## Monitoring and evaluation of project activities and results

During all four phases of the project, quality of activities and results is monitored at following working levels:

- monitoring and evaluation of the project as a whole is done by the steering committee
- partners monitor and evaluate working outcomes (homework)
- project meetings monitor and evaluate the discussions of the work set for these meetings
- working sessions monitor and evaluate the proposals put forward to the project meetings
- pilot projects: learners follow an international unit abroad. Teachers and representatives of the branch carry out the assessment and monitor and evaluate the process.

Partners create a checklist of actions to monitor, analyse and evaluate project´s progress during meetings. Progress, quality and achievement of project activities is monitored to ensure the quality of the outputs. The content of the checklist therefore focus on work processes within the development of the intellectual outputs:

- Clarity of understanding of the meaning of competences in reference to responsibility, complexity of tasks and procedures, independence, ambiguity, targeting the EQF levels 4/5
- Mutual recognition of learning outcomes for aquaculture in formal and informal learning
- Assessment of international learning units EQF level 4/5, through EQAVET tools both in school and work based settings
- Results of translation of the ECVET and ECTS principles to international learning units and (Short term) courses for professionals to support life-long learning and labour mobility
- Outcomes of discussion of draft versions with project partners from industry and education to gather a consensus on the final result
- Pilot results (i.e. piloting learning units) and its evaluation
- Accessibility and didactical approach of the digital platform to exchange lessons, learning resources and programs
- Development of the focus areas, objectives from which the transnational network for professional education in aquaculture and European platform for education and industry in aquaculture are set up

In these activities, the following actors are involved in the project:

- VET colleges: to secure interest and representation of education in the content of curricula, and transpose the content of the learning units EQF level 4 to curricula of the educational partners
- University and Vet colleges: to secure mutual development and implementation of international courses in aquaculture EQF 5 in national educational systems
- FEAP and other associated partners to secure interests and representation of industry in the project: description of the professional profile, core tasks, labour processes, and competences
- Education and experts from industry with experience in quality control to assess the projects progress and the project products. They decide if the results are fit for the standards of education and industry.
- Quality and Control experts from educational institutes and associated partners assess and advise the project´s quality. The outcomes of the quality checks will be used for input for follow-up actions within the project.

Previously used quality standards (including ECVET and ECTS formats) will be used in the quality control of the project outputs.

Frequency of the checks

- Discussion between project partners at each meeting following the checklist set out above
- Pilots of the project during the first, second and third year. This will be done by selected partners with a group of international learners
- Assessment of the documents during the meeting previous to the implementation phase. Feedback will be given on the drafts during the research and development phase. In the final meeting of this phase, the partners finalize the document for the testing and evaluation phase. After this phase the units are implemented through pilots. After the pilot, the units will be improved and disseminated
- During the last project meetings, all educational materials will be evaluated, based on the experiences from the pilot exchange.