Evaluation is an examination of the value of a project. It serves to ensure the quality of itsimplementation and results. It can support project management and decision making. Often,evaluation is carried out only at the end of the project and focuses on assessing whether itsobjectives and results have been achieved. This article shows that thanks…
Martin Martinkovič Prečo hovoriť o budúcnosti práce? Práca posilňuje u človeka zmysel a jeho dôležitosť, jej vplyv nie je len na jedinca, ale vplýva na spoločnosť ako celok a jej ekonomické alebo finančné ukazovatele. Práca je ústrednou ľudskou činnosťou, ktorá podporuje osobnú sebarealizáciu a má dopad na sociálnu súdržnosť. Prostredníctvom práce môžu ľudia uplatňovať svoj talent a potenciál vo verejnom,…
We would like to invite Polish speakers to the webinar entitled “Is it worth doing an evaluation before the project starts?” The meeting will be held on July 21 (Thursday) at 17:00 on the ZOOM platform. It will be our last “Round Table” in Poland implemented as part of the Youth Impact project. During the…
Few people, especially young people, like to fill out extensive questionnaires and take part in boringfocus groups. However, these are not the only ways in which evaluators can gather data for theevaluation of various activities in which young people participate.Projection techniques are becoming an increasingly popular instrument of qualitative research usedin evaluation research. The development…
Impact evaluation in small and medium-sized organizations. Is it possible? – this was the topic of the round table organized by the Jerzy Regulski Foundation in Support of Local Democracy as part of the Youth Impact project. The webinar took place on July 5, 2022, and allowed to present a number of examples of the…
The conference publication based on YOUTH IMPACT ‘Innovative Solutions To Evaluation’ conference, which took place in June 2022 in Prague, Czechia, is available below:
The Polish team would like to invite you to the webinar entitled Impact evaluation in small and medium-sized organizations. Is it possible? The meeting will be held on July 5 (Tuesday) from 18:00-19:30 via the ZOOM platform. It will be the fourth next “round table” within the Youth Impact project, which supports the development of…
Projekt „NO LIMITS“ (prípadová štúdia) Ivana Garanová Petrisková ABSTRACT “NO LIMITS” project (n: 2020-2-SK02-ESC11-002505) that is a case study of this article, lasts for 24 months (1.9.2020-31.8.2022). The project main goal was to increase integration between local community and young people with disadvantages (social, economic) or special needs (mental or physical disability) and promote mutual…
Dear evaluation enthusiasts, YOUTH IMPACT team would like to invite you to join the project conference INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO EVALUATION next Thursday, 2nd June 2022. The international conference will take place in person in Kampus Hybernska (Prague) and online via ZOOMFor the programme, speakers and more information please check the attached invitation. Let us know whether you want to participate online or in person through the REGISTRATION FORM. We encourage…
The 4th Youth Impact Roundtable focused on presenting the goals of the work and current findings of our Excellence grantees. Thanks to this meeting it became clear (and it is clearly visible in the record of the discussions) that our activities such as workshops, roundtables and the Excellence programme itself have succeeded in creating an…
The Polish team have finished the last edition of the evaluation course as part of the Youth Impact project! From mid-April, the Polish team conducted trainings aimed at developing evaluation skills among people working in organizations and institutions supporting young adults aged 25-29. In this edition, we conducted two courses at the same time. The…
NO LIMITS! is a Slovak project supported by the European Solidarity Corps with aim(s) to: improve the quality of life of young people with special needs through an inclusive approach at local level through the community and access to new activities increase and develop the competences and skills of young people with special needs in…
Last and this week, the first two workshops were held as part of the course “Your way to better projects supporting entrepreneurship and youth employment” in Poland. These are trainings aimed at developing evaluation skills among organizations and institutions supporting young adults in finding their place on the labor market – in line with the…
Channel Crossings vás tímto zve na kulatý stůl s našimi výzkumnicemi a výzkumníky z programu Excelence Youth Impact. Konat se bude online, a to 28. 4. od 13.00 do 15.00 h. Přihlašovat se můžete zde: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSf…/viewform
On Wednesday, March 30, round table #3 in Poland on the evaluation of projects supporting employment/entrepreneurship of young people was held as part of the YOUTH IMPACT project. This time the panelists were experienced researchers from the Polish Evaluation Society: Alicja Zajączkowska and Magda Urbańska. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Sławomir Nałęcz from FSLD.…
Roundtable for institutions and organisations working with youth Facilitator:Martin Nekola (Faculty of Czech Sciences, Czech Evaluation Society) Panellists:Jana Drlíková (Head of the National Coordination Authority of the Ministry of Regional Development (MMR NOK) and President of the Czech Evaluation Society)Martin Dytrych (Head of the Evaluation Unit at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs)Barbora Hořavová…
Round table for organisations working with youthfacilitated by: Barbora Komberec Novosadová, Jan Hněvkovský and Jakub Vrobel This article is a brief summary of the roundtable attended on 9 February 2022 by professional evaluators and representatives of leading Czech organisations and institutions working with youth. The roundtable was held online and it was organised under the…
At the beginning of March, another “evaluation roundtable” was organized as part of the Youth Impact project in Poland. During the meeting on the ZOOM platform on Tuesday, March 1 at 6:00 p.m., it was possible to listen to and discuss the results of the evaluation studies carried out by the participants of the Evaluation…
Tímto vás zveme na sérii workshopů projektu YOUTH IMPACT. Bude se jednat o sérii dvou workshop ve dnech 29/3/2022 a 12/4/2022 a navazující dobrovolnou konzultaci. Registrovat se můžete ZDE Více informací v pozvánce níže:
Young people aged 25-29 is a group of special interest in public policies related to transition between education and work. This fact was highlighted in 2020 when the adoption of the EU Council recommendation reinforcing Youth Guarantee took place. The recommendation included this age group as a part of young people (15 – 29 y.o.)…
4th YOUTH IMPACT expert study from Slovakia (PEDAL Consulting) – text below is in Slovak Mladí ľudia v kontexte zmien na trhu práce Martin Martinkovič Prečo hovoriť o budúcnosti práce? Práca posilňuje u človeka zmysel a jeho dôležitosť, jej vplyv nie je len na jedinca, ale vplýva na spoločnosť ako celok a jej ekonomické alebo finančné ukazovatele. Práca je…
Komu je tento kulatý stůl určen:Organizacím a jednotlivcům, kteří se zabývají prací s mládeží (15–29 let) 23. 2. 2022 14.00–16.30 (online) Přijďte se: – dozvědět něco více o… – diskutovat o… POHLEDECH NA EVALUACI OČIMA DONÁTORŮ A BENEFICIENTŮ – přemýšlet o… Otázky, se kterými budeme pracovat: Co má být cílem evaluace projektů a programů ?…
Komu je tento kulatý stůl určen:Organizacím a osobám zabývajícím se prací s mládeží (15–29 let) 9. 2. 2022 14.00–16.30 (online) Přijďte se: – dozvědět něco více o… – diskutovat o… KONCEPTU I REALITĚ UČÍCÍ SE ORGANIZACE – přemýšlet o… Otázky, se kterými budeme pracovat: Co to je organizační učení a jaké znaky má učící se…
We invite you to the round table devoted to the evaluation of projects for young people as part of cooperation of the participants of the Youth Impact project in Poland. This meeting is organized together with the Polish Evaluation Society as part of the “Evaluation Thursdays” series. Our round table will be held on Zoom…
We would like to present the researchers who were selected for funding from YOUTH IMPACT’s 2nd edition of the Research Excellence Programme in Czechia, in cooperation with Channel Crossings. First presented recipient of Youth Impact ‘s Research Excellence programme is Ondřej Dvouletý. Ondřej is an associate professor at the University of Economics and Business in…
In the mid-December Foundation in Support of Local Democracy – Polish team of Youth Impact project – finalized the workshops of the blended learning course “Towards Better Youth Entrepreneurship Projects”. The aim of this training was to develop evaluation skills in organizations and institutions implementing projects in the field of supporting entrepreneurship of youth in…
Scroll down for ENGLISH version Kulatý stůl pro organizace pracující s mládežífacilitátoři: Inka Bartošová (Píbilová) a Ondřej Horák Zastavíte se občas a zamyslíte se nad tím, jaký smysl má vaše činnost? Co se vám daří a proč, co se vám naopak nedaří a co na tom změnit? Tento článek je stručnou sumarizací průběhu kulatého stolu konaného…
Picture credits: Markus Spiske – Pexels World population is expected to reach 8 billion people in 2023 according to the United Nations (in 2026 according to the U.S. Census Bureau) and even today the world consists of 1,8 billion young people between the ages from 10 to 24, which is said to be the biggest…
In November, another edition of the evaluation course course “Your way to better projects supporting youth entrepreneurship” in Poland has started. This is the second training course aimed at developing evaluation skills among organizations and institutions supporting young people in finding their place on the labor market – in line with the goals of the…
Zapraszamy osoby realizujące projekty z zakresu wsparcia przedsiębiorczości młodzieży (15–24 lata) na bezpłatny kurs online ewaluacji takich projektów. Kurs będzie odbywał się w formule blended learning (warsztaty online z trenerem oraz zapoznawanie się z materiałami e-learningowymi). Tematyka kursu obejmuje zagadnienia zawarte w publikacji Narzędziownik ewaluacyjny projektów wspierających przedsiębiorczość młodzieży. Warsztaty będą się odbywały raz w tygodniu od połowy listopada br. w dwóch grupach.…
On October 22, the 3rd International Evaluation Congress was held, co-organized by the Youth Impact project partner The Jerzy Regulski Foundation in Support of Local Democracy (FSLD) with the Polish Evaluation Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Ewaluacyjne, PTE). The main topic of the event was “Evaluation as crossing borders”, which indicates the challenges faced by evaluation in…
3rd International Evaluation Congress organized by the Polish Evaluation Society (PTE) and the Foundation in Support of Local Democracy (FSLD). The congress will take place online on the ZOOM platform, on October 22, 2021 (Friday), from 9.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m. The congress is international in character, as the event will be attended by guests…
Projekt Youth Impact odstartoval sérii tzv. kulatých stolů, u kterých se k diskuzi nad evaluací připojí zástupkyně a zástupci organizací podporujících zaměstnávání a podnikavost mladých lidí. Kulaté stoly probíhají v Polsku, na Slovenku i v ČR. V Praze proběhne v listopadu 2021 kulatý stůl s názvem Participativní a emancipativní evaluace: Jak s dětmi a mládeží…
Projekt YOUTH IMPACT Vás tímto zve na sérii workshopů zaměřených na plánování dopadu, evaluaci a její využití v organizacích, které se zaměřují na podporu podnikavosti mladých lidí ve věku 15–29 let. Jedná se o 3 online workshopy, které doplňuje e-learningový kurz. Čas konání je vždy 9.30–15.00. Workshopy poskytnou prostor pro praktické využití nástrojů na plánování…
V rámci projektu YOUTH IMPACT Vás pozývame na sériu workshopov zameraných na hodnotenie projektov a aktivít zametaných na podporu podnikania a podnikavosti mladých ľudí vo veku 15-29 rokov.Bezplatné vzdelávanie je realizované v rámci nášho projektu YOUTH IMPACT, podporeného z Európskeho grantového fondu EHP a Nórskeho grantového fondu pre zamestnanosť mladých ľudí zameraného na budovanie zručností v oblasti hodnotenia dopadu. …
As the past 2 years of COVID-19 pandemic has shown us — computer skills are essential in the modern world. Our daily activities, such as education, work, shopping or even going to the cinema or theatre etc. had to move to a remote level. So what are digital skills? According to UNESCO digital skills are…
This study concerns evaluation of projects addressed to the youth (aged 15–24) – a group of special interest in many public policies, especially those related to transition between a phase of education and a phase of work. Its main goal is to find ways of reaching and involving the beneficiaries of the youth projects as well as…
The Expert Study from our German expert partner FIAP is out now! This transfer-oriented text about the impact of the Corona pandemic on education and training in Germany from different perspectives (education providers, companies, and learners) is available in German. It’s author is Elisabeth Meyer. You can find the complete text HERE:
Evaluator’s note on the course and the project The course Towards Better Employment Projects took place in spring 2021. From the available feedback of the participants it is obvious that the project team used any additional time for preparation of a thorough learning tool, furthermore well-tailored to the uneasy conditions we are still living in.…
Author: Monika Bartosiewicz-Niziołek, Polish Evaluation Society and the Jerzy Regulski Foundation in Support of Local Democracy, Warsaw, Poland (monika.bartosiewicz@frdl.org.pl) Persons with various experiences in evaluation can understand the term “impact evaluation” in different ways. This article presents an explanation of “impact” in reference to the Logical Framework Matrix, evaluation criteria, and causality. Then, various designs of impact evaluation are…
Hledáme výzkumníky a výzkumnice ze státních i soukromých organizací, univerzit a neziskových organizací. V současné době vypisujeme výběrové řízení na získání grantu z programu Excelence v rámci projektu Youth Impact. Základní předpoklady vhodného kandidáta a kandidátky do programu Excelence: minimální bakalářské vzdělání zkušenosti se sběrem dat (kvalitativních, kvantitativních) a evaluací zájem o evaluaci dopadu Hlavní úkol programu: předložit návrh studie analyzující dopady intervencí v…
One of the Slovak grantees of our Research Excellence Programme is also Martina Pitrovská. She joins the programme with project of Youth for Equality. This project offers 3-6 month-long entrepreneurship programmes for six young people (19-28) from Slovakia, Spain, and Turkey. The aim is to – with a help of a mentor – develop skills…
by FRDL Vocational education and training (VET) responds to the needs of the economy, providing people with skills useful for their personal development and active citizenship. It also plays a crucial role in development and employability, as VET allows students to gain practical experience and to avoid the struggle of losing confidence or feeling unsure…
Author: Mária Petríková Abstract in English Nowadays, we have the possibility to get information through many innovative tools such as the Internet, PC, mobile phones, tablets, etc. Education has not escaped innovation. It is extremely important that innovation in education is able to keep pace with the developments of our times and the rapid pace…
Youth Impact presents Polish researchers selected for support from the Research Excellence Programme by Fundacja Rozwoju Demokracji Lokalnej: Izabela Gawęcka is an expert on culture management. Izabela will conduct evaluation of the Polish Red Cross project focusing on activation and organization of the path of acquiring and improving social skills by young people up to…
Age has a great influence on a person’s employability. Many researchers studying the transition of young people to adulthood say that the key moment of this process is a transfer from education to the labour market. Youth with disabilities face similar challenges to the majority of young people leaving compulsory education and making their way…
Assessing the impact of project or program activities is becoming an increasingly discussed topic. Donors are no longer only interested in what even have taken place, but above all what results have been achieved and what their impact is, whether actual or expected. This article was created to complement the “Youth employment evaluation toolkit” and…
In February and March 2021, a blended-training program on impact evaluation of youthemployment support actions was implemented in Slovakia. The training program, consisting of atoolkit, e-learning training and interactive and practical workshops was delivered to 24 participantsdivided into 2 groups of organizations: non – profit organizations representatives of local governments and organizations that fall under…
With the end of March, FSLD – Polish team of Youth Impact project – finalized blended learning evaluation course aimed at representatives of organizations implementing projects in the field of supporting youth employment (of 15-24 years old people). The course included e-learning materials carried out on the Moodle platform, as well as 4 workshop meetings…
It’s been over a year since the first cases of COVID-19 appeared in Europe, resulting in several national and regional lockdowns and thus shrinking economies, increasing unemployment rate, reducing working hours, causing massive job losses, and more. Some say that the pandemic and the crisis that follows will increase poverty and inequalities, but we are…
Hledáme mladé výzkumníky a výzkumnice ze státních i soukromých organizací, univerzit a neziskových organizací. V současné době vypisujeme výběrové řízení na získání grantu z programu Excelence v rámci projektu Youth Impact. Základní předpoklady vhodného kandidáta a kandidátky do programu Excelence: minimální bakalářské vzdělání věk max. do 35 let zkušenosti se sběrem dat (kvalitativních, kvantitativních) a evaluací zájem…
Youth Impact Evaluation Courses focused on Employment of people 15-24 on the Moodle platform of the project are being completed as the workshops in 3 Youth Impact partner countries progress. For past 2 month, YOUTH IMPACT team has been carrying out blended learning courses for no less than 24 paticipants in each country: Czechia, Poland…
Channel Crossings in cooperation with IMPACT ACADEMY CZ launched Czech blended learning workshops in March. Online workshops for NGO and public bodies are accompanied by e-learning materials and will finish in April. News and information about the workshops are shared in YOUTH IMPACT’s Facebook page. Keep in touch for latest info!
YOUTH IMPACT partner team from PEDAL Consulting in Slovakia also launched the blended learning courses on impact evaluation of project and actions focused on employment of young people (15-24)! Two intitial on-line workshops were held last week, accompanied by our e-learning courses on Moodle platform. Trainers Silvia and Jana created fun videos from both workshops…
Last week, FRDL conducted 2 workshops “0” starting the evaluation courses of the Youth Impact project, which are aimed at people implementing projects in the field of supporting youth employment (of 15-24 years old people). The courses will take place in the blended-learning formula, i.e. it includes an e-learning course carried out on the Moodle…
YOUTH IMPACT project team has been working for months to bring a new learning opportunity to organisations in Czechia, Poland and Slovakia which are focusing on support of employment of young people between 15 and 29. There will be a serie of 4 online workshops on evaluation of youth employment actions and projects taking place…
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives in an unprecedented way. The world as we knew it, no longer exists. The need to provide easy access to healthcare and education services, basic income security has become more urgent than ever. On top of that, the potential of digitalization to protect and improve health and wellbeing…
Together with an international consortium of French, Dutch, Irish and German partners, FIAP e.V. has been implementing the project “ENTER to Transform” since April 2020 to support start-ups and entrepreneurial activities of disadvantaged groups – in this case recognized refugees from North-West Europe (NWE). The project is funded by the Interreg NWE program. In order…
It is clear that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will have severe global health, social, and economic impact on people and economies. To date, the science and statistics indicate that while the youth and children are not bearing the brunt of the COVID-19, measures to curb the spread of the virus, will impact the youth very…
Check out Youth Impact ‘s Newsletter vol. 3/2020 to see what we’ve been working on in 2020!
The visible trend of the last two decades is decline of youth participation in the labour force. One of the main and positive reasons is increased enrollment in scholarization in secondary and tertiary education, resulting in a better-skilled workforce in many countries. The negative aspect is still a significant number of people who are not…
The European Commission’s initiative to “reinforce the Youth Guarantee aims to support young people gaining work experience and developing skills as well as to boost employability and entrepreneurship for a green economy. There is no doubt that the COVID-19 crisis will worsen employment opportunities, and it is feared that young women and men are hit…
Where you live influences your chances on the labour market – it is something that is well known.. It is much more interesting to research to what extent it affects those chances. In this article we look into NEET rates in four project partners’ countries to find out more. Place of residence is an interesting…
Participatory design is a popular model of impact evaluation design. It does not guarantee as much reliability and precision as experimental or quasi-experimental designs, but it brings broader range of perspectives. In participatory evaluation you refer to the perceptions of the participants of the evaluated project and, on the basis of the data obtained from…
Activity (of the evaluated project) – actions aimed at a specific target group, which contribute to the achievement of the planned outputs and outcomes, and then to the achievement of the project objectives. Example: Training in dyeing fabrics of 20 young mothers (who were unemployed at the start of the project and had to be…
Our long-term economic health and ability to address social and environmental problems is based on our ability to innovate. Young adults possess a variety of innovator traits, ranging from creativity to a willingness to challenge the status quo, which offer a valuable source of untapped potential. There is research that suggests that our innovation potential begins to decline…
YOUTH IMPACT team memeber from 4 partner countries (Czechia, Germany, Poland, and Slovakia) met 1-2 September 2020 on-line do discuss finalization of outcomes for work packages 4 and 5 of the project (Toolkits and blended learning courses) and the future of work packages 7 and 8. The meeting – which was first planned as an…
For governments and policy makers, COVID-19 is a chance to address the existing problems for younger European workers as youth unemployment looks set to peak. Europeans in their teens and twenties might be at minimal risk from COVID-19 itself, but they are at risk of significant financial impacts as the true economic fallout of the…
Inspired by ILO’s Guide on Measuring Decent Jobs for Youth: 4 – Enhancing youth employment learning through evaluation we would like to explain different types of evaluation and how they complement each other in the whole project cycle. Just to revise some of the evaluation theory, the following definitions might come useful: An evaluation is ‘an…
We are back with our readings about indicators for effective monitoring and evaluation of youth employment actions. A fantastic guide to creation of these indicators is ILO’s Guide on Measuring Decent Jobs for Youth, namely Chapter 2 (available at the end of this text): Concepts and definitions of employment indicators relevant to young people. The…
We got inspired by the Impact Evaluation In Practice published by the World Bank in 2016 and we looked specifically at the initial stage of planning an impact assessment. What we have to develop first is usually our own tailored theory of change. The theory of change paints a picture of where we are right…
Last week, Fundacja Rozwoju Demokracji Lokalnej conducted 3rd part of an online workshop “Designing evaluation of your own project”! During earlier workshops the representatives of the organisations participating in the project were developing general evaluation skills and knowledge on how to adjust evaluation schemes to their needs. This time the workshops concentrated on impact evaluation – theory of…
There are gender gaps in the youth employment rates across Europe. The gender gaps are especially significant for youth NEETs rates in age cohort 25-29. It seems young women in almost all European countries are more vulnerable to job losses and they tend to face worse employment conditions than men. Young women are more likely…
Unemployment of young people (15-24) in Europe is on average on it’s decline. However, the decline is much slower than expected, especially when compared to the overall growth of employment rates in Europe after the financial crisis around 2008. Therefore, we are no longer able to explain the youth (un)employment rates solely by common economic…
Today, young people are facing a global challenge in the area of underemployment. People over the age of 60 are experiencing the serious health consequences of COVID-19. However, as the new coronavirus is spreading through companies and markets, according to the World Health Organization, young people, who account for about a quarter of the world’s…
How does the education attainment level influences the possibility of becoming NEET? In this article we will analyse NEET rates by educational attainment in four Youth Impact project partners’ countries (Czechia, Germany, Poland, Slovakia) and compare the results with the European Union average. “Across the OECD, upper secondary education is generally considered the minimum educational…
On Monday, 27th April 2020, Fundacja Rozwoju Demokracji Lokalnej will conduct 2nd part of an online workshop “Designing evaluation of your own project”. During the workshop the representatives of the organisations participating in the project are going to be trained in developing evaluation schemes adequately to their needs. The meetings will lead to the development of evaluation tools that…
Friday, April 3rd 2020, Fundacja Rozwoju Demokracji Lokalnej (Poland) conducted an online workshop “Designing evaluation of your own project”. The workshop was one of diverse activities within YOUTH IMPACT project supported by EEA and Norway grants. The representatives of the organisations taking part in the project were trained in developing evaluation schemes adequately to their…
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…
PEDAL Consulting is going to hold first Focus group meeting for the Youth Impact project on Sunday January 26 2020 in Ružomberok as a follow up activity of a weekend training. Three youth organizations will be represented at the side of the organizer and a few more through the participants of the training.
PEDAL Consulting organizes a weekend training in Slovak city of Ružomberok January 24-25 2020. The training is focused on youth activation, involvement, empowerment and also employment, accompanied by evaluation assessing the success of these processes. If you are an organisation from Ružomberok area working with youth and are interested in the training, please contact PEDAL…
The overall unemployment rate decreased to 4,94 percent in October 2019. Expressed in absolute numbers, the total number of jobseekers was 136,192. However, according to the statistics data from Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family, the unemployment rate was significantly higher in case of two specific target groups; namely in case of youth…
On the occasion of International Youth Day 2019, the Federal Statistical Office announced that the number of unemployed between 15 and 24 years in 2018 has fallen to a record since the reunification of Germany. The unemployment rate among young job starters was 6.2 percent. The unemployment rate thus follows the declining trend of…
As we wrote in earlier articles one of the biggest problems of transition from education to work is the significant share of young people, who are no longer in education or training, but they also do not have a paid job. So-called NEETs are usually counted in the population aged 15-24. In Poland such age…
Before 2010 the problem of unemployed or otherwise workless youth who are no longer in education or training had been partially addressed in several initiatives on the European level, but the NEET category had not been used. The program Youth on the Move enacted in 2010 was the first European Union policy which used the…
December 4, 2019 at the headquarters of the Foundation in Support of Local Democracy in Warsaw, the first of a series of YOUTH IMPACT project meetings was held. It was attended by representatives of organizations that run projects to support youth employment and entrepreneurship. During the meeting, FRDL representatives dr Sławomir Nałęcz and Ewa Pintera…
When it comes to youth at the labour market, the most important indicators were usually the employment and unemployment rate. In the first decade of 2000s, it became clear that these rates do not capture the situation of all young people. While many young people aged 15–24 (or 15–29) are still students or trainees, there…
Youth Impact is taking part in analysing the status of youth employment challenges and youth employment policies in the 15+3 beneficiary countries. The event is part of the First annual thematic seminar of Active Youth projects in Brussels (25-26/11/2019) funded by the EEA and Norway Grants.
Despite the public education system in Slovakia being questioned for almost two decades, no substantial reform of either primary, secondary or tertiary education has happened. With the arrival of a number of major automotive companies into the country (Volkswagen, PSA Peugeot Citroën, KIA, Land Rover), Slovakia became the biggest car producer in the world per…
As part of the Youth Impact project, FIAP welcomed its Czech, Polish and Slovenian partners in October at the New Work Lab in Gelsenkirchen. The aim of the project is to enable organizations – dedicated to reducing youth unemployment – to evaluate the effectiveness of their measures and make appropriate adjustments to improve them. As…
The terminology of Impact Evaluation procedures might be sometimes difficult to grasp, but the core question is very simple: DOES IT WORK? The evaluation of the impact of activities, measures or organisations, tries to answer basic questions such as: What works? What does not work? For whom it works and for whom it doesn´t? Why…
The Youth Impact project – along with large number of other projects funded from the Youth Employment Fund – tackles within its particular focus one of the issues the labour markets across Europe face today. The issue is a high unemployment rate of young people on a long-term basis. Young people seem to be especially…
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Communication Training was held in Warsaw, Poland, on 2nd-3rd July 2019. The training aimed at instructing Communication Managers of projects implemented under the EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Youth Employment on effective communication in line with the Fund’s standarts.
