WP7 Internal Evaluation & Quality Assurance Green Employability Project StudioCentroVeneto - Toni Brunello and Paolo Zaramella Vienna, 10th January 2012

2 StudioCentroVeneto Green Employability Project Kick-off Meeting Vienna, January 2012 WP7 Overview The internal Evaluation & Quality Assurance for the GE activities will be based on the common importance of both form and content Duration 10/2011 – 09/2013 Evaluation will be ongoing to ensure the continuous improvement is embedded in the project

3 StudioCentroVeneto Green Employability Project Kick-off Meeting Vienna, January 2012 Quality Assurance Steps* 1.Which were Purpose and Plan? 2. How was Implementation? 3. Assessment and Evaluation 4. Feedback and Procedures for Change 5. Methodology * From the European Common Quality Assurance Framework, 2003

4 StudioCentroVeneto Green Employability Project Kick-off Meeting Vienna, January 2012 Quality Indicators Samples Achievement of objectives and outcomes (in terms of deadlines and contents) Factors that contributed/handicapped to the execution of objectives Financial decisions and payments Expected impact Meetings organisation Focus on Sustainability … (in general)

5 StudioCentroVeneto Green Employability Project Kick-off Meeting Vienna, January 2012 Quality Indicators for impact on target groups and sectors Number of participants in the Green Strategic Groups (at least 10 per target country) Number of institutions and stakeholders contacted in regard with the dissemination (at least 10 per country) Number of media and articles covering the project results (at least 10 per country) Number of visits (hits) at the project website and downloads of the products from the website Number of participants in the train-the-trainer trainings (20 per target country); Number of participants in the National Dissemination Seminars (at least 30 per target country) Number of multipliers at the Final Dissemination Conference - 2 representatives of other European countries Establishment of Green Strategic Group in each target country Feedback from VET teachers and trainers, guidance professional and stakeholders on the relevance and effect of the Training System

6 StudioCentroVeneto Green Employability Project Kick-off Meeting Vienna, January 2012 Quality Indicators for impact on geographical areas It will include the implementation of the project results within the 5 partner countries on national, regional and local level as well as: -Number of the countries addressed in the dissemination events; -Number of countries that have demonstrated interest to directly apply the results and disseminate the outputs.

7 StudioCentroVeneto Green Employability Project Kick-off Meeting Vienna, January 2012 Partners agree on specified activities and meetings (ALL) to be assessed and evaluated, so to let SCV designing the Evaluation and Quality Assurance Plan Today Also feedback from the beneficiaries (i.e. piloting and exploitation activities too)

8 StudioCentroVeneto Green Employability Project Kick-off Meeting Vienna, January 2012 Questionnaires (compulsory) Discussions Online communication (i.e. Skype and feedbacks, even out from the formal deadlines) Contact with Partners, other participants in the project, direct and indirect beneficiaries, etc. Evaluation Tools: form & content

9 StudioCentroVeneto Green Employability Project Kick-off Meeting Vienna, January 2012 Practical things (organization, rooms, documents, etc.) Contents (documents, training materials, coherence within aims and methodologies, etc.) Approach (exchange within partnership, communication, common and shared rules, etc.) Evaluation Tools: form & content Questionnaire: Contents

10 StudioCentroVeneto Green Employability Project Kick-off Meeting Vienna, January 2012 Evaluation Tools: content Focus on building PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY: How to continue AFTER the project? -Green Employability Training System and Green Book for Workplacement Ecological Awareness; -Green Employability project's website (for at least two years after the project); -Fruitful cooperation between the members of the GE Consortium.

11 StudioCentroVeneto Green Employability Project Kick-off Meeting Vienna, January 2012 Evaluation Tools: content …How to continue AFTER the project? Each partner valorising its own connections >> Visibility of GE in each own network Aiming at a cross-fertilization effect, making raise new common initiatives, born thanks to GE Project

12 StudioCentroVeneto Green Employability Project Kick-off Meeting Vienna, January 2012 Evaluation Tools: two effective bodies Project Steering Committee (all partners) Green Strategic Groups (only for target partners: BG, ES, SV)

13 StudioCentroVeneto Green Employability Project Kick-off Meeting Vienna, January 2012 Thanks for your attention! StudioCentroVeneto (ITALY) Toni Brunello and Paolo Zaramella Tel: +39 (0)