European Community of Practice

The protocol is a very useful tool to identify and select best practices that can be incorporated into many other projects and areas. It has a very pragmatic approach since it guides the user through every step of the process:

1.- How to create a working group

2.- How to agree on the concept of good practice

3.- Set the criteria to qualify as a good practice

4.- How to collect the information in a standard format

5.- Time to verify findings

6.- Grading the practices and selecting them

The attached document is a simple and brief guide explaining every step to the user.

Potential users of this tool are: Those who are responsible for the designing and development of equal opportunities programs. Staff involved in the evaluation of this kind of programs will benefit from this protocol also.