A quick note following the recent Psi-Com conversations about salaries. Is the decimal point in the correct place in the budget for a 22 month trans-European evaluation?

Mark
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From: psci-com: on public engagement with science [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrea Bandelli
Sent: 09 April 2009 07:32
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Subject: [PSCI-COM] Evaluator wanted for the new European project “FUND – Facilitators’ Units Network for Debates”.

FUND – Facilitators’ Units Network for Debates – is a new project  
funded by the European Commission in the framework of the Science in  
Society programme. FUND is coordinated by Ecsite. FUND will encourage  
and sustain small scale collaborations, networks and partnerships at  
city level to create dialogue and engagement activities with science.  
It combines an online, open source platform built on the successful  
“Decide” format with a support system providing training, guidelines,  
best practices and knowledge transfer, and a microgrant scheme to  
start between 10 and 15 new partnerships. The project will run for two  
years, and is a collaboration between Ecsite, SissaMedialab and new  
economics foundation.

FUND has three main evaluation strands:

1) Professional growth impact

This strand looks at the increase in depth of understanding by the  
organizations involved in the project regarding effective two-way  
dialogue programs and needed mediation tools, and other components for  
implementing such programs.

2) Network impact

This strand will assess how broad is the base of contributors to and  
users of the open source platform of materials created in the  
framework of the project. In particular, we are interested in finding  
out if the participants will be able to identify unplanned or  
unexpected “spin off” projects generated from the connections that  
FUND will enable.

3) Local partnership impact

This strand looks at who are the microgrants receivers and what they  
say about their role and the benefits of the partnerships. This strand  
will also look at any ideas expressed by the partners regarding  
intentions or desires for future collaborative projects.

At this stage we are looking for an evaluator in charge of strands 1  
and 3 who can assess the effectiveness of the project against the  
stated goals and who can also advise during the whole duration of the  
project with an independent and critical eye.

The evaluator will be responsible for:

-       Developing the evaluation strategy together with the FUND  
consortium;

-       Developing the evaluation tools for strands 1 and 3;

-       Performing the evaluation;

-       Attending project meetings and workshops and advising the FUND  
consortium;

-       Reporting on project evaluation.



We are looking for candidates who have:



-       Experience working with international collaborative projects;

-       Experience in research and evaluation of informal science  
education programs, and in particular of dialogue and debate activities;

-       A good understanding of the needs and culture within science  
centers and museums;

-       Willingness to travel to different locations in Europe to  
perform evaluation tasks and attend project meetings.



The evaluations budget is €12.500 - all taxes included, from April  
2009 to February 2011. The budget shall include all travelling costs  
and overheads.



Interested applicants should submit a one page description of the  
methodology they would use to evaluate the project, as well as a one  
page CV by April 16 to Andrea Bandelli (email: [log in to unmask]).

For any further information about the project please contact Andrea  
Bandelli (email: [log in to unmask]) or [log in to unmask]



  
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