Youth voluntary service programs exist in many countries around the world, and new programs and policy initiatives are being developed in several others, attracting a great deal of attention and resources. Before more young people are encouraged to participate in the youth voluntary service programs, the stakeholders have to ensure that these programs have a significant positive impact on the youth and societies, and that their benefits exceed their costs.
In response to the need for additional evidence on the effectiveness of youth voluntary service programs, the World Bank Children and Youth Unit and Innovations in Civic Participation ICP) co-hosted a meeting in May 2008, bringing together youth service practitioners, policymakers, and evaluation experts. The objective of the meeting was to explore the existing evidence base on youth voluntary service programs, discuss the standards of evidence of evaluations and identify available tools and methods for building more rigorous evidence.
REPORT
February 2009
By Minna Mattero, Charmagne Campbell-Patton
Also available in MS Word
The Summary and Conclusions Report of the "Measuring the Impact of Youth Voluntary Service Programs: International Experts Meeting" captures the presentations and discussion that took place in the meeting while also providing more general information about evaluating youth service programs. It is intended as a learning tool for organizations that are planning on evaluating their youth projects by providing information about the options and challenges related to impact evaluations.
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from Network of Networks on Impact Evaluation, NONIE 2008
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