Evaluation of International Citizen Service
Background
A new international youth volunteering scheme – International Citizen Service (ICS) – was announced by the Prime Minister in October 2010. The 18 month pilot stage of ICS was launched in March 2011, and the Government intends to scale the project up in the future.A consortium of six development NGOs have been contracted to deliver an 18 month pilot stage of the scheme. The consortium is led by Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO). The pilot aims to send up to 1,250 volunteers to work on social action projects in developing countries. ITAD (www.itad.com) and IVR have been commissioned by the Department for International Development (DfID) to evaluate the International Citizen Service (ICS) pilot stage.
Aims
The evaluation seeks to explore whether delivery of the pilot has been successful, and to inform the scale up of ICS.
Methods
The evaluation has two parts: a mid-term evaluation (August 2011 – October 2011), which will inform the tender process for a scaled up scheme, and look particularly at recruitment, diversity and means testing issues); and a project completion evaluation (June 2012 – September 2012). In 2011 IVR will be undertaking fieldwork with volunteers and organisations in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, and a further country in 2012 (to be confirmed shortly).
Outputs
- Mid-term evaluation report (October 2011)
- Final project evalaution report (September 2012)
Contact
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