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Quality Assessment Assess the quality of a venue before committing yourself to it for your non-formal learning activity. Choosing the right venue for a residential non-formal learning activity is as important as choosing the right methodology. The venue will support better learning with conditions that go well with the values and principles of non-formal learning. *This quality questionnaire was created during the international seminar ‘Youth Inn. You(th) Better Learn Here’ which was organised in December 2012, in Lithuania. The meeting gathered 28 participants; both managers and users of residential venues for non-formal learning. The main goal of the meeting was to develop personal and organisational capacities for setting up and maintaining residential centres for non-formal learning in Europe. 14 partner organisation from 13 European countries were involved in this activity. The European Youth in Action Programme co-funded this meeting, http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/youth/ Images: Elephant and Alien designed by Luis Prado; Ecology designed by Thibault Geffroy; Bowl designed by Maurizio Pedrazzoli; Clockwise designed by Ema Dimitrova; Delivery Man designed by Jon Trillana; Community designed by Mike Endale. All images were downloaded from The Noun Project, http://thenounproject.com Venue staff share responsibilities for the housekeeping with participants and activity organisers HOUSKEEPING Venue staff are able to respond well to the specific needs of participants and activity organisers SPECIAL NEEDS Spaces are multifunctional and easily transformable according the needs of the activities SPACES Venue inspires creativity and allows participants and activity organisers to leave their mark CREATIVITY Venue is connected to the local community and is offering cultural exchange possibilities COMMUNITY Venue is suitable for non-formal learning and can provide possibilities for experiential learning activities ACTIVITIES Venue staff are flexible and able to adapt to the schedule of the activity programme FLEXIBILITY Feel free to add your own quality criteria which is relevant to the non-formal learning activity you will organise OTHER Venue promotes environmental aware- ness and decisions are made following eco-friendly attitudes ECO-FRIENDLY Good food is offered and the venue staff are able to adapt to various dietary needs BOARD Contacts: [email protected] http://www.nectarus.lt Venue staff respect cultural diversity and have a positive attitude towards cultural differences ĮDIVERSITY Hosting conditions are comfortable and appropriately serve the participants’ needs for living and resting LODGING Venue staff show supportive attitude towards the non-formal learning activities STAFF Facilities are good for the programme activities and there are cosy spaces for socialising during free time FACILITIES Questionnaire* when choosing a venue to host your non-formal learning activities

Assess Quality of the Venues for Non-formal Education

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This quality assesment questionnaire was created during the international seminar ‘Youth Inn. You(th) Better Learn Here’ which was organised in December 2012, in Lithuania. The meeting gathered 28 participants; both managers and users of residential venues for non-formal learning. The main goal of the meeting was to develop personal and organisational capacities for setting up and maintaining residential centres for non-formal learning in Europe. 14 partner organisation from 13 European countries were involved in this activity.

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Quality Assessment

Assess the quality of a venue before committing yourself to it for your non-formal learning activity.

Choosing the right venue for a residential non-formal learning activity is as important as choosing the right methodology. The venue will support better learning with conditions that go well with the values and principles of non-formal learning.

*This quality questionnaire was created during the international seminar ‘Youth Inn. You(th) Better Learn Here’ which was organised in December 2012, in Lithuania. The meeting gathered 28 participants; both managers and users of residential venues for non-formal learning. The main goal of the meeting was to develop personal and organisational capacities for setting up and maintaining residential centres for non-formal learning in Europe. 14 partner organisation from 13 European countries were involved in this activity. The European Youth in Action Programme co-funded this meeting, http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/youth/

Images: Elephant and Alien designed by Luis Prado; Ecology designed by Thibault Geffroy; Bowl designed by Maurizio Pedrazzoli; Clockwise designed by Ema Dimitrova; Delivery Man designed by Jon Trillana; Community designed by Mike Endale. All images were downloaded from The Noun Project, http://thenounproject.com

Venue staff share responsibilities for the housekeeping with participants and activity organisers

HOUSKEEPING

Venue staff are able to respond well to the specific needs of participants and activity organisers

SPECIAL NEEDS

Spaces are multifunctional and easily transformable according the needs of the activities

SPACES

Venue inspires creativity and allows participants and activity organisers to leave their mark

CREATIVITY

Venue is connected to the local community and is offering cultural exchange possibilities

COMMUNITY

Venue is suitable for non-formal learning and can provide possibilities for experiential learning activities

ACTIVITIES

Venue staff are flexible and able to adapt to the schedule of the activity programme

FLEXIBILITY

Feel free to add your own quality criteria which is relevant to the non-formal learning activity you will organise

OTHER

Venue promotes environmental aware-ness and decisions are made following eco-friendly attitudes

ECO-FRIENDLY

Good food is offered and the venue staff are able to adapt to various dietary needs

BOARD

Contacts:[email protected]://www.nectarus.lt

Venue staff respect cultural diversity and have a positive attitude towards cultural differences

ĮDIVERSITY

Hosting conditions are comfortable and appropriately serve the participants’ needs for living and resting

LODGING

Venue staff show supportive attitude towards the non-formal learning activities

STAFF

Facilities are good for the programme activities and there are cosy spaces for socialising during free time

FACILITIES

Questionnaire*when choosing a venue to host your non-formal learning activities