Another project started at the request of the Marshal’s Office of the Lubusz Voivodeship. The Bluehill company conducts work as part of the evaluation study “Evaluation of the progress of SME support in the Lubuskie Voivodeship in the 2014-2020 perspective”.

The aim of the study was to conduct a study of current information needs by individual areas of specialisation and the identification of legitimate data sources and define the range of possible to acquire data necessary to monitor smart specialisation of Masovia, in accordance with current needs and trends. The study was conducted in two parts:
• research, whose aim is the Assembly, analysis and selection of empirical data about the effectiveness of support businesses within the identified priority axes,
• creative, in which will be developed recommendations.

In March, Bluehill on behalf of the Polish Forum of Persons with Disabilities completed development of making economic and social impacts assessment for the proposed recommendations proposed for the implementation of the 12 following policies public:
1. public administration
2. building & construction, local planning and zoning and housing
3. membership of the Republic of Poland in the European Union
4. public finance
5. Economy
6. Computerisation of
7. financial institutions
8. Communications
9. Justice
10. Internal Affairs
11. Foreign Affairs
12. transport

Finished another project on behalf of the Academy of Special Education Maria Grzegorzewskiej in Warsaw, the subject of the contract was the assessment of the socio-economic impacts for the proposed recommendations, proposed to implement the following 12 public policies:
1. physical culture,
2. culture and protection of national heritage,
3. Science,
4. education and upbringing,
5. work,
6. family,
7. regional development,
8. rural development,
9. higher education,
10. hiking,
11. social security,
12. health

Bluehill completed Complex consulting and research study “The development of the customer service standards in the judiciary” for the Ministry of Justice. The main objective of the project was to improve the management processes and communication in the area of the caller’s service in the judiciary a common through the development of a directory of services and standard procedures and elaboration of the concept implementation a new model of communication based on the standardization of processes in the judiciary. The project included the scope of both a large research component (over 2000 interviews and visits), as well as a number of expert work. In result there was over 15 products developed.

In cooperation with one of the leading marketing agencies Bluehill conducted research and brand image for the Wielkopolska region. The study included market research of current brand image as a part of bigger promotion program called “The creation and promotion of construction Brand of Wielkopolska” using techniques like desk research,, quantitative and qualitative research. Research was conducted on respondents from greater Poland and other regions of the country, as well as foreigners. The study helped i.e. to evaluate new economic logo of the region.

This is another in the last few years of experience in the field in the area of territorial brand and image of the region made by the Bluehill. In the portfolio of the company are already projects in this regard for m.in. provinces of West(LINK)Lublin, kujawsko-Pomorskie region (LINK), subcarpathian voivodship, Mazowieckie or Polish Agency for investment and trade, as well as the Polish Tourist Organization (LINK).

The consortium which Bluehill is a part completed evaluation project for Narodowy Bank Polski(LINK) in field of educational programs. The results of the study will be used to improve programs and projects.

The project was completed within the framework of the project. “Evaluation of the system for the selection of projects in competition as part of the priority 1.2 POWER” for the Reional Labour Office in Warsaw which purpose was to evaluate the system for the selection of projects under consistency, relevance, effectiveness and efficiency criterias. as part of the priority axis 1.2 and VER under for consistency, relevance, effectiveness and efficiency.

In December Bluehill completed analysis of the emerging new, promising sectors in greater Poland for the Marshal’s Office of the Wielkopolska region. The aim of the analysis was to determine the most promising for Wielkopolski sectors emerging in the KET and ICT and creative sectors and to prepare recommendations for possible changes in the records of the regional Strategy Innovation for greater Poland for the years 2015-2020 of areas of smart specialisation of greater Poland.

Bluehill was invited for a meeting organized by the Business Department of the Marshal’s Office of the Lubuskie Voivodship to make presentation and take part in discussion with regional leaders. The main topic of the meeting was the evaluation of the export potential of the Lubuskie Voivodeship and the summary of trade missions for enterprises. One of the speakers was the Managing Director of Bluehill Artur Kowalczyk. The meeting was also aimed at summarizing previous missions, as well as the exchange of experiences, which was supposed to help to organize the next trips of Lubuskie entrepreneurs. More information and photo gallery can be found at: http://lubuskie.pl/news/22201/27/Lubuskie-wsparcie-dla-eksportu/

20 October 2017 year was supported by Bluehill II National Congress Evaluation organized by the Polish society of Evaluation. This year’s Congress was a nationwide event to the representatives of the research companies, research institutes, public authorities, individuals interested in evaluation and students.  Congress enabled participation both in the role of the listener, as well as an active participant in the discussion. The event consisted of a part of the classroom in the form of presentations, discussion panel, and workshops affecting issues research and evaluation market in Poland. Workshops and discussion panels have been divided into three parts and the participants had to choose from topics such as:

• Evaluation in the area of Security
• Evaluation in social assistance
• Evaluation in the area of culture
• Evaluation in adult education
• what should talk to ewaluatorzy-reflections on the evaluation based on the analysis of the reports. implementation of the ESF in Poland
• Evaluation of sustainable development, that is, the evaluator in antropocenie

Bluehill was official Partner of the conference.

In September the management of Bluehill was invited and participated in the strategic workshop of international consulting group.
Workshop took place in Varna (Bulgaria) and was attended by almost 200 representatives of the Partners from 10 countries.

Bluehill completed for the Marshal’s Office of the Silesian Voivodeship project “The analysis of inter-branch flows in the context of the development of innovation in administrative Silesia by the year 2020”.“
The aim of the study was to obtain comprehensive knowledge about development opportunities identified regional specialisation (technological ) and smart specialisation in Silesian Voivodeship. The study also responds to the need to identify opportunities and development actors innovation ecosystem in the context of the processes of technological development of Silesia.

Another project for Provincial Labour Office in Warsaw has been started by Bluehill.
„Evaluation of the system for the selection of projects in competition as part of the priority 1.2 POWER” is one of the key project in field of regional labour force market in Mazowsze.

A consortium of Bluehill, Quality Watch and Evalu carries out evaluation study in the area of educational programmes for Polish National Bank.

In June, a consortium of Bluehill and Quality Watch has begun the implementation of a strategic project under the customer service standards in the judiciary for of the Ministry of Justice.
The study carried out within the framework of the project: “development of the customer service standards in the judiciary”. The main objective of the task is to improve the management processes and communication in the area of the customer service stanrads in the judiciary, and thus prevent the existing disparities, both in the way they handle clients, as well as in the field of the information transmitted is possible by individual courts.

In May Bluehill accepted the invitation and participated in Impact ‘ 17 – one of the highlights of the innovative in Central and Eastern Europe. For two days in Krakow we had possibility to meet representatives of hundreds of companies and organizations in the areas of new-tech to jointly reflect on the opportunities and threats economy 4.0. The main theme of the event were all kinds of innovations and their impact on the Polish economy. Discussions also took place on paths: science to business, fintech&e-commerce, energy&resources, mobility, entrepreneurship

On behalf of the Ministry of Development Bluehill is working on the action model from 2.4 prioity which is about the creation of services and applications that use e-public services and public sector information under the Operating Digital 2014-2020 for Poland (Polska Cyfrowa). The results will be provided in May.

On behalf of the Office of the Marshal of the Silesian Bluehill is working within the framework of the evaluation project. “Analysis of input-output tables in the context of the development of innovation in the Silesian Voivodeship to the year 2020″

In March, Bluehill completed work on the analysis of export potential entrepreneurs Świętokrzyskie established within the framework of the main sectors of smart specialisation region modern agriculture and food processing on behalf of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship Marshal’s Office. As a result, the study was a report consisting of 4 specialisations: modern agriculture and food processing, metal foundry, health tourism and pro-health, resource-efficient construction.

Bluehill finished another project for PAIH(LINK) – “The report and the diagnosis of establishment of municipalities – Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship”. The aim of the study was to develop a report on the establishment of municipalities on the example of the 46 municipalities of Warmia and Mazury, along with their diagnosis in terms of investor service. The project was strongly conected with following scope: investor service, stimulating local entrepreneurship as well as focus on the analysis of the 5 examplations of the good practices of audits carried out by PAIH experts.

In December a consortium with Bluehill has completed the implementation of the next project for the Marshal’s Office of the Lubelskie Voivodeship. A study showed the current trends in tourism and of the tourist offer of the Lubelskie Voivodeship.

At the end of the year, Bluehill completed another project for local authorities. The expertise was aimed to develop a form of good practice management of places of cultural heritage, development of training models flashcards related to the management of places of cultural heritage and to draw up a report with a methodology data acquisition for the development of these documents.