German Standard
In 2007 the project „Freizeitenevaluation“ published the CD “Youth and Europe” and the book “Evaluation von Freizeiten und Jugendreisen” which both offer an instrument for the independent evaluation of youth travel programmes.
A German flyer depicting this new standard procedure can be downloaded here: flyer (pdf format). Additional downloads: Brief instructions for the evaluation and an example for a compact evaluation.
The „Kreuznacher Beirat“ – a steering committee named after its conference venue Bad Kreuznach – supports the development of the nation wide project. “Kreuznacher Beirat” is a non-institutional body with representatives from various organisations within the youth travel / youth encounter sector. New members can be admitted through a majority decision of the committee.
- Michael Borger [Evangelische Jugend der Pfalz (Protestant Youth Pfalz)]
- Jürgen Brüna (Bluevalley GmbH; previous: Akzente Reisen)
- Anke Diekmann [Landesjugendring Schleswig-Holstein (Regional Youth Council Schleswig-Holstein)]
- Manfred Fuß [BAG Katholisches Jugendreisen (Federal Association for Catholic Youth Travel)]
- Kerstin Giebel (IJAB - International Youth Service of the Federal Republic of Germany )
- Ritva Gleu (Chair woman Ferienbörse, Leipzig)
- Wolfgang Ilg (project manager Freizeitenevaluation; head of research]
- Holger Kalippke (Diakonisches Werk Bayern)
- Günter Kistner [Evang. Jugendreferat Bad Kreuznach (Protestant Youth Office Bad Kreuznach)]
- Jens Kosmale [Managing director Bundesforum Kinder- und Jugendreisen (German Federal Forum for Child- and Youth Travel)]
- Iordanis Daniel Mouratidis [Kreisjugendring Rems-Murr e.V. (District Youth Council Rems-Murr e.V.)]
- Dr. Werner Müller (Managing director of transfer e.V., Köln; committee coordination)
- Stephanie Otto [Evang. Jugendreferat Bad Kreuznach (Protestant Youth Office Bad Kreuznach)]
- Heike Peters (Managing director of the development project for children’s questionnaires)
- Christina Plantz (transfer e.V., Köln; committee administrator)
- Prof. Dr. Andreas Thimmel [FH Köln (Cologne University of Applied Science); committee chairman]
- Dr. Nicole Stollenwerk
- Sascha Weimershaus [Sportjugend Berlin (Sports Union Berlin)]
- Rolf Witte [Bundesvereinigung Kulturelle Jugendbildung (Confederation Cultural Youth Education) - until 2008]
Kreuznacher Beirat, 13th February 2008 in Bad Kreuznach
Pilot study 2005 – basis for a new evaluation instrument
806 participants and 102 supervisors of youth travel programmes participated in a pilot study, which was dedicated to testing and standardising new evaluation questionnaires in 2005. Following youth travel organisation from all over Germany participated in the study:
- Akzente-Reisen, Leer
- Deutsches Jugendrotkreuz, Landesverband Nordrhein-Westfalen (German Red Cross Youth, Northrhine-Westfalia), Düsseldorf
- Diakonie Bayern, Hof
- Evang. Jugend an Nahe und Glan (Protestant Youth Nahe und Glan), Bad Kreuznach
- Evang. Jugendbüro (Protestant Youth Office) Milspe, Ennepetal
- Fun Reisen, Hamburg
- kanu basis mirow, Vipperow
- Ki Ju Reisen, Brandenburg
- Kindervereinigung Chemnitz
- Kindervereinigung Dresden
- Kreisjugendring (District Youth Council) Rems-Murr, Backnang
- Magistrat der Stadt Fulda (Magistrate Fulda)
- Naturfreundejugend Nordrhein-Westfalen (German Young Naturefriends Northrhine-Westfalia), Bonn
- Out of Limits, Lemgo
- stadt land fluss, Bielefeld
Have you evaluated any data which you would like to send in? Information on sending in data
History of the nation wide project „Freizeitenevaluation“: The project originates from a first study on the evaluation of youth travel programmes in 2001 [Evangelisches Jugendwerk in Württemberg (Protestant Youth Office Württemberg)]. The study was followed by the workshop Qualitätssicherung durch Evaluationsmanagement (Quality Assurance through Evaluation Management). The project is mainly funded through Forscher-Praktiker-Dialog Internationale Jugendarbeit (Researcher‘s-Pracitioner ‘s Dialogue International Youth Work) and coordinated by transfer e.V.