IMAL Report II Process and structure

Tools Best Practice Learnings Methods Report II - Process Overview Turkey (Biography, …) Denmark (Job Rotation, …) Italy (EDA, …) Poland (Teachers’ roles in motivation process, …) Greece (…) Spain (…) Towards a reuse of the tools in a new projects with different combinations of factors Towards a reuse of the Best Practice pratically «as is» Details Like Moussakà Like eggplant, minced meat in, potato, etc.

Star with gathering Learning Methods in the direct experience of the partners And what are the partners’ Success Stories applying the Learning Methods Extract Best Practices for reuse (premises, benefits, constrains, etc.) Extract useful Learnings Tools potentially reusable …more ? In other words…

But first find a definition of «best practice» Best practice means significant experiences or those that let us obtain the best results [in MA learning] in relation to different contexts. More definitions…

Criteria to identify Best Practices Best Practice Reproducibility Transferability Measurability Innovation Sustainability Dissemination (mainstreaming)

Criteria of identification and trasferability The idea of Best Practice is used to describe results, strenghts (but also weaknesses) and processes of a project relating to its operative lines, its efficacy and its realization. Having said that, the critiria for the identification of an intervation/initiative to disseminate as best practice are those listed below: Reproducibility: the possibility of reproducing the project in a context with the same or similar problems to the original one. Transferability: the suitability of the project to be used as model, also in different contexts from the original one, especially referring to the country planning and/or the involved stakeholders. Measurability: the extent of the project to show the achievement of goals and expected results through objective comparisons from a qualitative-quantitative point of view. Innovation: new solutions, tools or know-how which improved the starting conditions or satisfied the early need (innovation/strengthening of the process or product). Sustainability: the possibility of guaranteeing continuity and stability of the project’s benefits also after the conclusion of the initial financial support. This possibility is based on the existing resources or on the ability of creating new resources to self-nurture the initiative. Dissemination (mainstreaming): requisite linked to efficacy, impact and added value deriving from the implementation of the project, in terms of capability of creating a set of consequential effects on the territory, through the involvement in different levels (same or higher level) of stakeholders and institutions of the given field; in the first case we talk about «horizontal» dissemination, in the second one we talk about «vertical» dissemination.

The method in three steps 1.Gathering. In the gathering phase, there is a early «self-evaluation» by the proposer, who has to fill in a Sheet with several fields relate to the first information on the experience/initiative that we want to acquire at the beginning. Gathered information, after an initial elaboration, are uploaded on the Drive. 2.Preliminary activity. The projects, which are consedered interesting, are identified by the partners through a direct scouting and/or their sensivity among the presented projects, which: fulfill their needs/initial expectations; improve the quality and/or efficacy of services carried out by the proposer; could be repeated in other different territorial contexts; could be evaluate as impact and/or achieved results. 3.Assessment. The choosen projects are examined in depth with partners. Best practices are identified among the presented projects which created for instance: Greater added value for people due to the creation of greater work opportunities New and/or better services, lower costs, etc. A concrete subsidiarity A strengthening of professional identity

Focus on the assessment procedure Qualitive and explained evaluation on each project methodology by majority vote of partners. Result = methodology is/is not a «good practice». Quantitative evaluation following a scale from 1 to 5 which attest the presence of the good practice’s requisites (transferability, reproducibility, measurability, sustainability, innovation and dissemination).

How to describe a good practice Project title and name of the responsible organisation Sector of the activity Concerned territory, main features and challenges Project history (beginning and development) General description (goals, actions, organisation, beneficiaries, partners, balance, implementation period, etc.) Results, impact What are the antecedents or the context of the project? What particular problems have inspired the leaders of the project? Who does manage the project and what kind of approach has been adopted? What is the cost of the project and what are the sources of funding? What are the innovative aspects of the project? How is the project sustainable?

Understand Factors of Motivation External Factors at Macro level (just 2 slide + speach), e.g.: Economics Work Place Trust on Institutions Learning policy Internal Factors (relevated also from Questionnaire)