1. LLP Leonardo TOI INCOM-VET Quality Assurance of Deliverables WP5 WP’s Leader: University of Aosta Valley (IT) Kick off Meeting Vilnius, 7-8 November 2013

2. WP4 Quality assurance of deliverables WHAT? ORGANIZATION – (consortium, partners, stakeholders, roles, cooperation) STRUCTURE – (WPs, tools, endowements and equipments) ACTION PLAN – (scheduled activities, outputs, dissemination/valorization)

3. WHEN? 1. EX-ANTE AND FINAL EVALUATION: Supervision of quality standards coherence, pertinence, readability, sustainability of the outputs 2. ONGOING SELF-ASSESSMENT Formative accompaniment of the partnership Reflective/monitoring tools (websurveys, focus groups, debriefing sessions) inspired by the PDCA circle (Plan, Do, Check, Act) and SWOT analysis (Strong – Weak – Threats - Opportunities) after any meeting.

4. WHICH WAY? PLAN DO CHECK ACT TRANSFER PROCESS WHERE FROM AIMS WHO CRITERIA INDICATORS PRIORITIES AND RISKS ORGANISE ACTIVITIES INVOLVE, COOPERATE IMPLEMENT ENDOW, TRAIN, ARRANGE, SUPERVISE MEASURE REFLECTIVE TOOLS ASSESS >> SWOT REVISE DISSEMINATE VALUE EXPLOIT COHERENCE PERTINENCE SUSTAINABILITY STRONG WEAK OPPORTUNITIES THREATS

5. THROUGH WHICH INDICATORS DIMENSIONSVARIABLES Project Management Respect WPs’ timetable and tasks Efficiency /Effectiveness internal/external communication integration national/international level financial planning and management Transfer of Innovation Quality Adaptability of the product to be transferred Coherence as a result of shared training pathways Usability as assessed by users and actors in the piloting framework Scientificity, clearness of the deliverables Coherence with the EU priorities and national policies Transnational cooperation Coherence and integration of partners contributions Efficiency and participation to transnational meetings Capability to share codes and approaches Building up mutual understanding ValorisationStakeholders and actors involved in the project Adaptability of main outcomes to wider national contexts Dissemination actions (website, publication, conferences)

6. WHICH TOOLS Websurveys >> ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRES (QUANTITATIVE FEEDBACK) Focus groups Interviews Debriefing sessions Diaries Blogs Forums Audits Reports QUALITATIVE FEEDBACK TO THE LEARNING PROCESS SELF-GENERATED FEEDBACKS EXTERNAL EVALUATION

7. WHICH ACTORS Internal evaluator (WP5 >> Univda) External Evaluator (eventually selected by sub- contracting) Participants to the project: staff, external tutors, trainers, advisers, testimonials involved in the “check” and “do” phases. Stakeholders and actors involved in the valorisation / exploitation

8. Thanks! Responsible for the local unit PhD Dr. and Aggr. Prof. Maria Giovanna Onorati Sociology of Culture and Communication Department of Social Sciences and Humanities University of Aosta Valley m.onorati@univda.it