1. PEACE IV: Monitoring & Evaluation
Quality and Impact Body
Youth Pact
Co-Operation Ireland / University of Ulster / National Youth Council of Ireland
Evaluation Team
Centre for Identity and Intergroup Relations Evaluation Team
Queen’s University Belfast

2. Purpose of evaluation and monitoring
Role of YouthPact and Queen’s University Belfast is three-fold :
1. To gather and present robust evidence to illustrate the impact of the Peace IV Children and Young people strand.
2. To illustrate how the youth work approach is central to this development.
3. To share and celebrate good practice.

3. Evaluation Team Quality & Impact body
Centre for Identity & Intergroup Relations Evaluation Team, QUB
Test intervention logic of Obj 2.1
Report back to SEUPB (report 1 Oct 2018)
Longitudinal impact evaluation
Participant surveys
Project focus groups
Develop and host two conferences on Children and Youth People
YouthPact
Support for monitoring projects
Support to gather project data
Qualitative data collection for best practice
Interviews with participants to identify transformative moments
Interviews with staff to elaborate on practice which leads to change
Writing up practice to information phase 2

4. Who will see this information and how will this be used?
YouthPact – Quality &Impact Body - Voluntary
Evaluation TEAM – Queen’s University Belfast - Required
WHO?
Session information viewed to understand intervention logic/project design.
Session reflections viewed.
HOW?
Training and learning sessions devised to respond to worker feedback.
Interventions written into practice and policy papers.
Interventions presented as part of sharing and learning events.
WHO? Longitudinal Surveys on a quarterly basis.
Participant Profiles on a quarterly basis.
Session information to understand intervention logic/project design.
HOW?
Analysed and presented to SEUPB as evidence of impact on an annual basis.

5. Reporting to SEUPB
Individual delivery agents are responsible for reporting to SEUPB on a quarterly basis on:
Unique Learner Number
Intensity of engagement
Timeframe of engagement
Community ID of participants per cohort
Distance travelled

6. “Cohort” profile – this is done once at the start of your group/cohort.
Cohort code – STRIVE- 001
Dates of engagement – October 2017 – April 2018
Hours of engagement – 18 hours per week.
Project design – e.g. music-based project; social action project with Volunteer NOW; 4 residentials.
Anticipated participants (Number/ULNs)
Community ID breakdown

7. Participant profile – this is done once at the start of each cohort
Community background
Ethnicity
Disability status
Caregiver status
Unique Learner Number
Age/Date of birth
Gender
Postcode (BTXX)/eir-code

8. Session information – after each session
Activity date
Times for activity
Activity goals
Brief description of activities
Activity nature – cross-border, cross-community, single identity, good relations
Unique Learner Number for all in attendance

9. Session reflection – after each session
Session Goal/s – drop down menu from 17 sub-heading
What was I hoping to achieve in the session?
How effective was this session in achieving this goal? (sliding scale)
What information leads me to this rating?
Tell us of any barriers or set-backs that impacted on your session?
Any change moments?
Any critical conversations or interactions?

10. Participant Survey Measure ‘distance travelled’
Longitudinal design – 4 time points
Explore impact of PEACE IV funding
Good relations
Personal development
Citizenship
Explore intervention logic