Mentoring and Post-training support

What does is measure: This indicator measures the # or % of participants taking actively part in mentoring and post-training offers and at the same time how many (%) of them are stating that the offer contributed to their transition to the labor market getting (self-)employed. Why is it important: In a comprehensive skills development project, mentoring and post-training support are central elements to support the training participants/graduates on their way to labor market integration, either employed or self-employed ( Thus, participation in mentoring and post-training support inform us about the quality of the skills development project and the specific support that participants/graduates have received.

Method: If the project lasts less than one year, then the data should be collected as a routine monitoring form that is collected from all participants during project closeout. If the project lasts more than one year, then the data should be collected every six months as a routine monitoring form. If the project reaches more than 2,000 participants in total, it is recommended that a representatively sampled survey is used.

Questions:

1. Did you take part in Mentoring and Post-training support offers?
2. In which of the following Mentoring and Post-training support offers have you participated? Select all that apply.
   1. Mentoring
   2. Coaching
   3. Peer-to-peer counseling
   4. Internships
   5. jobs fairs
   6. employer visits
   7. participation in saving-groups (e.g. VSLA)
   8. Etc.
3. To what extent did you find the Mentoring and Post-training support offers helpful for your transition to the labor market getting (self-) employed (Definitely helpful, rather helpful, unsure, rather not helpful, definitely not helpful)?

How to calculate:

1. Count the # of all training participants, who were taking part in Mentoring and Post-training support offers.
2. The value of this indicator is the number of those who were taking part in Mentoring and Post-training support offers (numerator) divided by the number of participants assessing the offers helpful for their transition to the labor market getting (self-) employed (denominator).

What activities should the indicator be used for?

• Mentoring
• Coaching
• Peer-to-peer counseling
• Internships
• jobs fairs
• employer visits
• participation in saving-groups (e.g. VSLA)

Disaggregate the data by gender, age, trade/training course, specific vulnerable groups, such as minorities or people with disability.

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