Short Evaluation of the SALTO Youth Inclusion Forum

Inclusion Forum Impact

From the evaluation forms (attached below) collected from the participants after the SALTO Inclusion Forum, it became very clear that the event contributed to:

• people's commitment to work on inclusion (63% said 'A lot', 34% 'A little', 3% 'None' - because they were already committed before)
• to their knowledge about (European) inclusion issues (51% 'A lot', 49% 'A little')
• it increased their networks in the field of inclusion (46% 'A lot', 54% 'A little')

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Programme Elements

The Inclusion Forum was composed of interactive programme elements, with a focus on workshops where the participants could interact. Find an overview of the most appreciated sessions:

• Is inclusion just a new fashion - input by Dirk de Vilder (97% of participants rated it positively)
• welcome evening ;-) (97%)
• 6 year SALTO presentation - by Tony Geudens (92%)
• Conclusions of the SALTO Inclusion Forum - by Jochen Butt (85%)
• New Inclusion Strategy for Youth in Action presentation - by Peggy Geneve & Tony Geudens (86%)
• Steering Future Inclusion workshop (79%)

Find a full overview of the event reporting at www.salto-youth.net/InclusionForumReport/

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Virtual Inclusion Forum

Parallel to the Inclusion Forum in Antwerp there was a Virtual Inclusion Forum online. People could see the Forum webcams and join in the working group discussions online. With a bit of extra investment, 203 extra participants from 30 countries could benefit from the Inclusion discussions.

• on Friday 13 October 115 people logged on to the webcams and/or chat
• Saturday 14 October they were 88 to check out the webcam and/or participate in the chat discussions

Besides the real-time online participants, many people also found their way to the Inclusion Forum Resources online.

• statistics to come
• Downloads of the draft Inclusion Strategy:
• Visits to the Inclusion Forum pages:

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Organisation

Organisation wise - the event was very well prepared and implemented - a BIIIIG compliment to the staff (88% gives full marks to the Inclusion Forum staff, and 12% judges them simply "very good" or "good").

Participants judged the registration procedure (92%) and the information received before the event (98%) as positive. They also appreciated the accommodation (92%), the food (83%) and the venue Elzenveld (94%). A very impressive recognition of the quality of the event.

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