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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3
4
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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2
3
4
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