Indicator 5 – Motivating for mobility
1.5. Indicator 5 – Motivation to participate in transnational learning mobility activities
The “Youth on the move” Recommendation invites Member States to:
- promote the added value of learning mobility among learners, their families, teachers, trainers, youth workers and employers in terms of self-fulfilment and the development of professional, linguistic, social and intercultural competencies, creativity, active citizenship and future employability, in particular in the context of an increasingly global labour market;
- encourage networking between the relevant organisations, stakeholders and other actors, in order to ensure a coordinated approach to motivating young people;
- encourage peer exchange between mobile and not yet mobile learners in order to improve motivation;
- foster a ‘mobility culture’, for example by mainstreaming mobility opportunities into all learning contexts and by promoting greater social recognition of the value of learning mobility.
The indicator for measuring how this reference behaviour is applied is defined based on the following four criteria:
- Countries have a process for setting up countrywide policy targets (whether quantitative or qualitative) in the area of motivating IVET learners for going on mobility;
- Countries have in place actions to
- Raise awareness of IVET learners and stakeholders on the added value of learning mobility; and
- Foster a ‘mobility culture’ in IVET;
- The existing awareness raising and/or mobility culture actions are coordinated countrywide so as to ensure their consistency, convergence and effectiveness;
- The existing awareness raising and/or mobility culture actions are subject to evaluation oriented to improving the next generation of this policy strand.
The table below presents the indicator in terms of criteria and benchmarks.
Indicator 5 – Motivation to participate in transnational learning mobility activities
Criterion 5.1 – Target setting
Criterion 5.2 – Action taking
Criterion 5.3 – Coordination
Criterion 5.4 – Evaluation
Description of criterion
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Countries have a process for setting up countrywide policy targets (whether quantitative or qualitative) in the area of motivating IVET learners for going on mobility
Countries have in place actions to raise awareness of IVET learners and stakeholders on the added value of learning mobility; and foster a mobility culture in IVET
The existing awareness raising and/or mobility culture actions are coordinated countrywide so as to ensure their consistency, convergence and effectiveness
The existing awareness raising and/or mobility culture actions are subject to evaluation oriented to improving the next generation of this policy strand
Description of benchmarks
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5
A process is in place
Actions are in place for both awareness raising and promoting a mobility culture.
Complete countrywide coordination of actions takes place through a countrywide framework which is set by regulations and/or arrangements agreed between players.
The existing awareness raising and/or mobility culture actions (or at least some of them) are evaluated: not only are they monitored (e.g. through reports, audits, user surveys, etc.), but also recommendations for future improvement are set up, implemented and followed up along time for (re)adjustment as necessary.
4
Actions are in place EITHER for awareness raising OR promoting a mobility culture. A plan to develop the missing dimension has been at least initiated, e.g. in the form of preliminary preparation, initial debate / consultation / design, etc.
Coordination of actions is incomplete (elements of coordination exist, but no complete countrywide coordination of all players or actions in a given dimension; or not all dimensions are coordinated). However, plans for complete coordination are being prepared.
The existing awareness raising and/or mobility culture actions (or at least some of them) are monitored (e.g. through reports, audits, user surveys, etc.). But there is no systematic process of setting up recommendations for future improvement, implementing them, and following them up along time for (re)adjustment. However, a plan to set up such a systematic process has been at least initiated, e.g. in the form of preliminary preparation, initial debate / consultation / design, etc.
3
Actions are in place EITHER for awareness raising OR promoting a mobility culture. There is no plan for developing the missing dimension.
Incomplete coordination of actions / dimensions. There are no plans to make the coordination complete.
The existing awareness raising and/or mobility culture actions (or at least some of them) are monitored. But there is no systematic process of setting up recommendations oriented towards future improvement, and no plan to develop any.
2
No such process exists but there is an intention to set up one
There are no actions for awareness raising or promoting a mobility culture. However, a plan to develop at least one of the two dimensions has been at least initiated, e.g. in the form of preliminary preparation, initial debate / consultation / design, etc.
No countrywide coordination of actions, but preliminary preparation (initial debate, consultation, design, planning, etc.) to develop one has begun.
The existing awareness raising and/or mobility culture actions are not monitored. A plan to develop a monitoring or evaluation process has been at least initiated, e.g. in the form of preliminary preparation, initial debate / consultation / design, etc.
1
No such process exists and there is no intention to set up any
There are no actions for awareness raising or promoting a mobility culture. There is no plan for developing any of the two dimensions.
No countrywide coordination of actions, and there is no plan to set up any.
The existing awareness raising and/or mobility culture actions are not monitored, and there is no plan to develop any monitoring or evaluation process.