Training seminars and site visits

Kick-off meeting on Joint Action on the pilot EHES, Luxembourg, 21 January 2010

Aims of training

• Key element in standardization and quality assurance

Training organized by the EHES RC

• Training sessions and the use of e-learning methods and materials targeted to the national survey organizers and trainers of the national survey teams.

• Two training seminars• 1st Planning and preparation• 2nd Fieldwork

• Final conference

1st Training seminar: planning and preparation

of the national HES • Rome, Italy 11-12 February 2010 • Target group: those who plan and prepare national surveys

in EU Member States and EFTA/EEA countries. • Objectives to:

• Ensure planning a national HES according to the EHES standards

• raise awareness on EHES in all European countries• receive feedback on the EHES standards and the EHES Manual• discuss possible national adaptations.

• After the seminar the national manuals and study plans will be reviewed by the personnel of the EHES RC and other trainers to evaluate how the EHES standards have been taken into account. 

2nd Training seminar: fieldwork

• Helsinki, Finland, September 2010• Target group: those who will train the national fieldwork

team members in each country. • Objectives:

• to promote the use of the standard EHES training materials • to ensure that the training for the fieldworkers will be

organized following the EHES standards. • The focus will be on the core measurements but also

additional measurements, to which the piloting countries have expressed their interest, will be covered.

• National manuals and training programmes will be reviewed by the personnel of the EHES RC and other trainers after the seminar.

Site visits organized by the EHES RC

• One site visit/country during pilot fieldwork, additional visits if needed

• Observation of examinations (with participant consent)

• Discussions with the survey organizers and fieldwork staff

• External quality control

Aims of site visits

• Evaluation of • feasibility of the EHES standards in

different circumstances• adherence to the national manuals and

EHES standards

• Site visit diaries will be material for the evaluation of the JA