meeting oteci, swb, si - paris 27-28 february 2012 "sharing results of survey" 1 grundtvig...

Meeting OTECI, SWB, SI - Paris 27-28 February 2012 "Sharing results of survey" 1

GRUNDTVIG LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMGRUNDTVIG LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAM

““Volunteering as an opportunity for learning in Volunteering as an opportunity for learning in later life”later life”

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OTECI ACTIVITY IN THE GRUNDTVIG PROJET (1/2)

OTECI positive decision to be candidate with Seniores and Seniors w/o Borders

Organization within OTECI settled by Nov. 2011 : Steering Committe (4) plus all regions (8) in France

Great success for this « national » project as all OTECI members have demonstrated their motivations, consequently :

• « Q » answers = 1891 : quite remarquable Major efforts made to have French CESES orga’s on Board and

to have an huge diversity of all others volunteer orga’s


Expertise within OTECI identified: motivation, training, e-learning

Contacts well set with Grundtvig French agency First time OTECI is committed to execute such a long

mission different versus all the ones usually done Next challenge til September 2013:

• Pursue with same enthusiasm and energy • Success will entail better recognition of all volunteer by E.U.

OTECI ACTIVITY IN THE GRUNDTVIG PROJET (2/2)


OTECI FRENCH SIDE - METHODOLOGY

WORKING ON QUESTIONNAIREWORKING ON QUESTIONNAIRE

17 closed-ended questions + 2 open-ended questions (name of organisation, free comments)

Medium for distribution : on line form on google docs, data processing on spreadsheet Excel

Date of distribution : 18 December 2011 – 30 January 2012


TARGETTARGETBROAD TARGET……

Any kind of volunteering: welfare, services to individuals, education, skill-based volunteering, arts, sports …

Any kind of volunteer-involving organisations : local, regional, national, international

More than 400 volunteer organisations contacted

1891 individual responses returned

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PROCESS TO CONTACT RESPONDENTSPROCESS TO CONTACT RESPONDENTS

Involvement of the 8 regional OTECI delegations

Use of the « spider web » technique :1) officials of the targeted organisations (or federations of

organisations) directly contacted by OTECI people,2) information about the survey, and link to the online questionnaire

forwarded to the contacted officials, 3) information and link to the questionnaire then provided by officials

to individuals.4) each OTECI member acting as a potential respondent « hunter ».

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Lifelong Learning ProgramLifelong Learning Program Lessons from the exerciseLessons from the exercise

Rhône-Alpes Region


The playground and the players…• Rhône-Alpes: 8 % of French territory • Size of Switzerland (www.rhonealpes.fr)

• 6 M inhabitants• GDP over 180 billion €

– Second Region in France– Rhône-Alpes 9,8 % of French wealth

• 50% of retired people in Rhône-Alpes are unpaid volunteers (750 000)

(data: France bénévolat 2010 & INSEE)

• Decentralized Regional organization– Accelerate the implementation process– Spread out the project geographically– Reach for a large range of associations – Fuel the recruitment of associations

• Cascade process– Headquarter>Region>Members– Increase motivation level

• 80 OTECI members in Rhône-Alpes

http://www.rhonealpes.fr/


Outlook on Implementation Process Step by Step

Backbone of the implementation process: Foresight / Targets / Commitments

Paris :- Agree cover letter

- Work out software support

- Validate software support

Rhône-Alpes:1.Appoint motivated team of 14 (innovation & scope)

2.Design software monitoring system

3.Design slide kit

Results:• Over 80 associations contacted• 865 estimated replies• 359 questionnaires filled in (including an assumption of 30 Oteci)

• 330 questionnaires (without OTECI, ECTI, EGEE, …)Welfare, Charities, Education, Sport, Citizenship, Job search, Protection…

Feedback to team

once/twice a week

aKey Success Factor


Qualitative results and Key learning…

Questions, comments and discussion…

Key learning • Considerable involvement of Oteci

members

• Associations contacted highly impressed

• Vigorous attitude of OTECI team members

• Associations demanding results of survey

• Need of feedback to all OTECI members

• Social networks offer contact opportunitiesViadeo 3 questionnaires

Qualitative results• Discrepancy between estimated replies and

final

• Wide range of association typesLocal / nationalWelfare / Citizenship / Education…

• The e-software was a barrier in some cases

• 2 types of associations: •Relations of OTECI members > positive reaction•Non OTECI relations > F2F or conf call needed

• Inside and outside benefit for OTECI•Waking up of “sleeping” and new members•Promotion of OTECI to outside world


Thank you and

welcome to Lyonand in Rhône-Alpes Region


OTECI FRENCH SIDE – SCORE ANALYSIS

Lifelong Learning Program

GRUNDTVIGResearch on senior volunteers

motivations


Analysis of answers (1891)1. Sex: 25.5% women (but close to 50% excluding the

4 CESES associations which represent 55% of all answers).

2. Average age: men … women… 3. Median age: men… women…4. Living environment:

• Big city (more than 20,000) : 52%• Small city : 29% • Countryside : 19%


Analysis of answers (1891)5. Working status:

Employees 3% Independant 3% Free professional 1% Unemployed 2% Retired 91%

6. Highest level of education:

Compulsory school 6% High school (H.S.) 11% Post-H.S.tech. training 27% University graduate 42% Post-graduate degree 13%


Present involvement (1849/97.5%)• Q8- Less than 1 year 6%

– 1 to 3 years 20%

– More than 3 years 74%

• Q9-1 day/month 7% – 1 to 5 days/month 47% – 5 to 10 days/month 27% – More 19%

• Q10-France 85% – France+Abroad 10% – Abroad 5%


Future involvement (1891)11-National/International

– France 61% – France+Abroad 24% – Abroad 15%

12-Time availability – 1day/month 10% – 1 to 5 days/month 50% – 5 to 10 days/month 27% – More 13%


13- Thematic areas (1301) OTECI had requested a choice of 4 areas out of 26 + other, ranked

in the order of importance. 590 answers had a choice of 5 or 6 areas of which 2 or 3 selected as

a first choice. After checking that removing these 590 answers did not change

significantly the ranking of thematic areas, but only the %, it was decided to analyse in detail the 1301 answers in line with OTECI’s request (4x1301=5204 areas).

The weighting of choices (4/3/2/1) does not change significantly the overall ranking either.

The choices are balanced between Economic life (35%), Social life (32%) and Humanitarian (31%) areas, with more first choice in Economic life (41%).


Main thematic areas (1301)• A: first choice only; B: 4 choices. %A %B

– Private sector 13 9 – Education 10 9– Assistance to management 10

8– Assistance to students 8 7– Technical advice to industry 9 7

• First 5 thematic areas 50 40


Main thematic areasMen (965/74%)

• A: first choice only; B: 4 choices. %A %B– Private sector 16 12– Assistance to management 12 10– Technical advice to industry 12 9– Education 10 9– Assistance to students 9 9

• First 5 thematic areas 59 49


Main thematic areasWomen (336/26%)

• A: first choice only; B: 4 choices. %A %B– Children 19 10– Education 9 9– Emergency relief 10 9– Assistance to aged persons 9 8– Women promotion and protection 3 7

• First 5 thematic areas 50 42• Only 11% of women who ticked the fifth area

hereabove selected it as a first choice.


Main thematic areas excluding CESES associations (582/45%)

• This group includes almost 50% women.• A: first choice only; B: 4 choices. %A %B

– Emergency relief 12 9– Education 8 8– Children 13 8– Poverty 5 7– Assistance to aged persons 7 7

• First 5 thematic areas 45 39• 4 of these areas have also been chosen by women.


14-Motivation (1891/3 choices)

• 1-Helping others 26%• 2-Keeping busy 24%• 3-Meeting people 18%• 4-Personal satisfaction 14%• First 4 motivations 82%


15-Driving factors (1891/3.7choices)

• 1-Opportunity to help others 25%• 1-Relevance to personal skills 25%• 3-Relevance to personal interests 17%• 4-Free time available 14%• First 4 choices 81%


16-Main drawbacks (1891/1.6choices)

• 1-Lack of time availability 36%• 2-Unsufficient efficiency 23%• 3-Not enough stimulating tasks 12%• 4-Too costly 12%• First 4 drawbacks 83%


17-To make it more rewarding(1891/1.9choices)

• 1-Make it more visible 31%• 2-Charismatic leaders/Efficient organisation 21%• 3-Cooperations with organisations in other European Union countries 19%• 4-Well located equipped offices 14%• First 4 suggestions 85%


Special Comments, Special Comments,

Special Messages…Special Messages…

French contributors to survey

Jacqueline MicheletPierre Carron

Dominique Taupin


Lifelong Learning ProgramSummary Of Comments Received

French Contributors To Survey

•OTECI questionnaire on motivations: 1891 replies among which 439 special comments

•Large variety of comments

•“Self-satisfaction through generosity”, the most important one (42%): an encouragement for Society and for objectives of LLP project

•“Status & Image Upgrade” (33%) denotes a deficit in satisfaction: scope for improvement with LLP

•“Criticism of Operations” (14%) should not be overlooked: can LLP help?

•11 sub-groups: a mine for future action

•Women are particularly keen on the need for training


Lifelong Learning ProgramTypical examples of comments received

FRENCH CONTRIBUTORS TO SURVEY

Stay active and useful to Society

Transfer of Experience 90 – Let us develop the coaching of students 308 – Let us learn foreign languages for better communication

Truly practical proposals for LLP

Private Sector Ingratitude 7 – We must convince people that our know-how and experience should be used in start-ups 382 – People do not trust the assistance provided by senior volunteers

We can rectify this easily!

Own Group Misgivings 273 – Managers of associations are not always up to their tasks 371 – We need to foster cross border actions

Food for thought for all of us

Key MessagesActive citizenship 153 – Seniors, not a burden, an opportunity for Society 323 – Let us team up our know-how


Yes we can!Yes we can!


WORKING SESSION : Data interpretation, comments, suggestions


306

146

17

673 661

65

51à 61 ans 66 à 75 ans > 75 ans

Femmes

Hommes

Question 1 : Sexe - Question 2 : Age

Age moyenFemmes

64Hommes

66,6Ensemble

65,9

469 femmes, 1399 hommes, total 1869


Question 4 : Lieu d’habitation


Question 5: Situation actuelle


Question 6: Niveau d’études


Femmes Hommes Total général

Moins d’un an 29 6,6% 74 5,6% 103

1 jour 3 17 20

1 à 5 jours 17 50 67

5 à 10 jours 7 6 13

Plus de 10 jours 2 1 3

1 à 3 ans 93 21,2% 261 19,7% 354

1 jour 12 21 33

1 à 5 jours 57 156 213

5 à 10 jours 21 61 82


Plus de 3 ans 317 72,2% 989 74,7% 1306

1 jour 16 57 73

1 à 5 jours 127 418 545

5 à 10 jours 83 303 386


Total général 439 1324 1763

Question 8 : Depuis combien de temps êtes-vous bénévole ?Question 9 : Combien de temps en moyenne par mois consacrez-vous au bénévolat ?


Question 14 : Qu’est-ce qui vous motive pour rendre service à titre bénévole ? (en nombre total de mentions)


Question 15 : Quels sont les facteurs qui vous inciteraient (ou qui vous ont incité(e) à vous

engager dans une activité bénévole ? (en nombre de positions 1)


Question 16 : Quels sont selon vous les principaux inconvénients d’une telle activité ? (en nombre de positions 1)

Women Men

Rapport avec vos centres d'intérêt 59% 61%

Rapport avec vos compétences 24% 33%

Occasion d'aider les autres 11% 4%


Question 17 : Que faudrait-il faire pour rendre une activité bénévole plus valorisante pour vous ? (en nombre total de mentions)

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