Fabio Nascimbeni

ESPAQ Monitoring, Evaluation and Quality Assurance

ESPAQ Project Meeting21 October 2015

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• ensuring the quality in all aspects from processes to outcomes:

• ensure that tasks, timing, calendar and roles are respected

• ensure that the proposed aims and objectives are achieved

• ensure that all the activities are effective and efficient

But also:

• Evaluating and fostering the impact of main project outcomes

• Engaging stakeholders in the project

• Foster mutual learning among project partners

Aims of Q&E in ESPAQ

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1. Design of a Quality and Evaluation plan (resulting in D7.1)

2. Collection of monitoring and evaluation data, feedback on quality assurance, preparation of Q&E reports (resulting in D7.2)

3. Setup and engagement of the Advisory Board (resulting in D7.3)

WP7 Tasks

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Three sections:

1.Project evaluation

questionnaires by partners + input by AB

2.Impact evaluation of main outcomes

UNIR analysis + input by AB

3.Quality assurance

Interal and external peer review of deliverables

T1: Q&E Plan

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Impact evaluation of main project outcomes

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Project outcome

Target group reached

Usability Flexibility Extensibility

Transferability

Training

Students Exchange

Handbook on Students participation in QA…

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• Content: The content of all deliverables will be checked with respect to whether they contain what they should contain.

• Language: The language of all deliverables will be checked, in order to ensure readability, intelligibility, clarity, and correct English language use.

• Format: The format of all deliverables will be checked, in order to ensure that they meet the formal requirements of the European Commission.

• Internal peer review scheme: each deliverable will be reviewed by one project partner.

• External peer review scheme: the most important deliverables will be reviewed by the AB

Quality of deliverables

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FROM PARTNERS

1. Mid Term Questionnaire

2. Final Evaluation Questionnaire

FROM ADVISORY BOARD

1. Feedback after each AB meeting

FROM EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS

1. Events evaluation? Other? Students?

T2: Data Collection

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Three members identified and provisionally engaged experts in: International collaboration, Students Engagement, QA in HE

•Anthony Camilleri

•Andrea Blaetter

•Ruben Gonzalez

Once the group is approved by the project, they will be further engaged and we will start planning the first F2F meeting with them (this is a Deliverable).

T3: Advisory Board

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WE NEED TO ACT FAST TO RECOVER

1.Q&E Plan circulated and approved

2.Interim questionnaire filled by partners and analysed by UNIR

3.Peer review of future deliverables

4.AB members engaged and updated on project developments, first meeting of AB planned

All of this before Christmas? Yes we can

Planning

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