IA4SI socio-economic impact assessment - Impact Assessment Methodology

This chapter describes the impact assessment methodology for DSI initiatives and the approach and methods on which it is based. Adapted from previous and already tested methodologies, the one developed by the IA4SI project is framed upon the Impact Value Chain Approach, and it analyses the projects’ impacts according to four synthetic indices articulated in relevant sub-dimensions. The following paragraphs explain in details the logic of the approach and of the indices.