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6 November, 2019

Minister Zappone announces additional €75,989.06 in funding awards to community and voluntary sector organisations

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone TD, is pleased to announce additional awards of €75,989.06 to organisations that received funding under the 2018 Innovation Fund. This will support four further existing projects in any outstanding work remaining from their original application in 2018. Statement by the Minister for Children and Youth … Continued

14 October, 2019

Minister Katherine Zappone announces further 2019 Network Funding awards to organisations working to improve outcomes for children under the What Works Initiative

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone TD, has today announced further funding awards under the 2019 Network Support Fund, a What Works Initiative, supported through Dormant Accounts Funding. Statement by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone

20 September, 2019

Minister Katherine Zappone announces €300,000 in funding awards to community and voluntary sector organisations

Funding will support 2018 What Works Innovation Fund grantees to finalise their innovative projects supporting children, young people and their families Statement by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone

13 September, 2019

Minister Zappone launches What Works national programme to deliver learning and development opportunities for professionals working with children and young people

Action Learning is an approach to problem solving and learning in small groups (‘sets’) to bring about significant change in individuals, teams, organisations and systems.

10 September, 2019

DATA SEMINAR – 18 September 2019

A Data Seminar organised by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs as part of What Works will take place on 18 September 2019, beginning at 09:30 in the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, No. 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2. This event will conclude at 13:00 with a light lunch for attendees. … Continued

5 September, 2019

What Works Action Learning Set – Places Available

4 September, 2019

Data Seminar -coming soon!

A Data Seminar organised as part of What Works will take place on 18 September 2019, beginning at 09:30am in the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2. This event will conclude at 13:00 with lunch for attendees. Join us for a great opportunity to learn more about how to use … Continued

22 July, 2019

Tools and Ethics for Applied Behavioural Insights: The BASIC Toolkit

The OECD has developed this toolkit in partnership with Dr. Pelle Guldborg Hansen of Roskilde University. The toolkit provides practitioners and policy makers with a step-by-step process for analysing a policy problem, building strategies, and developing behaviourally informed interventions. BI is increasingly used in policy making to improve understanding of how context, biases and other … Continued

1 July, 2019

Support DCYA in the implementation of What Works!

We are looking for an organisation to support us in the implementation of the What Works Initiative. If your organisation is interested in playing a significant role in this initiative, please check out the request for tenders we currently have advertised on E-tenders. The reference number for our tender is 152596. The RfT can be … Continued

21 June, 2019

Tickets Now Available | Data Seminar | What Works | 18th September

To register for this event please follow the link to our Ticket Page | ‘What Works’ Data Seminar 18.09.19 Tickets are Free & Lunch is provided for all participants