The Academy 2011 Report

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The Academy Paris, France, 28 October to 1 November 2011

FINAL REPORT

Summary The Academy 2011 took place in FIAP Jean Monnet, Paris, France, in the period 28 October to 1 November, 2011. 133 Guides and Scouts from 27 countries participated in the Academy. The programme of the Academy consisted of 22 sessions, each of them delivered twice in the course of the event. The sessions were mainly delivered by two facilitators, one from WOSM and one from WAGGGS. Aim The aim of the Academy 2011 was to provide an integrated solution to training and sharing experiences in many aspects of Scouting and Guiding, to give a holistic approach to development, concentrating on key aspects of the regional plans, with a focus on Growth through Quality as well as development issues, management of associations and personal development. Participants Scouts and Guides with the following profile were encouraged to apply: � Members of national boards or national strategy teams � Those involved with management, representation, development � Professional staff, individual experts and commissioners � There was no age limit � Multiple entries from associations were actively encouraged Participants could be allocated to different categories, as participants, facilitators, planning team and host committee members, other guests. A more detailed participant structure is provided in the following table:

Academy participants Number Male Female TOTAL

Participants 48 44 92 Facilitators 12 8 20 Planning team 3 2 5 Hosting Committee 2 1 3 Other participants and guests 10 3 13 TOTAL 75 58 133

List of participants is provided in Annex I of the report. Programme The programme of the Academy consisted of the following sessions: • Advocacy and value of Scouting

• External factors towards growth - Look at 6 vectors of growth – state support, etc • Scout method and image of scouting • How scouting can benefit from CSR policies of companies? • Methods of consultancy applied to Scouting • How partnerships can support growth? Best practices on partnerships • Funding The start-up: how to get active and successful in fundraising? • Lifelong Learning/active ageing in Scouting • Development and recognition of skills learned through Scouting • Reaching out to volunteers from immigrant groups • Strategic planning for growth, locally and nationally (training and exchange) • Recruitment, management and retention of adults (training and exchange) • Renewing and reviewing the programme to recruit and retain members (training and exchange) • Promotion of existing toolkits on Growth and Quality and training in using those (training) • Is Youth Empowerment present in the Youth Programme • Empowering young people to participate in the Movement governance and representation • Mentoring and Coaching • The impact of modern communications on Scouting and Guiding • Organisational Development Model • Turning Strategy into Action • Education of personal leadership through the Youth Programme • Co-education in Scouting: youth programme adapted to both genders Each of the sessions were planned to be delivered twice during the course of the event. The agenda consisted of 3 hour session slots (2x1.5 hour, with coffee break between) in the morning and in the afternoon. Most of the sessions were prepared and delivered by two facilitators, one from WAGGGS and one from WOSM. Besides planned sessions, there was a possibility for holding of informal sessions on various topics of interest to participants, and related to the work of NSO/MOs. These sessions were realised in time slots from 12:30-13:15 and from 18:30 to 19:15 every day. Every morning, the programme started with sessions on TED, talks on different topics that might be interesting for academy participants. A detailed programme of the Academy is provided as annex II of this report. Registration for sessions was completed through an online session registration form. There was a possibility for participants to attend the sessions for which they had not registered previously. However, the online registration process provided quite accurate information on the expected number of participants per session, so it was of a great help to the planning team in designating adequate meeting rooms for each of the sessions. The information about registered participants for sessions shows that the peak of Academy was Sunday, 30 October, with 71 participants attending the sessions. Detailed information about the number of participants per session, per day is provided as annex III of this report. Information Dissemination All relevant Information about the Academy was distributed to all NSO/MOs and individually to all registered, interested participants, through: • Academy web site • Facebook group • Twitter account • EuroScoutInfo • Europak

The Academy web site is on the following link: http://academy.europak-online.net/ . Analysis of the web site provides the following information: • 6,021 Visits, • 18,857 Page views, • 3.13 Pages/Visit, • 00:03:18 (3 minutes and 18 seconds) Average time on site

The Facebook group can be found on the following link: http://www.facebook.com/groups/theacademy2010/, and it has 158 members. The Twitter Account @lacademy2011 was used before and during the Academy by facilitators and participants. There were 92 tweets in total, and it had 94 followers. Planning team The planning team consisted of:

1. Jordan Bajraktarov, WSB - European Regional Office 2. Anne van Nistelrooij, Europe Office WAGGGS 3. Tom Rombouts, European Scout Region 4. Sharon O’Neill Libreri, Europe Region WAGGGS 5. Christian Courties, Scoutisme Français 6. Mihajlo Atanackovic, WSB - European Regional Office

The planning team had several skype conference calls in preparation of the Academy. One preparatory meeting of the planning team was realised in July in Paris. During the Academy, the planning team had coordinating meetings every evening. Evaluation As for the previous year, the evaluation of the Academy by the participants was realised online. 67 participants completed the evaluation forms. Based on the evaluation results, the following conclusions can be made: • A majority of participants (more than 80%) have a feeling that they have achieved what was planned to

be achieved during the Academy;

• According to participants, the most useful sessions for their future work in Organisations were: 1. Recruitment, management and retention of adults 2. Scout method and image of Scouting 3. Turning strategy into action

• The least useful session for their future work, according to the participants, were the following ones: 1. Mentoring and coaching 2. Empowering young people to participate in the Movement governance and representation 3. Renewing and reviewing the programme to recruit and retain members

• Regarding the short sessionsand informal sessions, participants that attend them found them relatively

useful. However, almost half of participants did not attend these sessions. The result is similar for the TED talk sessions.

• The vast majority of participants indicated that the Academy overall was a useful event, stimulating, well organised and a good use of their time.

• Most of the participants have used the Academy web site and they think its content was relevant and

useful during the course of the event.

• More than half of the participants did not use other social media, Facebook and Twitter.

• The vast majority of the participants share the opinion that the accommodation was good, very good or excellent.

• Regarding quality of food, there are different opinions, from not acceptable to excellent.

More detailed overview of evaluation by participants is enclosed as annex IV of the report.

Beside this, participants had a chance to provide written comments for the improvement of the programme as well as communication and logistics of the next Academies. A detailed list of comments and suggestions provided by participants is enclosed as annex V of the report.

Conclusion The Academy 2011 was an event that raised interest among NSO/MOs in Europe. The number of participants on the event was satisfying, taking into consideration that there was no funding provided for participation of some of participants. Preparation and realisation of the event provided very good learning experiences for the participants, so the Academy 2011 reached its aim and objectives. Preparation of event was based on experience gathered in the previous three Academies. Taking into consideration the evaluation, comments and suggestions by participants, feed-back provided by facilitators and members of the planning team, the following conclusions can be made that will improve preparation and realisation of the following Academies: Programme:

- Sessions for the Academy should be defined more in advance of the event. List of the sessions should be finalised before sending the official invitation letter and before request for registration of participants. This is a basic condition, as it determines the time frame for all other steps in preparation.

- When defining the list of sessions, for each session there should be a minimum of defining its aim and learning objectives.

- There should be agreement among facilitators and planning team on the level of knowledge that each session will provide and this should be clearly indicated in the learning objectives of the sessions.

- Detailed plans of sessions should be prepared before the start of the Academy and all materials that will be used during the sessions should be available to planning team before the start of the event so they can be posted online.

- When sessions are fully prepared before the event, there should be a possibility for comments to be provided by other facilitators. This should increase the quality of sessions, will improve coordination of information among different sessions and that will result in better learning experiences from the event.

- The Academy programme should be finalised together with the list of sessions, as it will provide the possibility for potential participants to plan in advance their travel and this will result in lower travel costs.

- Registration of participants should be carried out online. The online registration form should be structured and formatted as much as possible, so all applicants can provide as complete answers as possible. This will facilitate easier administration of all applications.

Communication:

- Online communication tools are a great method for communication among participants, facilitators and the planning team before and during the Academy. Therefore, they should be used and further developed in the next events.

- The web site should contain as much as possible the complete information for the sessions before the event. All materials that are used during the Academy should be available in electronic format, as well, so they can be available online.

- The venues for the next Academies should provide high quality and free internet connection, during the whole duration of the event, for all participants.

Logistics:

- If possible, the Academy should be realised in a venue that is for the exclusive use of the event. This can create a better Scouting/Guiding experience between the sessions and in the free time.

- Food is a very important component of the event. It should be as international as possible, taking into consideration different dietary needs of participants.

Prepared by: Jordan Bajraktarov

Annex I – List of participants

First name and family name: Email: Country Association:

1 Stefan Magerl [email protected] Austria Scouts and Guides of Austria 2 Brigitte Krepl [email protected] Austria Scouts and Guides of Austria

3 Johan VAN HOYE

[email protected] ou [email protected] Belgium

Les Scouts - Fédération des Scouts Baden-Powell de Belgique

4 Niels VAN DE REYD

[email protected] ou [email protected] Belgium

Les Scouts - Fédération des Scouts Baden Powell de Belgique

5 Ombeline D'HOLLANDER

[email protected] ou [email protected] Belgium

Les Scouts - Fédération des Scouts Baden Powell de Belgique

6 Laetitia MAHY [email protected] ou [email protected] Belgium

Les Scouts - Fédération des Scouts Baden-Powell de Belgique

7 Broes Compernolle [email protected] Belgium FOS Open Scouting

8 Haverhals Veerle [email protected] Belgium FOS Open Scouting

9 Kim Vandijck [email protected] Belgium SGV - Scouts & Gidsen Vlaanderen

10 Lien Akkermans [email protected] Belgium Scouts en Gidsen Vlaanderen

11 Dragan Gnjatich [email protected]

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Scout Association of Bosnia and Hezegovina

12 Zeljko Roglic [email protected] Croatia Croatian Scout Association

13 Rossetos A. Gavalas [email protected] Cyprus Cyprus Scout Association

14 Alzbeta Vackova [email protected] Czech Republic

Junák - Association of Scouts and Guides of the Czech Republic

15 Pavel Trojanek [email protected] Czech republic Junak

16 Lenka Belkova [email protected] Czech Republic

Ceska skola bez hranic Pariz, Entract, assoiciation de la loi 1901,http://www.csbh.cz

17 Ondrej Kupka [email protected] Czech Republic Junak

18 Anna-Mia Bévort [email protected] Denmark

The Danish Guide and Scout Association

19 Emil Schou Martiny [email protected] Denmark The Danish Scout association

20

Sebastian Damkjær-Ohlsen [email protected] Denmark

The Danish Scout andGguide association

21 Johanne Kirstine Kirk [email protected] Denmark KFUM Spejderne Denmark

22 Tobias Simonsen [email protected] Denmark KFUM Spejderne Denmark

23 Peter Søndergaard [email protected] Denmark KFUM-Spejderne Denmark

24 Mia Rangholm Varming [email protected] Denmark

The Danish Guide and Scout Association

25 Anne Roslev [email protected] Denmark KFUM-Spejderne Denmark

26 Mette Højby Germansen [email protected] Denmark KFUM-Spejderne Denmark

27 Anja Hjorth Sørensen [email protected] Denmark KFUM spejderne i Danmark

28 Kristian Rostgaard [email protected] Denmark KFUM-Spejderne Denmark

29 Jimmy [email protected] Denmark Danish baptist association

Singerholm Olsen

30 Jesper Woehlk Boettcher [email protected] Denmark Danish Baptist Association

31

Morten Thorvang Mikkelsen [email protected] Denmark KFUM Spejderne i Danmark

32 Inka Hopsu [email protected] Finland Suomen Partiolaiset - Finlands Scouter

33 Tiila Korhonen [email protected] Finland Suomen Partiolaiset- Finlands Scouter

34 Kirsi Arolainen [email protected] Finland Suomen Partiolaiset - Finlands Scouter

35 Petra Valkonen [email protected] Finland Suomen Partiolaiset - Finlands Scouter

36 Ville Majamaa [email protected] Finland Suomen Partiolaiset - Finlands Scouter

37 Jaana Ketola [email protected] Finland Suomen Partiolaiset - Finlands Scouter

38 Eero Tuomenoksa [email protected] Finland

Suomen Partiolaiset - Finlands Scouter

39 Daniel Hollaar [email protected] France EEUdF

40 Christophe Aegerter [email protected] France EEUdF

41 GILET Thomas [email protected] France Scout Musulmans de France

42 Gabrielle Farigoule [email protected] France

Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs Unionistes de France

43 Benoit Trouvé [email protected] France Eclaireurs Eclaireuses Unionistes de France

44 Samuel Trouvé [email protected] France Eclaireurs Eclaireuses Unionistes de FRance

45 Kim Delagarde [email protected] France Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs Unionistes de France

46 David OLENDER [email protected] France Scoutisme Francais, EEUdF

47 Emmanuelle Audras [email protected] France Scouts et guides de France

48 Christophe JANTZEN [email protected] France Scouts et Guides de France

49 Antoine Delebarre France

50 Aurélie Cabridain France 51 Marcus Klapdor [email protected] Germany DPSG 52 Jan Ekkert [email protected] Germany DPSG

53 Jan Hendrik Buchmann [email protected] Germany DPSG

54 Rebecca Kossmann [email protected] Germany DPSG

55 Patrick Mayer [email protected] Germany DPSG

56 Guðrún Häsler [email protected] Iceland Icelandic Boy and Girl Scout Association

57 Vanessa Kirby [email protected] Ireland Catholic Guides of Ireland (CGI)

58 Sara Bertocci [email protected] Italy CNGEI 59 Laima Dagyte [email protected] Lithuania Lithuanian Scouting

60 Tomas Rakovas [email protected] Lithuania Lithuanian Scouting

61 Tom Biever [email protected] Luxembourg Guides et scouts Luxembourg (LGS)

62 Carmen Schares [email protected] Luxembourg

Lëtzebuerger Guiden a Scouten

63 Christian Weis [email protected] Luxembourg Guides et Scouts du Luxembourg

64 Jane Ilijeski [email protected]

Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of

Scout Association of Macedonia

65 Robert Gonzi [email protected] Malta The Scout Association of Malta

66 MICALLEF MARIO [email protected] MALTA Scout Association of Malta

67 Kristina Frendo [email protected] Malta Scout Association of Malta

68 Kseniya Sazonova [email protected] Norway

The Norwegian Guide and Scout Association

69 Anita Rønning Bach [email protected] Norway

The YWCA-YMCA Guides and Scout of Norway

70

Anne-Line Evenstad Dahlen [email protected] Norway

The YWCA-YMCA Guides and Scouts of Norway

71 Gunvor Meling [email protected] Norway The YWCA-YMCA Guides and Scouts of Norway

72 Venusia Vinciguerra [email protected] Norway

Norges speiderforbund (The Norwegian Guide and Scout Association)

73 Luís Lopes Rodrigues [email protected] Portugal CNE - Catholic Scouts

74 Pedro Branco [email protected] Portugal Corpo Nacional de Escutas (CNE)

75 Valerie-Marian PANAIT [email protected] Romania ONCR, Romanian Scouts

76 Juraj Lizak [email protected] Slovakia Slovenski Skauting

77 Aina Màdico Brugueras [email protected] Spain

FCEG - Minyons Escoltes i Guies de Catalunya

78 Marc Caballero Bartolí [email protected] Spain Minyons Escoltes i Guia

79 Gemma Alba Torrelles Vilella [email protected] Spain Escoltes Catalans

80

Cristina Chamorro Minaya [email protected] Spain Escoltes Catalans

81 Sara Serrano Gordi [email protected] Spain Minyons Escoltes i Guies

82 Dominik Büeler [email protected] Switzelrand PBS (Swiss Guide and Scout Movement)

83 Nathalie Becker [email protected] Switzerland PBS (Swiss Guide and Scout Movement)

84 Jens Sheeran [email protected] Switzerland Kandersteg international Scout Centre

85 Arthy Hoogerheide [email protected] The Netherlands Scouting Nederland

86 Joris Schut [email protected] The Netherlands Scouitng Nederland

87 Lisette van Garder [email protected] The Netherlands Scouting Nederland

88 Dieuwertje Steenvelt [email protected] The Netherlands Scouting Nederland

89 Celia King [email protected] United Kingdom UK Scout Association

90 Samantha Bowden [email protected] United Kingdom UK Scout Association

91 Kirsty Bate [email protected] United Kingdom UK Scout Association 92 James Newton [email protected] United Kingdom UK Scout Association

Facilitatros of sessions 93 Alix Masson [email protected] Belgium WSB-ERO 94 Jo Deman [email protected] Belgium Scouts & Gidsen Vlaanderen

95 Mathias Faaborg [email protected] Denmark

96 David Hansen Denmark

97 Laura Kajala [email protected] Finland Suomen Partiolaiset - Finlands Scouter

98 Paula Viikari [email protected] Finland The Guides and Scouts of Finland

99 Jukka Tulivuori [email protected] Finland The Guides and Scouts of Finland

100 MAGES Grégoire [email protected] France Scouts et Guides de France

101 Mariana Fragkou [email protected] Greece SHP, Greece

102 Inga Auðbjörg Kristjánsdóttir [email protected] Iceland

Icelandic Boy and Girl Association

103 Nicolò Pranzini [email protected] Italy WSB-ERO

104 Claude Frantzen [email protected] Luxembourg

WOSM Europe Region Volunteer Workgroup

105 Kevin Camilleri [email protected] Malta Scout Association of Malta

106 Pedro Duarte Silva [email protected] Portugal CNE

107 Milena Pecarski [email protected] Serbia Scout Association of Serbia 108 Corinna Hauri [email protected] Switzerland WAGGGSEurope Committee

109 Matthias GERTH [email protected] Switzerland Mouvement Scout de Suisse

110 Sabine Germann [email protected] Switzerland

Mouvement Scout de Suisse - Joint working group on Growth and Quality

111 Paul Bigmore [email protected] United Kingdom World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

112 Stephen Peck [email protected] United Kingdom UK Scout Association Planning team 113 Tom Rombouts [email protected] Belgium Scouts & Gidsen Vlaanderen

114 Sharon O'Neill Libreri [email protected] MALTA

Malta Girl Guides, WAGGGS Europe Resource Pool

115 Anne van Nistelrooij [email protected] Belgium WAGGGS Europe Office

116 Mihajlo Atanackovic [email protected] Serbia WSB-ERO

117 Jordan Bajraktarov [email protected]

Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of WSB-ERO

Hosting Committee

118 Elise Drouet [email protected] France Scouts et Guides de France 119 Nicolas Koster [email protected] France Scouts et Guides de France

120 Christian Courties [email protected] France Scouts et Guides de France

Other participants / guests

121 Hulda Solrun Gudmundsdottir [email protected] Iceland WOSM GQWG, BIS

122 Maeliosa DeBuitlear [email protected] Ireland

WOSM ODCG, Scouting Ireland

123 João Armando Gonçalves [email protected] Portugal World Scout Committee

124 Pascale Vandersmissen [email protected]

WAGGGS Europe - Belgium WAGGGS Europe Committee

125 Henrik Soderman [email protected] Finalnd European Scout Committee

126 Andrea Demarmels [email protected] Switzerland European Scout Committee

127 Christos Hadzidiamandis [email protected] Greece European Scout Committee

128 Craig Turpie [email protected] United Kingdom European Scout Committee

129 Rose-Marie Henny [email protected] Switzerland WSB-ERO

130 Radu Stinghe [email protected] Switzerland WSB-ERO 131 David McKee [email protected] Switzerland WSB-ERO

132 Juho Toivola [email protected] Finland Suomen Partiolaiset - Finlands Scouter, RoverWay 2012

133 Ville Salo [email protected] Finland Suomen Partiolaiset - Finlands Scouter, RoverWay 2012

EUROPE OFFICE WAGGGS

BUREAU EUROPE AMGE

38 AV. DE LA PORTE DE HAL, BOX 1

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TEL + 32 2 541 08 80 - FAX + 32 2 541 08 99

EMAIL : [email protected]

WOSM - EUROPEAN REGIONAL

OFFICE

OMMS – BUREAU REGIONAL EUROPEEN

5 RUE HENRI-CHRISTINE, BOX 327

CH-1211 GENEVA 4, SWITZERLAND

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EMAIL: [email protected]

Time Friday, October 28 Saturday, October 29 Sunday, October 30 Monday, October 31 Tuesday, November 1

Breakfast 06:45 -

08:15

TED Academy 08:20-

08:50

Sessions/workshops 09:00-

12:30

Renewing and reviewing

the programme to

recruit and retain

members

Renewing and reviewing

the programme to

recruit and retain

members

Strategic planning for

growth, locally and

nationally

Advocacy and value of

Scouting

Empowering young

people to participate in

the Movement

governance and

representation

Mentoring and Coaching Scout method and

image of scouting

Methods of consultancy

applied to Scouting

Funding-The start-up:

how to get active and

successful in

fundraising?

Organizational

Development Model

Strategic planning for

growth, locally and

nationally

Development and

recognition of skills

learned through

Scouting

How partnerships can

support growth? Best

practices on

partnerships

Reaching out to

volunteers from

immigrant groups

External factors towards

growth - Look at 6

vectors of growth –

state support, etc

How scouting can

benefit from CSR

policies of companies?

Empowering young

people to participate in

the Movement

governance and

representation

Lifelong Learning/active

ageing in Scouting

Co-education in

Scouting and

Guiding: youth

programme adapted

to both genders

How partnerships can

support growth? Best

practices on

partnerships

Scout method and

image of scouting

Co-education in

Scouting and

Guiding: youth

programme adapted

to both genders

Turning Strategy into

Action

Mentoring and Coaching

Presentations 12:30 –

Time Friday, October 28 Saturday, October 29 Sunday, October 30 Monday, October 31 Tuesday, November 1

13:15

Lunch 13:30 –

15:00

Sessions/workshops 15:00 –

18:30

Recruitment,

management and

retention of adults

Promotion of existing

toolkits on Growth and

Quality and training in

using those

Promotion of existing

toolkits on Growth and

Quality and training in

using those

Advocacy and value of

Scouting

Departures

The impact of modern communications on Scouting and Guiding

Methods of consultancy

applied to Scouting

The impact of modern communications on Scouting and Guiding

Turning Strategy into

Action

Lifelong Learning/active

ageing in Scouting

Reaching out to

volunteers from

immigrant groups

External factors towards

growth – Look at 6

vectors of growth

Is Youth Empowerment

present in the Youth

Programme

Is Youth Empowerment

present in the Youth

Programme

Recruitment,

management and

retention of adults

Development and

recognition of skills

learned through

Scouting

Funding-The start-up:

how to get active and

successful in

fundraising?

Education of personal

leadership through the

Youth Programme

Education of personal

leadership through the

Youth Programme

Organizational

Development Model

How scouting can

benefit from CSR

policies of companies?

Presentations 18:30 –

19:15

Dinner 19:30 –

21:00

Networking 21:00 –

23:00

Academy official

opening

International evening Networking evening Academy official closing

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OFFICE

OMMS – BUREAU REGIONAL EUROPEEN

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Annex III – Number of participants per sessions

Annex IV – Evaluation by participants

Annex V Comments and suggestions that would help in improvi ng the programme at next Academies:

• It was my first academy and my first meeting on the WOSM Europe Level. For me it was amazing to had an exchange between so many national organisation and skilled person. Also the Theme of the Academy was for me very great to get a better look of my own organisation. Thanks at all the Trainers and the Organisation Team. You all did a great Job. I hope to see you on some international events in the future.

• In my opinion, the Opening and the closing Cerimonies should be more interesting and dinamic

events. The place should be a less dispersed place...It could be great if the Academy take place in a place just for the Academy. The inteaction between the participants will be certainly increased. I think that missed animation in the opneing and closing cerimonies, and also between sessions, something more dinamic for example. I think it could be great in a next Academy to have a dedicated free time and space in the schedule when the NSOs could present good practices and projects that are or were running.

• Workshops for working project groups that are in the middle of a process. Focus areas like education,

training etc as a sharing session (workshop).

• I think the next Academies should increase the interactivity among the participants. With games and other kind of things to break the ice between the participants, or in every sessions they will not be so cooperative because they are afraid of saying something wrong. May be the planning team shouth have people from very different parts of Europe.

• More interactive lessons

• What might help are titles that are easier to understand. One usually kinda knows what to expect but it

would be easier to remember what you did when the title wasn't such a killer.

• Some sessions seemed like they were not planned well enough, and/or like the hosts were not that interested in the topic at hand. Others were wery enthusiastic, though! Perhaps sessions could also be sectioned into "levels" of some sort, based on which stage of development the NGOs/MOs are at in the different areas (for example further developing the "turning strategy into action"-session by dividing into those who already have a strategy and who might need help in creating one, and so on).

• The Session Topics was much better, or at least more related to my role than last year.

• Accommodation and food were satisfactory, but the session rooms not so good. However without a

grant from EU I appreciate that there was an effort to keep costs as low as possible. The game after the opening ceremony with the use of iPod, and the venue of the closing ceremony were innovative and are appreciated. Overall the administrtion of the Academy was very good, and we are greatful to the Planning Group, the Regional Staff and Committe and our Hosts for all their efforts. It would have been better if we knew the programme earlier to decide our participation and find cheaper tickets. It would have also been useful if there was a line of communication on the Academy page. I wanted to make changes to my original booking and I had no way to communicate. Thank you very much.

• It was really great decision to set the academy theme related more with the national level of nso than

with local one, so most participants were similar level of organization knowledge. Suggestion for local organization team - to organize closing ceremony in place where everyone can stay in the same place after it.

• Thank a lot for your work! It was really usefull time.

• NB. There weren't any sessions which I would highlight as least as all were very much relevant,

interesting and would not be able to differentiate between any. hence I marked the most and least the same. Whilst the TED Talks were great the venue was very inadequate (noisy, too much light).

A foyer is definitely not a place to even remotely consider meditation. I loved the presentation idea of the sessions with 2 facilitators each. As regards to the rest, well done to all !!

• Would be great to use more active methods during sessions to encourage discussion and interactivity.

- There should have been a closing party. It's a pitty everyone split to different places after the closing ceremony. People need a place to be together. - I've seen the TED sessions before. Would be great if we had live presentations from NSO's at that time... Thank you! Make someone responsible for quality assurance (not all of the members). Make sure trainers/facilitatirs of the workshops are experts and do know what they talk about Indicate what the sessions are about (including level (beginner advanceced etc))

• Beside thinking that this was a great learning opportunity, I have some comments. Some sessions

spend too long time introducing the topic, compared to the time actually working with/discussing the topic. I felt that often at the break time i still had no idea is the session was going to be useful or not. I think the sessions should have a better description on the website before the start of the Academy. I also suggest to have some days with morning and afternoon session, and some with morning and evening session. In this way everybody will be able to have daytime to visit the host city without missing something interesting at Academy. Social activities were nice, but if one has to pick on something so they can be improved, I can say the following: I expected something more "scout" in the official moments, and something better planned for the social moments. Probably you'll do it, it would be nice to receive a list with the participants, the facilitators, etc. with e-mail etc. It might be useful to send information to the NSO on what type of people can benefit from attending the academy.

• The most useful was that paris is only 2 hours from home (with tgv) . i would like to go again to a city

where i do not need to take a plane ;-) i enjoywd the modullable system. i spend time with friends in paris an tima at he academy. you can have a half day break if you like. an d i feel that i need that from time to time. sonthis system was perfect. the topics were very interesting. i even would have liked to have had more ( but that was my own planning). also very good: the long break for lunch, we could walk around, get fresh air or have a rest. thanks!

• We act on an international - the highest - level. Therefore, the sessions should have a certain level of

quality. Sometimes the quality was embarrassingly low considering very basic aspects as presentation quality, used presentation methods etc. Some sessions had a very high quality level, however! Also for next year: The session descriptions (online) have to be much more structured and especially put online early enough!

• Explaining the content of the sessions in a short description before registration ns, so you know what

to expect.

• Possibly give a short overview of what the sesion will be about before to enable better choice. prepare specifc case study presentations before ted sessions to be made in a more isolated locations more academic content in the sssions. some group work was too extensive and could have been shorter

• First of all, I would like to thank you for the great time I had and the knowledge I gained during The

Academy. For the next time, you should better adjust the names of the sessions to the activities that will take place during the sessions, I noticed that some of the people were confused because they expected something else from the session they went to. I also noticed that some of the trainers were not completely prepared for the sessions, so you could also do some work on that issue for the next academy.

• To start with I will just say THANKS for a unbelievably opportunity to meet so many new friends and

learn so much that i can take with me home. I am proud to call my self a scout. so Thanks for 4-5 great times in the lovely city of Paris. I do not have many suggestions of what you can do better next time, but maybe one thing could be the.... no Nothing.. It's PERFECT!! (I know that we always can improve but can't think of anything right now! (Maybe it's because I still live en an "Academy-bobble")) Yours i scouting and guiding Johanne Kirk The YMCA scouts in Denmark

• The sessions I found most productivity and/or informative were the ones where individuals were

encouraged to discuss practical examples they have implemented in the topic area. I also like hearing detailed case studies (i.e. Finland and Croatia) which explained the steps they had taken.

Both of these methods took us, as participants, outside of the theoretical framework and allowed us to explore their methods and how they overcame any obstacles. I felt frustrated at sessions where too much time was spent discussing a topic that everyone already understood and agreed upon, such as whether or not Youth Empowerment was present in the Youth Programme. For me, and in my role, I prefer to hear concrete examples that people can learn from and adapt for their own use.

• Perhaps the Planning Team for the next Academy can approach more countries where they have

seen good practices being used and encourage them to present such projects in detail. I also felt that the 'Family' idea used in Greece was a good way of sharing feedback and networking. I was disappointed that a similar thing was not used this year.

• The best session that I attended was 'Methods of consultancy applied to Scouting'. The facilitators

were so inspiring, they obviously really believed in what they were talking about and managed to pass their enthusiam to all participants. I felt really inspired afterwards! All facilitators could learn from them! With regards to the sessions, I felt that they were too long, I would rather have had a shorter break, so that the sessions could have finished earlier. I really enjoyed the academy and found that it was a great way to meet and interact with people and hope that this is just the start of something bigger in European Scouting, where associations can work together and help each other. I made a lot of contacts and hope that I stay in touch with them.

• ABOUT THE SESSIONS: I think there were several titles of seminar that gave me the impression that

they were about the same subject. Titles could be more explicit (with a short description of the content?). It was a lot oriented to growth (of course it was the title of the academy), which is not one of our (NSO's) priority. Interactivity was very useful and important but some sessions lacked of content (what am I going to bring back home?). ___ ABOUT THE BREAKS and EVENINGS: I would have expected more activities / games during the breaks that bring the participants to play together and know each other better (ice-brakers). __ OTHERS: I was disappointed that it was not proposed at all to take part in a religious service/prayer moment.

• Again, I want to thank you for all your achievement in organisation and enthousiasm. I really

appreciated that you accepted my presence (of somebody who spend part of life in Scouting) even If I don´t have any organizational position in association of Scouts of Czech Republic actually. But now I got the message and I will send it wherever I would be able to. As I heard in Start-up fundrising session, it is imoprtant to invite externals partners to show them what we do actually. I think and more I believe, that the idea of Academy and everything what Scouts are doing and reaching in world is worth to spread . Thank you for the opportunity you gave me, I will look around me to see the opportunities for Scouts. So if I may suggest something, I would like to ask you to stay open-minded. Best regards Lenka Belkova association Ecole tcheque sans frontieres, Paris association Etudiants et jeunes professionnels tcheques en France, Paris association Scouts of Czech republic (untill January 2012) again :)

• I think that the ending ceremony could be different. That was not a really ceremony, and I feel thas

was to less formal. - We receive some information very late (how to get to the FIAP / the invoice) - The place was very good but the first day was a little bit chaotic, but you solved it very well. - The place is not to good to do relationships, because everyone was quiet separate. It was a very good experience and I hope to repeat! I take many things in my baggage and too much work for my NSO. Thank you for everything!!

• I thought over all it was well organised it was great to have someone at the airport to meet me but the

directions given were very clear I very much enjoyed the presentations

• In "Mentoring and coaching" e.g. we´ve sat half the day, defining the difference between mentoring and coaching, but we didn´t learn how to do it. Finally I need to improve the leaders I am responsible for and I don´t care if that is called mentoring or coaching. Quality of trainers Some trainers have been brilliant and inspiring and some were not. Although I appreciate the effort you put into this, you have to think more about this. As mentioned above it´s not the subject of a session, it is the quality of the trainer, that makes it useful or not. Professional trainers? For sure there´s no one who has studied scouting and trains scouts on a professional level. But Scouting has got a lot in common with companies. And there you have those people. So perhaps it would be possible to get hold of some professionals in the future. Maybe people who have been scouts in the past also.

• Impact of the Academy I noticed, there were a huge variety of scouts from very different positions - from local leader to national scout chief. Did you evaluate, which impact you work actually has? If there for example were only local leaders, responsible for ten kids each, then even the most brilliant academy wouldn´t implement noticeable changes in European scouting. Thank you Even if my feedback might sound negative, it´s actually not. This weekend was absolutely genius. I hope you will continue you work. It would be nice to have even more training on international level in the future. Thank you very much!

• In my opinion, there was a lack of knowledge that could be passed on to the participants. Exchanging

thoughts and experiences is nice, but that was mainly the only thing that happened during the sessions. I would have liked to get more knowledge about the topics and a more theoretical approach. Also, the level of knowledge and experience among the participants was very different and I did not feel like the speakers were anticipating or adjusting to this. Maybe it would be better to link different levels or degrees of knowledge or experience to a workshop, based on the background of the participants. So that everybody's needs are accomplished.

• Interactive sessions using varied methods Information about which trainers are running witch

workshop Better/more detailed description of the workshops before choosing Leading the social activities, not only suggesting. Get to know each other activities/team building Better facilities so that you can focus on the programme! (good food without long waiting, clean rooms and especially workshops in rooms with natural light and fresh air) (and don't make a survey where you have to choose three useless workshops when you only want to choose two)

• So many scouts and guides in leader positions are attending, that this should be used also somehow.

Not only that they listen new information and bring it back home, but they could also work with something, comment some drafts, do some modification of material for their own NSO.. This would involve the participants more, make them more active than passive learners. Thank you! This was well organised event and usefull as such also.

• I felt some sessions were too thin in content to fill an three hour workshop, perhaps some sessions

could have been run in one and half hours joined with another session of a similar level of content. Some sessions could have benefitted from a more varied selection of interactivity, there is only so much one can gain from repeated small group discussions. The sessions on Development and recognition of skills learned through scouting and reaching volunteers from immigrant groups had particularly effective interactive elements which increased learning and enjoyment. The availability of the resources from the sessions run online is excellent, especially for sharing in the future with NSOs/MOs, please continue this in the future.

• The information regarding acceptance, and further information will have to be send out earlier! Further information 1½ day in advance of arriving is not acceptable. The registration and first information available came late. When thats said, the programme iself was very useful and I'm looking forward the next academy! Comments and suggestions that would help in improvi ng the communication at next Academies:

• I loved the idea of having live streaming of comments going on at the academy. The only problem was that the network was not so efficient at the Hostel.

• I think it could be great if a list of the contacts, and other data, from all participants stay available

before the course of the Academy.

• I needed a more clear programe along with descriptions of the workshops on a single page instead og the "blog style". I found it very confusing.

• May be you could incentive the participants to use more the communication methods. Like, every one

has to wright some thing in facebook or twitter or the web site to get clues to go to the next sessions or to receive a prize or a ensign.

• To encourage the participants join the social media groups beforehand

• I didn't use the Internet during the Academy. Afterwards I found it very usefull to have the website which provides all the information and facebook where we were able to exchange thoughts and results that can already be seen at home again!

• The structure of the website is not the best when you're actually looking for something specific and not

just browsing, so an important suggestion would be to be very aware of how and where things are put, before, under and after the Academy, and try to simplify it even more. Not everybody brings a computer when travelling, though, so it is important during the Academy to supply sufficient information on notice-boards and so on, as well as on the website and social media. The Facebook-group is great, not only to get information, but to get in touch with the other participants.

• Early information not only for the Academy but also for other Regional Events to find cheap air tickets.

The Web page was not much use to me during the Academy but it was extreemely useful before the Academy, When the Academy started I had most the information on my laptop or on hard copy.

• I think there shoud've been better internet connection at the venue!

• The cummunication was fine

• The websites lacked of information about the acomodation. Even the FIAP website was not very

explicit of what services we could expect. For instance, I would have liked to be informed that the bedsheet and towels were provided, that we had free access to internet in the lobby, that we could leave the computer in the rooms because there were locked (I hesitate to take my computer because of that), etc.

• more preicesed programme of sessions sent at least one week before the start - some organizational

map of the planning team, who is responsible for what - to be able to ask to the right person if there is a problem or question - better internet accomodation if possible

• The venue needs to have a free access to wifi everywhere. It was a mess at the Fiap, and even the

free wifi in the lobby was not very stable.

• Provide computers for those people who don´t have a laptop or a smartphone. The idea of using social media is good, but i think it´s more important to talk to "real people". Don´t waste to much energy on that.

• I thought that the information provided by the planning team throughout the duration of the event was

well co-ordinated and of a good quality, particularly communication of logistics. The twitter wall running in the breaks was an excellent visual tool, the use of twitter also appeared very useful for those using it, however it should not be relied on too heavily as many participants do not use it.

Comments and suggestions that would help in improvi ng the logistics at next Academies: • I attended the Academy in Athens as well, and found that it was better to have a buffet for the meals.

• Run the Academy in a place just for the Academy and not so disperse... It should provide more

interactions between all the participants, all the time.

• It was good, easy and timesaving that all the lessons, dining and accommodation were in the same place

• For those of us who don't "manage in french" menu choices in several languages always helps. As in

other kitchens, one often observes that the food might be better if the kitchen would focus on making less menuchoices, but aim for higher quality on the dishes they serve. Also, it helps the concentration throughout the sessions if the breakfast has less sugary alternatives, to keep the bloodsugar stable for a longer period of time.

• Better Session rooms.

• Whilst some of the FIAP staff lacked some basics in customer services, the place was very decent and

food very good considering the price and it being a Hostel. Some meeting rooms lacked fresh air and natural lighting which tends to create unnecessary tiredness

• There was some little problems with rooms and changing them but everything went well after all.

Thanks alot about best Academy ever :)

• Accomodation strictly for Academy-participants stimulates networking between the sessions. Suggestion: accomodation with a good air-circulation...

• On the next academy, beside the textual updates, play the photos from the recent activities on the

screen in the lobby of the hotel/hostel. It would help raising the spirit at the participants. Keep the system for accommodating scouts from different countries in the rooms of the hotel/hostel, it helps creating new contacts and friendships.

• The accomodation and food where perfectly acceptable but a step down from Athens.

• Great accommodation, really pleased with our room!

• You asked before the academy, if there where any dietaries like vegetarians or allergies, but in the

hostel there was no special food. The cooks didn't know, which menus that were gluten-free, they didn't even know which menus were vegetarian! When someone asks, if a menu is vegetarian, and the persons there say yes, and afterwards it has meat in it... it's not so nice.

• The conference rooms and the sleeping rooms where very good - and the location was great! But the

food is soo important, we should be role models and not eat that discusting unhealthy food.. Always look at the food before everything els!!

• We expected to have people from the Academy to guide us from the train/metro station (or some

signs) as was indicated in the mail but we didn't see them. It would have good to have received a plan how to walk to the offices of the Scouts and Guides de France in our file instead of just one at the registration desk. It was not always very clear whether short sessions were organised or not. but, on the whole: very positive! thanks a lot!

• WE NEED WIFI all over the venue and not 30 minutes at a time

• The accommodation wasn´t good but for the purpose of a scout event it was fine. I wouldn´t take a

plane to the academy because of the environmental impact. It should be in reach of a day long travel by train.

• Well, choose a place with better logistics and inform better about what we can expect. And have the

information available in English before and during the event (like information about the venue, signs about the food etc.). Instead of just telling people where you want them to go when, offer to lead them there. Be punctual about the opening hours of the Academy registration.

• Attending the short sessions often caused problems with eating, as the period to eat was shorter and

queues were often far longer, perhaps if the short sessions had been scheduled after lunch, or later into dinnertimes it would have been better.