Quality Monitoring and Evaluating the Youth Work in an Organization(QUMAYO)

In order to increase the positive results and multiply the outcomes of our work, quality monitoring and evaluation in projects are very crucial for youth workers. Although there is no universal agreement on the methods for evaluating youth work and non formal learning among academicians, youth workers and trainers, it is also accepted that evaluation is a key element of overall project management. With some extra investment through a well planned methods, all youth workers and young people can have a great impact on their organizations' work. Applying quality monitoring during youth work, an organization can observe the effect of their work during the progress. The evaluation process includes; the results achieved, objectives reached, financial management, learning outcomes, potential impact on the target group and the organization. The success of monitoring and evalutation rely on fundamental conditions such as time, good planning, good definition of objectives. This training course aims at introducing the theory and practive of quality monitoring and evaluation to the participants in an interactive manner, and to discuss different available methods for different purposes and their compatibility and relevance. It is hoped that at the end of the proposed training course, participants will have sufficient knowledge on the theory and practice of monitoring and evaluation; first hand experience on different methods as well as available sources they may use for improving the quality of their evaluation and monitoring practices. The T-Kit on Educational Evaluation in Youth Work will be used throughout the training. This training course is actually for individuals who are youth workers, youth leaders, coaches (in non-profit youth work), project coordinators/project managers, junior trainers, and non-profit mentors that are working/volunteering in small to large-size youth organizations. (Info for NAs - course financed with TCP budget)