In-depth impacts 7.26 Building upon the two areas of data already discussed, Creative Scotland and its partners could consider a range of in-depth work to support an evaluation of the Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme. This activity would need to be determined as and when Creative Scotland and other funding partners are able to identify projects or clusters of projects with specific intentions (e.g. to be World Stage or Out of Place). Additional investment in resources in this area should focus carefully in adding to the available data, analysis and understanding relating to specific areas of potential intervention. For example, if a project is working with the local community in the east end of Glasgow, to improve the skills and employment opportunities for those people, then a specific evaluation might be required in order to assess the success of that project. Alternatively, Creative Scotland might feel that a specific area of interest across the entire programme would be the opportunity to raise the profile of cultural activity in Scotland; a specific assessment looking at media responses across the programme might be required. 7.27
The in-depth evaluation (Table 15): - Could be programme-wide, but specifically looking at an impact area like profile or economic value; - Could be project specific, exploring whether a specific project has achieved its aims; - Is useful in exploring complex projects, and understanding what has happened; or, - Will be helpful in testing whether aims and objectives are underpinned by operational and tactical planning (effectively, in testing the validity of a logic model for individual projects and for wider programme aims)
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