The aim of the project was to contribute to the measurement and recognition of the impact of volunteering/youth activities on the capacity development of young people. The organisations involved are working through their regular work to increase the recognition of the competences and skills acquired in non-formal learning through participation in different forms of youth work. This is an area we have been working on for several years and have addressed in previous projects. Through two Erasmus+ projects in partnership with INEX SDA (which worked with the IT company, project partner, Inventi Labs as external contractors), we developed the IM-PROVE web application, which converts the tangible experiences of volunteers into competences, and with the second one, we updated the web application into a basic mobile version, and integrated it with Youthpass, Europass and BadgeCraft platform learning badges.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES:
- To broaden the profile of organisations (from an international to a national context) using the IM-PROVE app, to enable the measurement of the impact of activities on volunteers/participants and to increase the number of users of the IM-PROVE app itself;
- Increase the recognition of competences among young people and raise awareness of the importance of active citizenship in their personal and professional development;
- Increase the visibility of the app at national and international level to external stakeholders.
PROJECT PERIOD: 1.2.2020 – 31.1.2022
PROJECT RESULTS:
- Needs survey of new and existing partners prepared, inclusion of activities/situations of youth organisations active at local and international level;
- Extended profile of organisations using IM-PROVE;
- Enabled to measure the impact of activities on volunteers/participants and increased the number of users of the application itself;
- IM-PROVE content developed, translating tangible volunteer experiences into competences;
- Created a manual for trainers and advocates as a support tool for the app, helping to improve its usability by explaining all possible use cases.
TARGET GROUPS OF THE PROJECT:
- camp leaders
- youth workers
- young volunteers
- NGOs in the youth and voluntary sector
PARTNER ORGANISATIONS: INEX SDA (Češka), Young Researchers of Serbia (Srbija), Zavod Voluntariat (Slovenija, INVENTI Labs s.r.o. (Češka)
(CO)FUNDING: European Union (ERASMUS+)
AMOUNT OF (GRANTED) FUNDING: 89.945,00 EUR
