An Online Longitudinal Evaluation Methodology for VET

This project aims to test and standardize an online longitudinal evaluation methodology for VET at European level. In fact, University of Macerata already tested this approach at regional and national levels. This approach allows to the VET stakeholders to get profit of an online tools for the evaluation of non formal education programmes. The methodology foresees the administration of four questionnaries to the young people involved on non formal education (VET). The questionnaires are uploaded online and are available at any kind of non formal education experience. The Questionnariers are administered at the beginning and at the end of the experience and after one and three years. The questionnaire allows to take into consideration different non formal education programmes such as regional and national civic services, EVS and Leonardo programmes. This appraoch allow to policy makers and opinion makers to evaluate the performance of each non formal education programme, compared to other non formal education programmes. The aims is to test the methodology administering the questionnaries to young people involved on EVS and Leonardo programmes in companies established in 8 european countries and on the meantime through dissemination and exploitation activities to wide the test to other hosting institutions in order to increase the number of participants. The project foresees to involve at least 1,000 young people participant per country e per year at the activity. The project foresees the following WPs: management, training, research, evaluation and monitoring and finally dissemination and explotation of the results. The Management, Training and Research activities will be leaded by the Applicant while Evaluation and Monitoring will be leaded by Varna Free University and finally the Dissemination and Exploitation activity will be managed by ECEPAA. The Final Outcome of the project are the number of questionnaires administered to the young people