INTERREG projects
  (depending on/differentiated to different
  objectives, different partners, etc.)