Since the beginning of March 2020 an outbreak of COVID-19 has changed people’s life, at least temporarily, in most of the EU countries. While the older Europeans found their health and life directly endangered by the coronavirus, the millions of young ones cannot make their livings due to the necessary epidemic lockdown of places where…
YOUTH IMPACT Report YOUTH IMPACT project presents the Report on Existing Evaluation Standards and Practices of YEEA’s (Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship Actions) in Poland, Slovakia and Czechia. The aim of the YOUTH IMPACT project is to improve the impact evaluation capacity of YEEA’s implementers and to increase the capacity of research in the field of impact evaluation. …
Level of education is one of the most important factors in predicting one’s future on the job market. As the world’s education systems vary widely in terms of structure and curricular content, in the 1970s the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) developed the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) – a comprehensive…
Meeting of Czech partner organisations of the YOUTH IMPACT project was held on Friday 28th February 2020 in Prague in a newly established space of Hala 40 hub. The presentations of the YOUTH IMPACT team focused on the rationale of the project, it’s timeline and outcomes, on brief theory of impact evaluation, and on the…
The Focus group event organized in scope of the “Youth Impact” project took place in Ružomberok, Slovakia on January 26 th , 2020. Objectives of the focus group event were the following: 1) to familiarize participants with the “Youth Impact” project, namely its objectives, schedule, and activities; 2) to collect information about needs and expectation of participants, initial…
Meeting of participating organisations and Youth Impact project community members is going to take place in Prague on Friday 28th February 2020. See the invitation here. Presentations of the project, evaluation theory and project findings are on the agenda. Stay tuned!
There are several groups of youth facing serious challenges in their transition from education to work phase of their lives. One of these groups are women. As for the average in the 28 countries of the European Union the 2016 Eurofound’s report “Exploring the diversity of NEETs” described “there is a great imbalance in the…
February 7, 2020, the second meeting of Polish organizations taking part in the YOUTH IMPACT project took place in the office Foundation in Support of Local Democracy in Warsaw. It was attended by representatives of organizations, which run projects supporting youth employment and entrepreneurship. During the meeting, FRDL representatives dr Monika Bartosiewicz and dr Sławomir Nałęcz presented to the…
As a part of activities aimed at gathering information on evaluation standards and practices a representative of the Youth Impact team in Poland – dr Slawomir Nalecz – took part in the 13th International Evaluation Conference in Cracow. The title of the conference “Innovation, social inclusion and territorial cohesion – preparation for the 2021–2027 perspective”…
Second Focus group meeting of Slovakian organisations taking part in Youth Impact project will be organised by PEDAL Consulting on Monday 27th January 2020 in Vranov nad Topľou. Local youth organizations focusing their efforts on youth activation, involvement, empowerment, and employment will be joining the meeting. The objectives of the focus groups are to familiarize participants…