EVALUATION

WE ASKED QUESTIONS TO OUR PARTICIPANTS AND REGARDING TO ANSWERS WE MADE EVALUATION WHICH ONE WE WILL SHARE WITH YOU!

1. What are your general views of the contact making seminar?

I think in general it was good. We could really learn about working in groups and creating project ideas. But we could start earlier for the project writing part and have more time for it.
I’m satisfied about this training and how we worked.
This experience represents our opportunity to learn new things about ESC.
I am satisfied in general with all of the project, it was well made and well organized, the group members were also well selected with lead one pretty nice activities performance.
I learned a lot and it was a good improvement for me.
It was well organized seminar. We didn’t have any negative issue. The program was quite full and it wasn’t boring in general.
It was in general exciting experience with participants from 14 different countries – opportunity for intercultural experience sharing.
It was interesting week and useful. I met interesting people, I hope so things what I learned will be used in real life.
It was good to be here and learn some new things.
It was a good experience for me. I’ve thought a lot of things and I’ve chance to do it.
It was a very multicultural group, nice group and friendly. I made some good connections for future projects.
It was a great overfull event, but at some point it was even stressful.
General- it succeeded.
Very good to improve yourself and your community.
It was a great experience. That was nice to work and meet so many people.
I just really loved it.
The seminar has been very positive and I think that it has been very well coordinated (program, partners, accommodation…).
For someone who didn’t know much about this kinds of projects, I learned a lot (ESC, KA’s).
It’s a place where we can meet our future partners and friends.
I have a positive view of the seminar. Everything has been scheduled and well organized. The trainers have been really professional and skilled.
I am a little bit skeptical about the topic, but it was really well organized and I enjoyed it.
I enjoyed it and I learnt a lot. We had some issues but it was solved.
It was good and well organized training.
Great seminar, one of the best I’ve been on.
I think it was very good seminar but it could be even better if all of the participants would work in their organizations.
It has been a great experience, amazing trainers, lovely participant and interesting activities.
Create long term partnerships.
It was personally and also from the point of view of my organization. Great people, great initiatives and a lot of plans for the future.

2. Technical evaluation of the contact making event (1: very bad, 2: not bad, 3: middle, 4: good, 5: perfect).

- Accommodation (AVERAGE): 3.8

- Foods (AVERAGE): 4.16

- Meetings Rooms (AVERAGE): 4.46

- Activities (programme)(AVERAGE): 4.33

- Trainers (AVERAGE): 4.86

3. How were the activities and methods of the contact making event?

Some activities were hard to keep concentrated on. Like the ones with statements and in which we were supposed to divide in groups. Some sessions were longer and we were tired.
Activities and methods were right for this kind of project I guess. All the misunderstandings and problems were absolutely normal.
I appreciated all the activities.
The activities were well separated among the program. They were in a good order that made as useful as possible, the informal methods used during the seminar were suitable for everyone and contributed for accepting the information. The presented statistic wasn’t useful for the people and wasn’t suitable.
It was interesting and interactive. Sometimes too long sessions.
Activities were okay in general but they weren’t enough for sharing all the parts of ESC. Sometimes we’re discussing on the some topics for too much time.
The activities were very fun and methods were very useful.
I appreciate all the activities because they were non-formals.
Were great and interesting. Absolutely not boring. Maybe too much work in groups.
Never used some of them before, so it was new experience.
The activities learnt us the topics. The methods were interesting. When we did the activities with different methods we learnt the topics easily.
They were interesting and will be useful in my future work. I got some new ideas and more information.
It could be a little more informal, with more practice and less lectures.
Most of them were useful. But there was many group works and someday it feels a little too much. But general it was OK.
Very cool and useful for learning.
I love the creative methods. In short time we could leaned a lot.
They were really great like the idea about learning activities.
I think they were very dinamics and interesting. Also I think that the seminar has been very well structured.
They were intense and kind a hard working but in the end it was all worth it.
I liked it very much. I participated in 5 more projects and it’s the best one. Organization and activities was amazing.
The activities were different and interesting. The methods used were those of non-formal education.
In general everything was really good, but I think we had too much unnecessary group activities, some things can be easily taught through presentations.
It was interesting but sometimes we didn’t had enough time to finish on time.
Very good, but sometimes too long.
There was a good variety of workshops and energizers, and they were very informative.
I liked the methods, very creative. I learned some new games. Activities were well prepared and interesting.
Engaging, insightful, informative and adaptive to needs of group.
Useful, not too easy, not too hard. I found it interesting and fun. It was never boring!
The get to know each other, the games were great and I loved the energizers. Also not made the first day easy, that write games we got familiar with each other quickly.
It was great inspiring, creative methods used.

4. How do you evaluate the participation of the participants and your own participation in the contact making event?

I think most of the group tried their best to keep attached and involve. On my side it was like this too. I tried to involve and contribute in all of them and since the group was nice and easygoing, we were more able to do it.

Almost everyone take this training seriously, so it was fine.

Lot of participants had experience and I have had a lot to learn from them.

Some of the participants weren’t motivated to act actively in all of the activities, also they were taking part in them only because they have to. Only once or twice during the project we managed to start our activities at time. I gave around 85% of my capacity because I wasn’t very familiar with some topics. But at the end of the project I gave more capacity.

Participants were mostly very young persons – very active and interested into the subjects. I gave more knowledge to express themselves and helped with my experiences then needed.

Sometimes I really had difficulties for learning the basic info about their organization. I was actively involved to the project and tried to pass all the info and the knowledge that I have.

The participants self-confidence was very good. And we were very well focused.

I consider very useful exchange of information between participants because we could learn a lot from each other.

I think participants were active enough. Maybe the silent mean we are without experience…

I think I was active good. And mostly participants were the same.

All of us participated all activities full concentrate. Sometimes I felt I was getting tired. But my friends took me to the activities with their motivation.

Most of participants participated, a few only a little.

The participants were fun, but I feel very few were here to a mean business. So weren’t I. I made contacts, but that’s it.

I evaluate them high level. I found some participants whom I’d like work somewhere in future. Because of the similar point of view.

I don’t know much about ESC. I didn’t participated too much, but really enjoyed to know all these new things. And I want to do something with this new knowledge.

I think that everyone showed great commitment. All the times I tried to share with experiences and learn new things.

All of them were very enthusiastic and keen to participate in the contact making event.

It has been very positive and I think everyone has been very respectful with the others.

I think I didn’t participate so much in the activities because I didn’t have so much information about topics but I learned a lot of from my colleagues, they were very helpful and open-minded.

My participation is 100% from 100%. I enjoyed all activities and events. Other participants were also very active and communicative.

I have been an active participant. Some of the participants were not so involved, but most of them were.

I think everyone was really active and even I am not a fan of group activities I also played some roles in exercises.

I think I gave everything I can. I shared my ideas and I respected others.

Everyone was motivated. I was sometimes tired.

Overall, quite good. Being a native English speaker is that participants (occasionally) expected certain things of you – sometimes to just be a scribe for their ideas, and sometimes to just everything (explain what questions mean, think of and write answers).

I think participants have been involved and interested in the activities.

It has been up there in my experience as the most positive engaging events I have experienced.

Everyone was open, tolerant, nice and talkative. I felt safe and calm here.

Most of the participants were really active. Everybody was open for the events.

I wished to be more active in some situations, sometimes did not step out of my comfort zone/now I’m regret if not going out of my comfort zone.

5. What did you learn? What skills, knowledge and competences of yours did you improve during the contact making event?

Working in groups, teambuilding. Creating ideas, steps of a project. Talking and making presentations in front of crowds.

I improve my English, social skills like problem solving and how I can work in a team better.

New modalities of non-formal education, new knowledge.

Improving my speaking skills in English and of course in my native language. Developed digital skills and learnt more about useful programs for future project management.

Application + some news about ESC. Improved my skills for team building and communication.

Especially trainers were really well prepared and they’re willing to give and share their knowledge and experiences. Specifically I got to know about quality mobility app and handbook also some of the activities about project management, I will definitely use them.

I learned about volunteering, EVS and ESC. During the contact making event my speaking and expression skills increased.

Objectives, competences and priorities of ESC. Crisis and risk management in ESC projects. Volunteer management cycle. Ability of co-operation and working in international partnership.

I saw closer how projects are going and how they are writing. I learned new games. And still thinking ESC is important and do good job for society.

Got new experience and competence ESC.

I learnt lots of competency for ESC. The team building were the best activities to learn and to be a team. I saw that we’re from different countries, but we have some problems what we have the motivation to do good things. I improved my social skills, I think.

New ice breakers, energizers and games. I learned more about ESC and the Q app. It was good to revise the risk management. I have some good ideas for games and activities for future exchanges. I learned about the work of other organizations.

It was my first meeting with this kind of projects and I have to say I learned a lot.

Learned what is ESC. Learned effective team working. Learned new words. Learned different culture and social problems.

I learnt that it’s not to difficult to make something for my community. Sometimes people just don’t have the knowledge, and don’t know about projects and associations, that active and doing interesting things.

Communication skills. I increase my knowledge about Q! app and ESC. Increase team building. Increase work in groups.

Collaboration. Cooperation. Prototyping projects. Teamwork.

I have improved my languages skills in English and Italian. I have learned about the ESC and the different steps of the program. I have exchanged experiences and points of view with other participants.

Managing risk, communication skills and a lot of other important skills that I can use late in my personal and professional life.

I learned a lot of things. I didn’t even know what is EVS and ESC before this project event though I participated in some. Also you teached me how to look at different things deeply (for example game with balloons and needles).

I learnt about the ESC and how to deal with the preparation of a project. I increased my communication skills and my capacity to analyze.

I got to know how ESC projects are working from inside and I think the most useful part was about W app. That thing can actually help a lot.

I learnt about ESC unity. I learnt about other organizations. I learnt how to predict and prevent risk and how to work in a team.

Team work is important, communication skills.

I learnt the difference between EVS and ESC. I’ve been out of the ERASMUS picture for a while so it was good to have my knowledge on everything else refreshed. I also learnt interesting facts about (for e.g.), volunteering (statistics, etc…).

I learned how to better manage the project and volunteering work. I got to know useful app.

I feel a lot mine confident with ESC and how to apply this knowledge into applications.

Public speaking. Active listening. Teamwork.

Performing skills. Teamwork. Problem solving. Negotiation skills. Patience.

6. Would you like to involve in a follow up project with this group or others? If yes, please explain?

Yes. But I would prefer to do it with more advanced subjects in this area.

I think that this group was very nice, but it was enough to work as we did.

I would like to involve in a project with Italy, Greece and Portugal.

Yes I would like to be in a project with most of the participants because they are experienced and I can learn a lot form them.

Yes, if find inspiring common project to be partner with some of participating organizations or next topic will be of my interest.

I would like to take part in a follow up project especially with the coordination organization and if there is a possibility I would like to help organizing a follow up project.

Yes, I would like to involve in a follow up project with this group. Because this group was harmony, respectful and fun.

I would like to involve in a project with Poland, Croatia, Romania, Turkey and Portugal.

Yes, I learned that, another organizations doing interesting activities and they are a lot of things I do learn.

Yes, it would be good idea because on this project I got know well participants.

Yes, I’d like. Because this energy lead the good way of volunteering.

I’d be glad to, if I’ve the possibility. The people are great and I really hope we meet again.

I think mostly with this group. I find some interesting organization, with whom I’d like to do some projects.

Yes. I would like to get next involved with some projects that I found here. I never do a ESC. And I like to do, but I really like to do something interesting, and apply my skills.

Yes, I would like. It’s a great opportunity to learn new things, find new partners to he projects, share with our experiences.

Yes, nothing better to work with people from different countries and with different point of view to share more inclusive solutions to a social media.

Yes, I would. It has been an incredible experience in all senses. In this case, the group has been very open-minded and the discussions have been very constructive.

Yes, some organizations were really open about wanting to keep my contact so we can plan new projects, we will see how it goes.

Yes, I would like to involve in such project, because it’s amazing way how to learn something and find new contacts and friends.

Yes, I would like to involve in a follow up projects with this group, as the team was really good.

Yes, I would because some people here can be potential partners and people here really passionate about what they are doing.

Yes, I would like to be part of a new project. I think that the group is really good and we can work and communicate with each other.

Yes. Project participants were all good and I would like to work with them in the future.

Although I’m not sure what I’m gonna be doing or where I’d be next year, I would love to potentially be involved. The people were (mostly) great.

I would like to be involved in a follow up project to develop even more our partnerships and projects.

Yes, I would love to partner with IYACA in the future as I believe they are phenomenal organization of the highest standards.

I would like to participate in a short term ESC/EVS volunteering program during the summer.

Of course! We had a great cooperation and would like to do follow up with them.

7. Do you think this contact making event reach its objectives? In what ways it was successful or not? What changes should be made for the future?

I think it was a really good introduction to partner building subject. We could meet few organizations to build partnerships with them. But if the participants will be the ones who focused this work in their organizations it will be more effective.
Yes for sure. It was successful because almost everybody collaborated and the host organization works very professional during this week.
People learnt more new useful methods, activities, prepared future ideas and cooperation, also not a small part of the participants learned more about ESC. In my opinion the project managed to reach its objectives and it was successful.
Yes, it reached its objectives. It has potential to build new partnerships and if participants succeed in starting common projects – it will be full success.
Better selection for the participants. More activities for getting to know participating organizations. Apart from that with some organizations we already got some contacts and we are going to collaborate in the future on ESC.
I think that it was successful. We learned a lot.
I think this contact making events its objectives. It was really successful.
Not really… I think, it was more about ‘’ How to write a project…’’ not much about content mobility we made more eyes contacts…
I think it was successful.
I think the objectives were realized. When we were during the activities, some information was confusing. We should repeat them and our new projects should shaped the basic rules. It thought us that the main topics of project management.
Yes, I think the event reached its objectives. It seems some new partnerships were created, people exchanged ideas.
I still can’t understand what are its objectives, we learned a lot about the ESC, we made contacts, but I think very few of us will involve in actual projects.
I think it was successful, there were information to get. In future – I think it is possible to skip 1 or 2 day and make it shorter and even more compact.
Is very useful to improve your network, and make partnerships.
I think participants should be on time. From my side it was a successful. Please in info pack add some things more about culture evenings.
Yes, it reached its objective. I believe people really got what you wanted to teach us.
Yes, I do. I think that I only suggest to have more time to discuss about the intercultural communication.
For sure the objectives were accomplished but maybe in the future you can make new ways and games to talk about the topic instead of making the participants work on so much technical, specific and hard working activities.
I think it’s really good idea. We cannot even text with our future partners, but we can see them face to face and understand them. It really good chance to write a project.
I believe that this contact making seminar has been successful.
I think that every person got from this event what he or she wanted. It was really well-organized and I loved the accommodation.
Yes, I think it did. I had a lot of expectations and you reached all of them. And maybe it will be better if we had more activities and energizers.
I am informed about ESC and in future it is really useful.
Feedback on individual activities has been given throughout, but overall it was great.
I think event reached its objectives. Changes in future: better selection of participants.
The event has been a great success, reached all objectives and personal expectations. Great event running and adaptive to the group.
I think, that some really good collaboration took place. Everybody was professional. Not everyone was representative of an NGO, and also sometimes the too young participants could not stay in the group of reality, but that’s fine!
Most of the participants were really active and making an effort to learn and do more. Everybody was open for the events.