Principles

In 2006, the steering group „Kreuznacher Beirat“ and the steering group of the international evaluation project agreed the following and compulsory evaluation principles for both projects:

• Every organisor of youth travel programmes / international youth encounters shall have easy access to a cost-effective self-evaluation tool.
• The evaluation instrument shall only be used for quality development purposes but not as a control mechanism.
• Everybody involved in the handling of data has to commit to total confidentiality. Anonymity will be guaranteed at all levels.
• Data of individual organisations shall be gathered and joined.
• Acknowledgement and analysis of data should be carried out open minded and self-critical.
• The assessment and interpretation will include everybody, who was involved in the programme.
• A further development of the instrument is desirable – but only if current scientific standards can be maintained.
• Everybody, who uses the evaluation instrument, has to ensure a transparent implementation of and the compliance with all principles.

 Copyright(s):
- Evaluation of international youth encounters: DFJW, DPJW, BKJ and the project „Freizeitenevaluation“;
- Evaluation of youth travel programmes: Kreuznacher Beirat and the project “Freizeitenevaluation”