Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

List of Projects funded under CAIT I & CAIT II (74 kb)

CAIT I Initiative, - Summary of the WRC Evaluation Report

Against the backdrop of the need to promote inclusion in the information society and to continue the development of public policy in this area, this evaluation of the CAIT Initiative attempts to appraise fully the performance and impact of the Initiative.  The evaluation explores the extent to which the specific aims of the CAIT Initiative were achieved, and in so doing also assesses the extent to which the Initiative:

• provided information and services to hard to reach groups and late adopters
• provided training and educational options to hard to reach groups, or groups experiencing barriers to participation
• enhanced community development infrastructure
• increased the technical competence of community organisations
• developed new models of community development
• promoted social development at the local level
• reinforced and added value to measures to achieve inclusion, counter poverty, and promote local development.