Mission: evaluation, result: evolution" "Αποστολή :αξιολόγηση, Αποτέλεσμα :εξέλιξη. European Training Course

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1 Solidarity Tracks Cultural NGO for Youth tel/fax Mission: evaluation, result: evolution" "Αποστολή :αξιολόγηση, Αποτέλεσμα :εξέλιξη European Training Course Date: 25 of June 3 of July2013 (8 activity days) Arrival day: 24/06/2013 Departure Day: 04/07/2013 Venue: Greece, Lefkas 35 participants from 19 Europeans youth organisations from 16 countries (1 or 2 participants from each organisation) Working language: English (French, and Greek if is necessary) Context, summary and objectives: The evaluation of a project, an action or an activity of non formal education with the young constitutes, a working tool which serves the purpose of laying plans as well as improving our competences and the quality of the project`s activities addressed to the young people. Moreover, the evaluation process ought to be regarded as a strategic device integrated into the broader process conducive to social change, since its principal advantage (or: virtue) lies in its capacity to help us carry out things in a better way than before. In particular, the evaluating methods of our projects & activities within the frame of the European program Youth in Action for the informal education are in continuous evolution thanks to the initiatives of the prime-movers of the various projects for the young, as well as to the efforts made by both the

2 executive agency Audio-Visual Education & Culture of the centre of human resource SALTO and the national Agencies of the Program [ Youth ion Action ]. In face of both the swift evolution of the younger generations and the continuous multiplication of the challenges which the young people are confronted to, and with a view to keep ensuring the quality of the projects of non-formal education so that they might come up to the expectations and interests of the Youth, taking into account the guidelines of the E.U. s policy for the Youth («Agenda 2020»), it is of use to further develop the assessment/evaluation methods for our actions of informal education. Heightening the quality of these methods with no doubt will bring better exploitation of the results of our evaluation sessions and a better recognition of the achievement of the young beneficiaries of our projects in terms of their knowledge, know-how, skills & attitudes. In this context, we wish to organize a training course where 30 youth workers and young people active in non-formal education programs will be gathered at Lefkas (Greece) for 8 days in order to exchange ideas & methods for evaluation and exploitation of the results of evaluation sessions as well as to develop new competences a) on various forms of evaluation, b) on the methodology of evaluation c) on how to choose the proper evaluating method in function of our particular activities and d) on the ways to exploit the results of evaluation sessions within the frame of the informal education, mainly of the Youth in Action programme. In this training course, we will create an innovative educative tool concerning the various methods for the evaluation of the non-formal activities addressed to young people. To this end, we will be inspired by the practical experiences of our partners as well as by the previous research, the publications & the initiatives launched in the past.

3 Objectives: 1 - Allow a group of youth workers and youth leaders from different countries working in non-formal education for young people to share their experiences their expertise and best practices on various methods of monitoring and evaluation of non formal activities for youth. 2 - Allow a group of youth workers and youth leaders from different countries active in non formal education for youth to acquire new skills about new methods for monitoring and evaluation of non formal activities for youth 3 - Allow participants of our training to be more able to adapt their projects to the needs and expectations of their target groups through new methods of evaluations. 4 - Create a common tool for monitoring and evaluation of non formal activities for youth which help all of us to plan and track our projects, choose our methods of monitoring and evaluation, and exploit in the better way the results of our assessments. 5 - Facilitate NGO's active in the non formal education for young people to enroll in an evaluation process to better manage their projects and activities, but also allow them to reveal and make it more readable the direction of their projects. Participants: Youth workers, youth leaders, youth project manager... who have a good experience in non no-formal education for youth. (There is no age limit for participation. Partners: Country Organization Participants Greece SOCIAL COOPERATIVE 01 ACTIVITIES FOR VULNERABLE GROUPS EDRA Austria Landesjugendrreferat Karnten / 02 Youth department of the Province of Carinthia in Austria Spain Grupo de Desarrollo Rural del 01 Valle del Guadalhorce Latvia ARTILT-D 01 Turkey Group Cottoncastle 01 Ukrain NGO Academy of Ukrainian 02 Youth Bosnia promente Social Research 02 Greece Non formal group of Thasos 01 "forward it" Hungary Karpa Ifjusagi Egyesulet 01 Italy Work in Progress 01

4 Romania ASOCIAȚIA DE TINERI DIN 02 ARDEAL Slovenia JAVNIZ AVODI,lLADINSKCI 02 ENTERM EDVODE/ YOUTH CENTBEM EDVODE Serbia Uduženje Generator 02 MK Coalition of youth organizations 02 SEGa Tunisia AAMJC M 02 Armenia Youth Initiative Centre 02 Tunisia APH 02 Algeria Association Scientifique des Petits Débrouillards de la Wilaya de Tizi Ouzou 02 Venue: Our training course will take place in Lefkada island. The island of Lefkada, also called Lefkas, is the fourth largest island of the Ionian Islands, after Zakynthos, Kefalonia and Corfu. It has an area of 303 square kilometres, a coastline of 117 kilometres and a population of about inhabitants. Lefkada is an island with a wide spiritual tradition and it s situated 378 km from Athens. Discover the emerald island at:

5 Accommodation and food: We will be hosted at ΝIRIKOS Hotel which is in the center of the city at the seaside very close to cafes, bars, clubs, restaurants, shops, internet café etc. We will sleep in rooms of 2 or 3 beds with bathroom, television, fridge in each bedroom. (The Internet connection is only in the lobby and in the bar. In the same hotel we will take our meals. You will taste typical Greek and lefkadian plates and other European food. If you have some special needs for food (vegetarian etc.), please, inform us about it beforehand. We can provide you with just with/without meat vegetarian food. Our working place will be in the Ionion Star Hotel. 1 minute walking from the hotel.

6 Transportation: How to arrive to Lefkas: When you arrive to Athens El. Venizelos Airport you have to take the city bus X93 to the bus station Kifissos, it will take about 60 min and the ticket costs about 5. There you have to take the bus to Lefkas which takes 5,5 hours and costs 34. We will wait you at the bus station in Lefkas. Pay attention that there are only 4 buses from Athens to Lefkas (At 7:00, 13:00, 16:30 and 20:30) so please organise your flight so as to arrive early in Athens and catch a bus to Lefkas. Is possible also to buy for your participants the tickets and you will give as the participation fee of your participants in cash when they came here. Very important is that you KEEP ALL THE BILLS, TICKETS AND BOARDING PASSES from your travel. Participation Fee: 100% of accommodation and basic food, and 70% of your travel cost are covered by the project (The costs of taxis and private car are not reimbursable). You have to pay 30% of your travel cost and 20 Euros participation fee. You will get DVD with photos, videos and the content of our TC, and a copy of pedagogical tool that we will create together. How you prepare your self for this training: Each partner should prepare: 1 * A presentation about methods of evaluation and monitoring that your organizations follow during the implementation of the activities, and the way in which you exploit the results of the assessments. 2 * A presentation that show how you choose your evaluation methods, and how to adapt it to your target group involved in your activities. 3-* participants from each partner should bring examples of tools for monitoring and evaluation that they used to monitor and evaluate their non-formal activities for youth 4* To bring National/typical food and drinks for the intercultural evening (songs, dances, national costumes, music etc.)

7 5*- Information about your country, your city and your organisation (books, brochures, posters, postcards, video, PowerPoint presentation, music, etc.) **** Please complete this table and send it for us as soon as possible: Name, surname Organisation Position in your organisation adress Mobile phone what do you expect from this training? PARTICIPANT S BASIC INFO ARRIVAL DATE TIME FLIGHT NUMBER Other transports TRAVEL DETAILS: TO/FROM Athens DEPARTURE DATE TIME FLIGHT NUMBER Other transports FOOD HEALTH MOBILITY OTHER Please inform us the cost of your travel before to buy your ticket PERSONAL DETAILS (PLEASE, EXPLAIN YOUR NEEDS ) If you need visa to come to Greece please complete the bellow table and send it to us with the first page of your passport, in order to send to you the invitation to apply for visa:

8 Name and surname as was written on the passport Passport Number Date of issue Date of expiry PLEASE, SEND it till June TO: your passport with ascanned copy of the first page of Useful Greek Words: ENGLISH Hello Greek γειά σας! (Yia sas) Welcome! My name is Thank you! I need help. I m sorry, I don t speak Greek Do you speak German/English? Excuse me? Yes No Maybe I don t know I love you! Goodbye! Καλώς ορίσατε! (Kalos Orisate) Ονομάζομαι (Onomazome) ευχαριστώ! (Evkaristo) Χρειάζομαι βοήθεια. (khriazome voïthia). Λυπάμαι, δεν μιλάω ελληνικά (Lipame, then millaw Ellinika) Μιλάτε Γερμανικά / αγγλικά; (Millate yermanika, anglika) Συγνώμη; (Signomi) Ναι (Ne) Όχι (Okhi) Ίσως (Isos) Δεν ξέρω (Then ksero) σ' αγαπώ (Sagappo) Αντίο (Adio)

9 **** If you have more questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to write to: or call: Mohamed Chaabouni