Project title: Survey of Member of Parliament Assistants, 2010, Azerbaijan Wave 2

Commissioned by DAI Inc., USAID Parliamentary Program in Azerbaijan

Date: February-April 2010

Project objective: To provide technical support to DAI Inc. in conducting a follow-up survey for the Parliamentary Program in Azerbaijan (USAID). The survey results were used to track the progress of the Program. CRRC helped DAI, Inc. with designing survey questionnaire, pre-field training for the interviewers, data entry and prepared report describing the findings of the survey.

Research design: Semi-structured survey of 82 Member of Parliament Assistants (MPA). The survey had over 60 questions covering different aspects of the MPAs' activities like work with constituents and media, outreach, accessibility of the constituent offices, policy research skills and experience. The results were used in the calculation of the Constituency Representation Index jointly developed by DAI, Inc and CRRC.

Output: Survey Report and Presentation slides for the Administration of the Parliament (not public).