Work-life Balance on Czech Ministries
Project annotation/short description of project goals and methods
WORK-LIFE BALANCE ON CZECH MINISTRIES (The sociological survey on work-life balance in civil service and the work of the departmental gender focal points)
Objective: To explore the conditions for work-life balance at the Czech ministries.
The survey had the following four stages:
- Analysis of documents concerning gender equality and especially work-life balance of civil service employees at the relevant Ministries.
- Focus groups with departmental gender focal points focused on obtaining information on their roles and activities at the individual Ministries.
- Online questionnaire survey among civil service employees focused on their knowledge of and experience with various work-life balance measures. The questionnaire was available in electronic form, which enabled simple and fast completion and anonymous submission.
- Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the secretaries of state at the relevant Ministries, focusing on evaluation of the current situation in the area of work-life balance and its potential further development at the particular Ministries.
Project partners (e.g., contractor, collaborators)
Czech ministries - collaborator, ppm factum research s. r. o. - contractor of data collection, analysis and interpretation
Project funding - resources (e.g., EU funding, State budget)
European Union funding, State budget
Project funding - budgets
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Language of project outputs
English
Added value/outcomes: short description of any outcome reached (e.g., input for strategic documents on national level/municipal
The results were presented at several conferences, discussed with the representatives of the ministries as well with the Deputy Interior Minister in Charge of Civil Service
Main challenges and lessons learned: short description if applicable
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