Patrycja Antosz
Jagiellońskie Studia Socjologiczne, Numer 2, 2014, s. 121 - 135
Youth Activity in the Internet and Hazards Related to It
Using the Internet nowadays is a daily activity for many children. On average 92% of young Internet users goes online at least once a week and 57% log in almost every day (Kirwil, 2010). In Poland kids as young as four years of age start using the Internet (Gemius 2008a). A study considering Internet use was performed as a part of social campaign on online safety „WWW – Wiem, widzę i wybieram”. Study consisted of two parts. At the fi rst stage data were acquired from parents of kids aged 4–15. At the second stage data was acquired from kids in primary school (5th class) and from kids in gymnasium (1st and 3rd class). Th e results comply with other fi ndings described in the literature. However in some cases data points to more frequent occurrence of negative and unwanted experiences. Th erefore monitoring of exposure to negative online experiences of young persons is required.
Patrycja Antosz
Zarządzanie Publiczne, Numer 2 (18), 2012, s. 9 - 19
https://doi.org/10.4467/20843968ZP.12.007.0531
Evaluation culture in Poland
Evaluation as type of judgement aggregation specifies expected or factual effects of a public intervention. The main goal of evaluation in public administration is to support decision-making processes and therefore increase the quality, efficiency and coherence of public help. That aim is supported by three main functions of evaluation: the function of accountability (executing responsibility), the cognitive function and the function of improvement stimulation within an organization. Among the advantages of performing objective and specified evaluations of public interventions one may name improvements in planning, implementing processes, improvements in quality control, supporting learning processes within institutions, strengthening the feelings of partnerships and joint ownership. For those among other reasons a number of international institutions (e.g. European Union) put emphasis on the development of evaluation culture. On the basis of the results of a project carried out by Centrum Ewaluacji i Analiz Polityk Publicznych UJ (The Center for Evaluation and Analysis of Public Policies) several elements occurring frequently in evaluations in Poland that may inhibit the development of evaluation culture have been identified. Those elements are the perception of evaluation among public administration workers, the way party ordering evaluations uses evaluation criteria, the existing procurement law and lack of rules concerning the reception of evaluation report.
Patrycja Antosz
Zdrowie Publiczne i Zarządzanie, Tom 14 Numer 2, 2016, s. 93 - 103
https://doi.org/10.4467/20842627OZ.16.013.5575Patrycja Antosz
Zarządzanie Publiczne, Numer 1 (17), 2012, s. 23 - 35
https://doi.org/10.4467/20843968ZP.12.002.0526
Utility as a criterion of public policy evaluation
In this article we will present the mistakes made both by ordering and executing side in understanding and defining the evaluation criterion of utility. We will discuss the problems with final use of this criterion in the Polish evaluation reports of EU Operational Programmes. The analysis will eventually show how important it is to understand ex post evaluation as measuring the adequacy of the program effects in targeting the needs of final users.