Number: TR/06/B/F/PP/178066

WASTE-TRAINVOCATIONAL TRAINING, EDUCATION,

CONVEYING INFORMATION ON UP-TO-DATE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

TO DECISION MAKERS/STAFF INVOLVED IN WASTE MANAGEMENT

Fifth Consortium MeetingWarsaw, 14th– 18th of May 2008WP 6: Monitoring and evaluation of project progress

WP6 – Monitoring and Evaluation of project progress Evaluation achievements and partner’s contributions

Three Monitoring – Evaluation reports submitted till Interim stage First Report consisted of:

- description of the evaluation approach, the basic aims and associated activities- an initial appraisal of the project objectives, review of partner work package tasks, strengths and weaknesses, challenges and opportunities, recommendations for future activity- evaluation of the kick off meeting

Compilation and submission of the second Monitoring & Evaluation report, including : - monitoring and overview of project activities; - evaluation notes and observations for WP1; - evaluation of the second consortium meeting.

Interim Monitoring – Evaluation report: - Project developments: review of partner work package tasks, including comments related - Evaluation of the third consortium meeting in Rome- Problems experienced to date, challenges & potential solutions - Partner’s reflexions: transnationality, results compared to initial objectives, sustainability of the partnership, innovativeness of the outcomes, effects of dissemination etc

WP6 – Monitoring and Evaluation of project progress Additional support tools and Pending tasks

Additional Support tools prepared: Naming of files guidelines Guidelines on the structure of private web area Quality Management Plan Supportive tools for external evaluator (to be discussed)

Individual discussions with certain partners for working progress and tasks completed

Pending tasks contractually agreed (till end of the project): 2 reports

Forth Report consisting of: - Overview of the project progress and products delivered to date- Project objectives achievement- Review of indicators (number of copies to deliver – number of participants to attend) - Evaluation report of the fifth partner’s meeting- Reflections of partners on WP 2, WP4 and WP5

Final Report (5th )

Evaluator’s comments and recommendations

COMMENTS Project progress(Forget comment) - Certain delay- in delivering Book of Rubbish - Moodle platform in national languages

Project procedures Formal – Informal discussions ?

Both considered to be useful and desirable practices on a level of communication on the WPs content and progress.

BUTIdentification of procedures, allocation of specific tasks of each partner Only during formal discussions Cooperative bridges (especially between technical & pedagogical teams): working group

teams have been alarmed, few corrective actions have been made

Evaluator’s comments and recommendations

RECOMMENDATIONS - Clear definition of objectives before the meeting sessions and expected outcomes to be

defined by each WP leader so as to prevent from losing time on discussions.

- Need of a moderator (project coordination) for taking control of the decision –making process and procedures governing the overall management of the project .

- Need of Alarming the WP leaders-partners on specific timelines agreed during the meetings for completing their tasks – corrective actions to be taken by the project coordinator and not the work package leader himself.

- Reviewing partners budget – Consider possible changes

Internal Evaluation time schedule

• Deliver by Nicole to all partners by end of May of formularies for the fifth meeting evaluation & WPs 2, 4,5 assessment.

• Partners should send back their feedback within two weeks time (15/06/08)

• Individual phone meetings will be attempted by Nicole to all partners by middle of June . Discussions focused on: pilot test of vocational training courses , partner’s concerns on the finalisation of products , objectives achievements , any other issue.

• Forth Monitoring & Evaluation report to be delivered by end of June. • Quality criteria & tools to be delivered to external evaluator (by when?) . • Updated Quality Management Plan to be delivered by middle of June.

Thank you for your attention!