viaEUropa: evaluation

report

Feasability visit for Youth in Action Programme

Costa da Caparica; 22 ~ 26.02.2012

http://viaeuropa-juventude.blogspot.com

Funding

This project was funded by Youth in Action

Programme:

Portuguese National Agency for Youth in

Action Programme @ http://juventude.pt

European Commision @

http://ec.europa.eu/youth

Partners

The partners of the project were thefollowing:

o La Vibria [ES] @ http://www.wix.com/lavibria/en

o Intercultura [FR] @ http://intercultura.fr

o CCPL [LU] @ http://www.ccpl.lu/

o Link [IT] @ http://www.linkyouth.org/

o ATDR [RO] @ http://atdr.ro

o Students' Club [SI] @ http://www.klise-klub.si/

o Youth against AIDS [LV] @ http://www.jpa.lv/

Local Partnerships

The local partnerships were the

following:

oCM Seixal

o VidaEmprego

o Khapaz

oRestaurante "o Bispo"

Media Partnerships

The media partnerships were the

following:

oRádio Baía

o Jornal do Seixal

o Setúbal na Rede

Images I

Images II

Images III

Images IV

Images v

Images VI

For more photos, check out the following link

Final Work – group #1

Group #1 developed the following work:o “Creativity4Work” – a project based on a series of

events and meetings organized by young people for young people to empower them to find a job and will consist in 6 events;

o “Shoes” – an activity for problem solving, to look at a problem from different perspectives and to find creative solutions;

o “Bee hive” – an activity to facilitate the decision-making process, to facilitate discussions around different projects and to help an organization to take the best decision about which project to develop;

o For more information regarding their work, you can seethe description on the online mindmap of the project, the video synopsis, the online presentation and thelinks for the activies “shoes” and “bee hive”.

Final Work – group #2

Group #2 developed the following work:o “Hiring! ExEVS wanted!”: 8-14 day youth exchange to

present the EVS as an alternative method of developing the skill required to get a job and present them as valuable professional experience;

o “Oppressed much? Meet the boss?”: project for a youth exchange where the participants experience the process of a job application, preparating a job interview, presenting skills and experience as valuable and learning to express themselves to build self-confidence;

o “No skills? Think again!”: is a project for a youth exchange where the participants learn how to write a CV, highlighting the skills in non formal education;

o “Movie it!”: project for a youth exchange where the participants will participate in activities with the objective of presenting EVS of Youth in Action programme, mainly with films made by EVS volunteers describing and documenting their experience;

o For more information regarding their work, watch the videosynopsis and the online mindmap of the project.

Other results

Some of the activities were filmed to produce video tutorials [hosted online @ YouTube]of non formal activities:o Deixa cair isso que quero sentar-me @

youtu.be/Hv-hxI_I5MQ

o Yia Quizzz! @ youtu.be/e7kuwDVY5j4

o Quem sou eu? @ youtu.be/Q84fsN4If0A

o Bolas a Circular @ youtu.be/7hwt2Sq3R64

o O que é um jovem com menos oportunidades? @youtu.be/MigAnx2eDJk

o As minhas coisas @ youtu.be/HFBLJBYplNc

All the activities are @ http://volatin.eu

Evaluation – Activity

“Deep Space”

Evaluation – Activity

“Deep Space” II

This activity consists on a proposal to theparticipants to identify their path during a certain period (in this case during thefeasability visit);

In a flipchart sheet, there are 4 areas: Earth(tranquility and familiarity), Sun (excitementand activeness), Asteroids (Hard andDifficulty) and Black Hole (Nothingnessand meaningless)

The participants were asked to draw a line, corresponding to their path in the visit

Evaluation – Activity

“Deep Space” III

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3 4

Evaluation – Activity

“Deep Space” IV

The result is that the area that had

more activity 1) Sun (excitement and

activeness), and after 2) Earth

(tranquility and familiarity) na then there

was 3) Asteroids (Hard and Difficulty)

and 4) the one with less intensity Black

Hole (Nothingness and meaningless)

The interpretation of the results is that

the global process developed during

the visit was positive, active and safe.

Evaluation – General

overview

The participants said:o “ViaEUropa whas a perfect meeting to discuss about new

projects, share impressions about youth unemployment and

specially discover new methodologies to apply in our daily job in

this topic, as time banking and human library.”

o “It had a good idea, but I guess at times it could have been a bit

more clear… It was sad we only had three working days, in more

time, we could do a lot more and clarify more what we want to

do. Maybe I would want a bit more interaction with local

organizations, since this is usually the aim of feasibility visits, but

due to short time of the project it was understandable we could

not to that.”

o “It was a great project - very interesting topic, inspiring

discussions and all in all a very productive seminar.”

Evaluation – Objectives

In a scale from 1 ~ 5, the average was the following:

o Understand globally the reality of youth unemployment and the

processes of exclusion in Europe: 3

o Reflect and exchange experiences about the different

tools/activities/networks in this field of youth work: 4

o Create activities, projects and networks for the promotion of European

and International activities for young people with less opportunities: 4

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5Understand globally the reality of youth unemployment and the processes of exclusion in Europe

Reflect and exchange experiences about the different tools/activities/networks in this field of youth work

Create activities, projects and networks for the promotion of European and International activities for young people with less opportunities

Evaluation –

Methodologies

The participants said:o “The used methodology was diversed, dynamic and creative that

envolves the cooperation of all the participants and of the

organization.”

o “Too wide. We should have worked on something more defined

at the beginning. Defining and selecting common bases to come

up with a shared comprehension is normally a good start on this

kind of meeting.”

o “It was a great project - very interesting topic, inspiring

discussions and all in all a very productive seminar.”

Evaluation – Activities

In a scale from 1 ~ 5, the average was the following:o Presentation of the participants and organisations: 4

o Presentation of local social projects developed in the Social Network of Seixal: 4

o Visit to the historical centre of Seixal: 5

o Youth in Action Programme – An opportunity?: 4

o Creation and development of ideas in the field of the promotion of European opportunities for

youth in work groups: 4

o Presentation of the final results: 4

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5 Presentation of the participants and organisations

Presentation of local social projects developed in the Social Network of Seixal

Visit to the historical centre of Seixal

Youth in Action Programme – An opportunity?

Creation and development of ideas in the field of the promotion of European opportunities for youth in work groups

Presentation of the final results

Evaluation – Activities’

overview

The participants said:o “Most of them were adequate to the group, just the different level

of knowledge made difficult some tasks. I really appreciate the

way to present the results using livestream, a very innovative

way that gives new possibilities of visibility.”

o “Not clear... there should have provided us with a common frame

to enable us to share more and come up with more valuable

tools and knowledge regarding the topic and the target group.”

o “I think its a start. A lot has to be done yet, if we want to conclude

the project. We had some time to develop activities and ideas,

but not enough time. Now it actually depends from the whole

group of participants if we will be able to carry on the project and

complete it.”

Evaluation – other

aspects of the project

In a scale from 1 ~ 5, the average was the following:o Preparation info : 5

o Time Management : 4

o Facilities : 4

o Accomodation : 4

o Food: 4

o Freetime activities: 4

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Preparation info

Time Management

Facilities

Accomodation

Food

Freetime activities

Evaluation – Learning

outcomes

The participants said:

o “Besides having practised my english, it was quite

rewarding to discuss and elaborate activities that can be

put in practice by several partners involved in this project.

I have learned with the shared experiences from the

group.”

o “I also got to know very interesting projects and

possibilities during the presentation of local social projects

developed in the Social Network of Seixal.”

o “I keep in mind some ideas that came up along with some

brainstormings, such as living library, non-formal activities

CVs and a few more... and try to imagine for now how

they can evolve and fit in my local reality.”

Evaluation – Results

The participants said:

o “I believe that overall the project has achieved its objective of

brainstorming ideas to improve youth unemployment throughout the EU

and its member countries. The small number of projects drafted reflects

their complexity - a youth initiative spanning over 6 months and an

ambitious 14 day youth exchange with a wide range of nonformal

learning activities would benefit the communities in all participant

countries.”

o “Not satisfying for me... I'm sure that with the local NGOs, the other

Participants and Rato - we could have come up with much better results.

And I do think that "results" should have not been "activities" but a better

knowledge about youth unemployement in Europe and youngsters with

fewer opportunities... to come up later on with stronger activities or

projects but not within the framework of a feasability visit !”

o “They are partial. I think we will have to work a bit more to perfect them.

But regarding the short period of the project, they are good.”

Evaluation – Final

comments

The participants said:o "I enjoyed the project very much .This was a first training like this

for me and there was a lot of new things to learn. This actually

gave me a good insight on how it is to be at this type of

environment - international youth workers developing new

ideas.”

o “Its a good thing if you want to develop new tools, activities on a

certain topic. For a future similar project, if there would be one in

the future, i would suggest more working days, and more

participants to offer the possibility of working in different groups

during the project and to realize with what kind of people, how

you work best.”

o “I would like to thank the project organization and to all the

participants.”

Evaluation – internal

meeting of Rato – ADCC I

The conclusions of the promoter are the following:

1. The use of online resources was very effective in the process of

communication and preparing information mainly with technologies like

GoogleDocs and Delicious;

2. The form for the participants enrollment should have had the fields for

insertion of the contacts’ information of the participants in order to

produce automatically the contact list of the participants;

3. For the objectives and expectations, the project had a very short

number of participants;

4. There was also a problem caused with dilemma between the topics

“Youth with fewer opportunities” and “Youth unemployment”. The

activities should have approached more the topic of “Youth

Unemployment” in specific approach;

5. There was a very clear role of every member of the organization team;

Evaluation – internal

meeting of Rato – ADCC II

The conclusions of the promoter are the following:

6. There weren’t any situations of conflict between the organization team

and the participants;

7. There should have been a more concrete orientation regarding the

actual implementation of the results of the project with the partner

organizations. Nevertheless, Rato – ADCC is going to integrate some

ideas on future Youth in Action projects and activities;

8. The results of the project are according to the objective “Create

activities, projects and networks for the promotion of European and

International activities for young people with less opportunities”;

9. The online mindmap of the project is very effective for the

demonstration of the results of the project;

10. The idea of the video synopsis is effective but the videos produced

should have better quality (mainly regarding its sound) and be more

creative in order to be more appealing;

11. The final clip was effective regarding the chapter of Visibility.

Evaluation – Tag Cloud

This tag cloud is online @ http://bit.ly/viaeuropa-tagcloud

Visibility Activities -

Poster

Visibility Activities - blog

Media Partners

Setúbal na Rede February

26.478 – Visits

21.688 – Unique visitors

40.710 – Page views

March

30.226 - Visitas

24.607 - Unique visitors

48.215 - Page views

Jornal do Seixal 15000 newspapers

Rádio Baia No data available

Visibility Activities - blog

Blog

Total number of page views 1626

Major sources of traffichttp://rato-adcc.pt

http://facebook.com

http://google.com

Message with most views: “My name is Tina Trdin…”

Page with most views: ViaEUropa

Visibility Activities - blog

55%

9%

9%

7%

7%

3%3%

3%2% 2%

Blog: page views per country

Portugal

Luxembourg

Romania

Spain

Spain

Slovenia

Latvia

Italy

Russia

France

Visibility Activities - blog

Media Partners

o Setúbal na Rede [Website]:

o Setúbal na Rede [Facebook Page]:

o Jornal do Seixal [Printed version]:

Online Social Networks I

o Facebook: profile of Rato – ADCC [1334 friends] link

o Facebook: group “International” [64 members] link

o Facebook: group “Associações” [20 members]

link

o Facebook: group “ Youth Partner Network” [4.566 membros] link

o Facebook: group “Youth in Action” [3.832 members] link

Visibility Activities

Online Social Networks II

o Facebook: group “Exchanges Netwoork” [7.145 members] link

o Facebook: group “Salto Youth ResourceCentres” [1.145 members] link

o Facebook: group “Meetingpoint.evs” [215 members] link

o Facebook: group “Link Youth Altamura” [1.002 members] link

o Facebook: page “Youth in Action Programme” [764 like it] link

Visibility Activities

Online Social Networks III

o Facebook: page “Youth in Action” [1.440 like it]

link

o Facebook: page “Youth in action” [17.509 like

it] link

o Facebook: page “Portal da Juventude” [4.719

like it] link

o Facebook: page “Associazione Link”[1.167

like it] link

Visibility Activities

Online Social Networks IV

o Twitter: profile “Rato-ADCC” [470 members]

link

o Facebook: page “Volatin.eu” [32 like it] link

o Facebook: page “OpenEUropa” [163 like it]

link