Report on the Focus group organized in scope of YOUTH IMPACT project in Slovakia

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…

Warsaw: 2nd YOUTH IMPACT project meeting

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…

Participating in the International Evaluation Conference in Cracow

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”…

Focus group 2 – Slovakia

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…

Youth Activation Weekend Training – Ružomberok (Slovakia)

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…

Impact Evaluation In A Nutshell

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…