Monitoring and Evaluation

One of our key ambitions is to be able to demonstrate the contribution of the games towards the city's economic growth, the long-term regeneration of the East End and social outcomes for people and communities.

What is it?

A strategic joint approach to evaluation has been developed with the Scottish Government, which seeks to address the following 6 key research questions:

1. Has there been a change in sport participation and physical activity?
2. What effect has the games had on businesses, employment and volunteering?
3. What is the impact of the games on the lives of the local community in the area of Glasgow's east end most directly affected by the investment?
4. Has there been a change in cultural engagement?
5. Has there been a change in civic pride and/or international reputation?

6. Is there a partnership legacy

Evaluation reports

Key evaluation reports produced by the Games Legacy Economic Evaluation Group, the Glasgow Evaluation Group and the Scottish Government include:

Post Games Evaluation Report 2015 (PDF) [1MB]

Commonwealth Games Visitor Study - Survey Results (PDF) [2MB]

Commonwealth Games Visitor Study - Merchant City Festival Survey Results (PDF) [860KB]

Commonwealth Games Visitor Study - Visitor Economic Impact Report (PDF) [1MB]

A series of reports are also available on the Scottish Government's website.

Performance reports

In addition to these evaluation reports, detailed performance reports have been produced focusing on the implementation of the 80-plus council-led legacy projects. The suite of reports from 2009 is below.

  Legacy Framework Progress Report to Dec 2010 and Action Plan Jan 2011- March 12 (PDF) [318KB]
  Legacy Framework Progress Report 2011-12 and Action Plan 2012-13 (PDF) [384KB]
  Legacy Framework Progress Report 2012-13 and Action Plan 2013-14 (PDF) [274KB]
  Legacy Framework Progress Report 2013-14 and Action Plan 2014-15 Final (PDF) [629KB]

The findings from our on-going research and evaluation studies will be incorporated in the forthcoming evaluation reports including:

• Summer 2015 - Legacy Framework Progress Report 2014/15 and Action Plan 2015/16

• Summer 2016 - Legacy Framework Progress Report 2015/16 and Action Plan 2016/17
• Summer 2017 - Legacy Framework Progress Report 2016/17 and Action Plan 2017/18
• Summer 2018 - Legacy Framework Progress Report 2017/18 and Action Plan 2018/19

• Summer 2019 - Legacy Framework Progress Report 2009-19.