References

Accompanying, Ex Post Evaluation
Start of project: November 2021
End of project: November 2024

Process Evaluation of the support program ‘Collegium Cusanum’

[Read More]The program 'Collegium Cusanum' of the Cusanuswerk - Bischöfliche Studienförderung is aimed at all scholarship holders of the Cusanuswerk (students and doctoral candidates) as well as Altcusaner who aspire to a professional activity in the school or pedagogical field or are already doing so. The support program thus makes a sustainable contribution to the personal development and qualification of teachers and educators. To this end, the program relies on mentoring elements, i.e. tutorial support for Cusanuswerk scholarship holders by teachers and educators with professional experience. The CEval carries out external evaluations accompanying the process for quality assurance purposes. The central task of this evaluation is to provide the Cusanuswerk staff responsible for implementation with timely information relevant to control. Of particular interest, in accordance with the objectives of the program, are questions regarding satisfaction with the events offered, the quality of tutorial relationships, and the professional and personal benefits of the relationship for both parties. Methodologically, the evaluation is based on standardized online surveys of mentees and mentors at three points in time.
Management: Vera Hennefeld
Development M&E-System
Start of project: February 2022
End of project: July 2024

Implementation of an evaluation system for courses at the August Everding Theatre Academy

[Read More]The August Everding Theatre Academy offers various artistic study programmes at Bachelor's and Master's level. In order to determine the students' satisfaction with individual courses and to identify potential for improvement, the August Everding Theatre Academy has commissioned CEval GmbH to implement an evaluation system for courses at the August Everding Theatre Academy. The aim is to create a regular database for the further development and optimisation of the courses. Methodologically, semi-standardised surveys will be designed for various teaching formats, which can be used for the evaluations of different courses (practically oriented and theoretically oriented courses as well as individual lessons).
Management: Vera Hennefeld
Accompanying, Ex Post Evaluation
Start of project: March 2022
End of project: January 2024

Evaluation of the ASG Mentoring Programme 2022/2023

[Read More]The overriding goal of the non-profit Agrarsoziale Gesellschaft e.V. is to work for the improvement of living conditions in rural areas and in agriculture. Qualified and committed people are a central resource for the positive development of rural areas. Against this backdrop, an ASG mentoring programme was created in which students and graduates who would like to become professionally involved in and for rural areas are supported on their career path over a period of 18 months. The ASG Mentoring Programme is based on the three classic mentoring components: The tutorial support of mentees through the formation of mentoring tandems with leaders from science, administration, politics, non-governmental organisations and business, the acquisition of competencies by the mentees within the framework of the accompanying seminars of the programme, ASG conferences/seminars and the development of personal contacts and networks through the professional exchange with all stakeholder groups within the programme as well as in the context of the ASG conferences and seminars. CEval GmbH was commissioned with the accompanying evaluation of the mentoring programme. The central task of this evaluation is to provide the ASG staff who are responsible for the implementation of the project with timely and relevant information. Of particular interest are questions about satisfaction with the seminars offered, the quality of the tutorial relationships, and the professional and personal benefits of the relationship for both sides. Methodologically, the evaluation is based on standardised online surveys of the mentees and/or mentors at six points in time and on qualitative interviews of the programme leaders and mentors as well as on (focus) group discussions with the mentees.
Management: Vera Hennefeld
Accompanying, Impact Analysis
Start of project: September 2022
End of project: November 2023

Evaluation of a digital Senior Citizens Portal “digital.vital”

[Read More]The senior citizens' portal "digital.vital" is a model project of the Amt Hüttener Berge, the district of Germersheim and the city of Püttlingen. The aim of the portal is to make a contribution to meeting the challenges associated with demographic change and advancing digitalisation: Through needs-based offers, people are to be supported in the areas of nutrition, exercise and leisure activities/social participation (incl. housing, mobility, support) in achieving and maintaining a high quality of life in old age. At the same time, the portal also aims to strengthen the digital participation of older people. The project started in July 2020 and from autumn 2022 various services and information will be made available on the portal. The Amt Hüttener Berge has commissioned CEval GmbH to evaluate the senior citizens' portal in order to gain insights into the quality of the information and services offered and to identify possible potential for optimising the user experience in terms of portal functionality and content. Methodologically, a total of four participant observations will be carried out for the structured evaluation of the user experience among the pilot users in the context of so-called digital workshops at various locations. The participant observations will be supplemented by follow-up interviews with selected participants a few days after their visit to the digital workshops in order to collect data on the actual benefits of the workshops and the use of the website by the participants. In addition, a standardised online survey will be conducted among senior citizens' organisations and actors in the partner municipalities on their perceptions and professional assessments of the senior citizens' portal, its services and potential for further development.
Management: Vera Hennefeld
Accompanying, Impact Analysis
Start of project: September 2022
End of project: September 2023

Evaluation Lectureships

[Read More]As the world's largest funding organisation for the exchange of students and academics, the DAAD promotes lectureships of academics at universities abroad with. With its lectureships abroad, the DAAD pursues foreign cultural policy, development policy, higher education policy and/or programme policy goals. Depending on the host country, the host institution and the specific configuration of a lectureship, their objectives vary. The evaluation focuses on the long-term, short-term and Herder lectureships for the period 2012 to 2022. The evaluation pursues three central objectives: To examine whether the programmes in their current design are up-to-date and needs-oriented, to support the DAAD's accountability to the Federal Foreign Office, and to support the strategic positioning of the programmes through further development. Methodologically, the evaluation is based on a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis. It relies on a comprehensive analysis of documents and secondary data, virtual site visits, guided interviews, group discussions and online surveys.
Management: Vera Hennefeld
Accompanying, Impact Analysis
Start of project: September 2022
End of project: September 2023

Evaluation Lectureships

[Read More]As the world's largest funding organisation for the exchange of students and academics, the DAAD promotes lectureships of academics at universities abroad with. With its lectureships abroad, the DAAD pursues foreign cultural policy, development policy, higher education policy and/or programme policy goals. Depending on the host country, the host institution and the specific configuration of a lectureship, their objectives vary. The evaluation focuses on the long-term, short-term and Herder lectureships for the period 2012 to 2022. The evaluation pursues three central objectives: To examine whether the programmes in their current design are up-to-date and needs-oriented, to support the DAAD's accountability to the Federal Foreign Office, and to support the strategic positioning of the programmes through further development. Methodologically, the evaluation is based on a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis. It relies on a comprehensive analysis of documents and secondary data, virtual site visits, guided interviews, group discussions and online surveys.
Management: Vera Hennefeld
Accompanying, Ex Post Evaluation
Start of project: February 2023
End of project: September 2023

Accompanying evaluation of the support programme “Female Producer Collective“ (2023)

[Read More]The program "Female Producer Collective" of GOFORMUSIC gGmbH is a special support project for female producers, who receive coaching in the areas of "Creativity and Idea Generation", "Recording & Sound Design", "Mixing & Mastering" and "Business & Marketing". The aim of the project is to specifically promote female producers, to counteract the low quota of women in the production sector and to inspire female musicians to produce. CEval GmbH was already commissioned with the accompanying evaluation of the funding project in the first funding round (2022). In 2023, the programme "Female Producer Collective" will start with a second round, whereby CEval GmbH will again conduct an accompanying evaluation. From a methodological point of view, focus group interviews with participants and coaches of the programme as well as an online survey via a standardised questionnaire will be conducted.
Management: Vera Hennefeld
Ex Post Evaluation
Start of project: November 2022
End of project: June 2023

Evaluation of the German Colombian Peace Institute – CAPAZ

[Read More]The German Colombian Peace Institute (CAPAZ) is one of five Centers of Excellence for Research and Teaching abroad, which has been financed by the German Federal Foreign Office since 2016. The institute is considered an academic platform for cooperation which facilitates the exchange of knowledge and experience in the field of peace related research between research, teaching, civil society and state institutions, and, in doing so, intends to contribute to the establishment of a sustainable peace order in Colombia. The fields of activity of the CAPAZ institute encompass teaching, research, policy advice and knowledge transfer. With the current funding period coming to an end and in view of an envisaged next funding period, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) mandated CEval GmbH with an evaluation of the CAPAZ institute. The mission of the evaluation is to review the project progress and results and, on that basis, put forth recommendations allowing to further develop and possibly improve the project and its funding. In that respect, the evaluation draws on the following evaluation criteria: relevance, effectiveness (i.e., goal achievement and impact), efficiency, sustainability, as well as coordination, complementarity and coherence. The approach chosen for this evaluation is theory-based and participatory. Methodologically, it is based on a combination of primarily qualitative methods of data collection and analysis, including an analysis of documents and secondary data, exploratory interviews as well as in-depth guided interviews and focus group discussions.
Management: Sandra Bäthge
Ex Post Evaluation
Start of project: March 2022
End of project: March 2023

Evaluation of the German-Argentinean University Center (DAHZ-CUAA)

[Read More]The German-Argentinean University Center (DAHZ-CUAA) is a binational university center and aims at promoting and strengthening the institutional, academic, and scientific cooperation between Argentina and Germany. The main objective is the creation of innovative, binational study programmes with double degrees. In order to achieve this objective, there are three programme lines to support universities in both countries, i.e., the German-Argentinean programme to promote binational study programmes with double degrees (main programme line), the I.DEAR programme (Engineers Germany-Argentina), and the programme to promote accompanying research projects. To gain insights about the successes, potentials for improvement and the progress made in the three programme lines and to be able to further develop the programmes and to make them even more effective on that basis, the German office of the center mandated CEval GmbH in cooperation with smep consult e.U. with an evaluation of the center’s work. The mission of the evaluation is to assess the relevance, effectiveness (i.e., goal achievement and impact), efficiency and sustainability of the center and its programme lines, and to put forth recommendations that allow further developing and possibly improving the programme lines in the future. Methodologically, the evaluation is based on a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis. It relies on the analysis of documents and secondary data, site visits in Germany and Argentina, guided interviews, group discussions and online surveys.
Management: Sandra Bäthge
Accompanying, Ex Post Evaluation
Start of project: February 2022
End of project: August 2022

Accompanying evaluation of the support programme “Female Producer Collective” (2022)

[Read More]The support program "Female Producer Collective" of GOFORMUSIC gGmbH is a special support project for female producers, who receive coaching in the areas of "Creativity and Idea Generation", "Recording & Sound Design", "Mixing & Mastering" and "Business & Marketing". The aim of the project is to specifically promote female producers, to counteract the low quota of women in the production sector and to inspire female musicians to produce. CEval GmbH was commissioned with the accompanying evaluation of the funding project. From a methodological point of view, focus group interviews and a short survey via a standardized questionnaire will be conducted for this purpose.
Management: Vera Hennefeld