eFez research team used various research
methods in order to investigate the community
(i.e. citizens) side of BEC service delivery. Data
gathering related to social issues started with eFez kick off in 2004. Accordingly, during the periodic
site visits conducted from Fall 2004 through
Spring 2005, the research member observed how
citizens interact with the BEC in order to request
and receive their lives events certificates. One of
the author (El Mahdi) interviewed citizens in the
process of BEC certificates’ request/receipt. Observing
and interviewing citizens being served in
BEC enabled gathering information on the citizen
side of BEC service delivery. Accordingly, the
research member started the process of identifying
and elaborating indicators related to citizens
served in BEC. These include, among other things,
the easiness degree of the request/receipt process,
waiting time, citizens’ effort (i.e. physical trips to
the BEC office, standing in line, queuing) needed
for receiving processed certificates, and quality
of delivered certificates. These indicators were
further discussed and refined with the research
team. Accordingly, the research member structured
the focus group discussions with citizens on this
list of indicators in effort to gather and capture in-depth information.