EVS Midterm Evaluation Meeting

Aims & objectives

- Evaluate the experience so far and reflect on the project activities;
- Evaluate tasks and support of hosting organisation;
- Reflect on your impact as EVS volunteer on different levels (organisation, local community, Europe);
- Share positive experiences and find further motivation;
- Work on the development and/or further improvement of the project;
- Raise awareness of the personal learning process;
- Youthpass: link personal learning to key competencies, encourage dialogue with HO/SO;
- Provide individual support for volunteers (and other forms of support, e.g. peer support);
- Raise awareness about challenges and plans after EVS;
- If applicable – present further opportunities volunteers might have through different EU programmes.

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

for this training we were working with 33 participants from 17 countries.
More than 150 EVS volunteers from programme countries and partner countries who stays in Bulgaria more than 6 months in EVS projects.

Training methods used & main activities

Group sharing possibility
Input and learning by doing model
Gamification
Analytical approach
Self-Assessment model
Outdoor activity
Interactive presentation of the information
Summarizing and visualizing difficult topics
Stand out possibility
Teamwork possibility
Next steps orientation
Further actions planning
Reflection groups
Feedback and Evaluation
Project planning and Goal setting

Outcomes of the activity

Volunteers get empowerment, improve further their personal projects, strengthen their relationship with the host organisation, start to plan the personal and professional actions after their EVS and practice the self - assessment concerning Youthpass process.

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

Working closely with the other trainers from the pool of trainers f the Bulgarian NA.
Have group meetings discussing the learning needs of the participants and creating the general program.
Dividing tasks between ourselves and take care of the quality delivery.
Taking care of the communication and coordination of the logistics with NA and the sub-contractor company organizer of the venue.

I worked on this training for 4 days as a full time trainer.