1. Welcome to the MEL Specialist Track
This week will convene MEL Specialists across the YBI network to
“Initiate a global community of practice and learning that enables YBI
members to maximise the effectiveness of their youth
entrepreneurship activities”
Objectives of the MEL Specialist Track
1. Build a community of MEL Specialists from across the network;
2. Act as a forum for members to share their knowledge, experience and challenges on MEL;
3. Provide participants with exposure to a range of approaches, methods and tools to build
up their MEL ‘toolkits’and capacity; and
4. Develop a collaborative roadmap for ongoing development of YBI’s MEL Offering and MEL
Community.
The sessions have been designed to meet member MEL needs as defined through prior
consultation with all participants regarding both content and format. As such, the Track is
designed to be as interactive as possible, taking a ‘learning by doing’ approach, and focuses on
key learning questions that have emerged across the network.
MEL Specialists attending the track:
o Maria Eugenia Clouet, Fundación Impulsar, Argentina
o Alexandra Esperança Meira, Aliança Empreendedora, Brasil
o Beth Dea, Canadian Youth Business Foundation, Canada
o Jerome Bouillaut, Entreprende en Banlieue, France
o Sachin Adsare, Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust, India
o Luidmila Romanova, Youth Business Russia, Russia
o Fatma Triki, Enda Inter-Arabe, Tunisia
o Rosemary Mutyabule, Enterprise Uganda, Uganda
MEL Specialists attending the track on a ‘part time’ basis:
o Madeleine Gabriel, UnLtd., UK
o Charlotte Fielder, Prince’s Trust, UK
o Lucy Gleaver, Prince’s Trust, UK
o Jeannie Radbill, Prince’s Trust, UK
MEL Specialist Track

2. Third party speakers at the MEL Track:
 Insightshare Specialists in participatory video approaches to MEL (www.insightshare.org)
 Intermedia – Research and evaluation consultants specialised in working with young
people (http://www.intermedia.org/)
 Overseas Development Institute – UK's leading independent think tank on international
development and humanitarian issues (www.odi.org.uk)
 Professor David Clutterbuck – global expert on mentoring
(http://www.davidclutterbuckpartnership.com/)
 Restless Development – Youth-led development agency
(http://www.restlessdevelopment.org/)
 War Child – International NGO working with young people in conflict-affected
environments (http://www.warchild.org.uk/)
VENUE (unless otherwise stated): 24 Greencoat Place, Victoria, SW1P 1RD
Monday 9th
September
08:15 Departure from The Strand Palace Hotel
09:00 – 10:00 Welcome and introduction to the week
Leads: Andrew Devenport, CEO
Maarten Rooney, COO
10:00 – 10:45 Icebreaker!
‘Getting to know each other’ themed icebreaker
Leads: Laura Gisby, MEL Manager
Annie Barber, Network MEL Manager
10:45 – 11:00 BREAK: Refreshments provided
11:00 – 11:30 Welcome and Overview of the week ahead
Outlining the agenda and setting expectations for the MEL
Specialist Track
Leads: Laura & Annie
11.30 – 12:30 YBI’s MEL Offering – the Story so far
Overview of how the MEL Offering ‘came to birth’ and what it aims to
achieve, sharing experiences of ‘live’ member MEL projects
Leads: Laura & Annie
Presenting: Jerome Bouillaut, MEL Specialist, France
Objectives:
 Get to know your fellow MEL
Specialists!
Objectives:
 Enhanced understanding of the
MEL Offering and work that has
been undertaken so far/is
planned under member MEL
projects
Objectives:
 Understand how the week will
unfold and what is expected of
you
 Feedback your expectations to
MEL Specialist Track leads
Monday to do list:
 Dress Code: business smart
(business suit for men)
 Bring my ID (e.g. passport,
driver’s licence)
 Bring USB stick with my
presentation materials
 Bring a tasty snack from my
country as a contribution to the
‘international snack bar’

3. 12:30 – 13:00 Evaluation of the Bidaya programme pilot
Overview of the approach taken to and findings from evaluating
the Bidaya programme (Enda Inter-Arabe’s ‘YBI’ programme)
Presenting: Fatma Triki, MEL Specialist, Tunisia
13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH: Buffet meal provided
14:00 – 15:45 Key Learning Question: How do we measure the less tangible
outcomes and impacts of our work?
Facilitated discussion including a presentation from YBI’s member in
Brasil of their Entrepreneurial Inclusion Index
Leads: Laura & Annie
Presenting: Alexandra Esperança Meira, MEL Specialist, Brasil
15.45 – 16:00 BREAK: International snack bar
16:00 – 17:15 Key Learning Question: How do we track longer-term outcomes/
Impacts of our work on both ‘dropouts’ and ‘graduates’
Facilitated discussion
Leads: Laura Gisby, MEL Manager
17:15 Departure by foot to St James’ Palace
18:00 – 20:00 Drinks Reception, St James’ Palace
Transport will be organised for all Specialists.
Dress code: Business Smart (suits and tie for men)
Tuesday 10th
September
08:15 Departure from The Strand Palace Hotel
09:00 – 10:45 Introduction to Participatory Video
Interactive workshop introducing the use of participatory video as
a MEL tool
Lead: Soledad Muniz, Insightshare
10:45 – 11:00 BREAK: Refreshments provided
11:00 – 13:00 Introduction to Participatory Video
Session continues
Objectives:
 Share challenges and best
practice around key MEL issues
 Build consensus around how
we can work together to
create best practice tools and
processes
Objectives:
 Gain exposure to an exciting
approach that involves
placing young people
themselves at the core of
MEL activities
Objectives:
 Understand existing member
MEL approaches

4. 13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH: Buffet meal provided
14:00 – 15:00 Best practices in qualitative youth led research
Presentation and Q&A
Leads: Joe Bonnell and Klara Debeljak, Intermedia
15:00 – 16:00 Key Learning Question: How do we measure ‘Value for Money’?
Facilitated discussion including presentations of YBI’s emerging
Approach to measuring ‘Value for Money’ and a presentation from
our member in Canada on their experience with ‘Social Return on
Investment’
Leads: Annie Barber, Network MEL Manager
Presenting: Beth Dea, MEL Specialist, Canada
16:00 – 16:15 BREAK: Refreshments provided
16:15 – 17:30 Introduction to Theory of Change
Interactive workshop taking a ‘learning by doing’ approach, using YBI’s
member in Argentina as a case study
Leads: Laura & Annie
Wednesday 11th
September
08:15 Departure from The Strand Palace Hotel
09:00 – 10:30 Introduction to the Contexts Framework
Presentation of a global research project YBI is undertaking
With our partners in a DFID-funded Consortium
Leads: YBI, Restless Development, War Child & ODI
10:30 – 10:45 BREAK: Refreshments provided
Objectives:
 Gain exposure to a range of
exciting qualitative methodologies
to enhance your MEL toolkit
Objectives:
 Gain exposure to a simple
approach for building a set of
metrics and a MEL system to
capture them
Objectives:
 Gain exposure to a framework
to support comprehension of
what youth entrepreneurship
initiatives work best in
different contexts
 Understand how you can get
involved in ‘testing’ the
framework through applying it
to your own work
Objectives:
 Share challenges and best
practice around a key MEL
issue
 Build consensus around how
we can work together to
create best practice tools and
processes

5. 11:00 – 12:00 Best practice in mentoring MEL
Joint session with Mentoring Specialists
Lead: Professor David Clutterbuck
12:30 – 13:00 Key Learning Question: How can we use evidence generated
from our MEL activities to influence policy?
Facilitated discussion including presentation of the approach taken
by ODI’s Research and Policy in Development (RAPID) group, and
sharing of experiences and challenges from YBI’s member in Argentina
Leads: Laura & Annie
Presenting: Maria Eugenia Clouet, MEL Specialist, Argentina
13:00 – 13:30 LUNCH: Sandwiches provided
13:30 Departure for Victory Services Club
14:00 – 15:00 Building a Knowledge Community: Learning from what we do
See the Summit agenda for full details
15:00 – 17:30 Networking for Knowledge
See the Summit agenda for full details.
Thursday 12th
September Departure from The Strand Palace Hotel
09:00 – 10:30 Mapping a YBI Theory of Change
Interactive workshop allowing you to draw on your new working
knowledgeof the Theory of Change approach in contributing to an
important area of YBI’s new global strategy, through helping us think
through YBI’s overall Theory of Change
Leads: Annie & Laura
10:45 – 11:00 BREAK: Refreshments provided
You will be fully
briefed on the format
of the afternoon
sessions and your
involvement before
lunch!
Objectives:
 Put knowledge gained through
the week into practice to
support YBI in development of
our new global strategy!
Objectives:
 Gain exposure to global best
practice in mentoring MEL
Objectives:
 Enhance your understanding of
how to use evidence to
influence policy through
exposure to a best practice
approach and a real life case
study

6. 11:00 – 12:00 Building a MEL Community
Brainstorming session to think through how we can build on this
week’s activities to strengthen the MEL community across the YBI
network, among MEL Specialist Track attendees and beyond
Leads: Annie & Laura
12:00 – 13:00 YBI’s MEL Offering – Where we’re at and where we’re headed
Wrap-up session, followed by group photo and feedback forms
13:00 – 14:30 LUNCH: Full meal provided for all specialists off-site
Afternoon FREE TIME to explore London! YBI Specialist Track leads will lead organised shopping/sightseeing
trips if you would like to join these
17:25 Meet in Foyer of Strand Palace Hotel
17:40 Bus departs Strand Palace Hotel
18:10 Arrival, Honourable Artillery
Company, Young Entrepreneur Awards
DRESS CODE: Black Tie/ Cocktail Dress (long or
short)/National Costume
Later: AFTER PARTY for all delegates at The Electricity Showrooms, Hoxton Square, Shoreditch,
London N1 6NN
Objectives:
 A roadmap to developing the
MEL Community at YBI will
developed through a
participatory process
Objectives:
 Contribute to the ongoing
development of the MEL
Offering and provide feedback
on the week’s activities