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The quality development of local youth work needs…

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regular and up to date mappings of local realities and needs.

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Introduction

The needs and interests of young people as well as the composition of the group ‘young people’ is constantly changing. Economic factors as well as migration, new innovations and political trends are all affecting the living situation of young people. The effects that these changes have on the needs and interests of young people needs to be mapped and analysed if youth work is to meet them in the best possible way.

References

  • “Better knowledge and understanding of the living conditions, values and attitudes of young women and men needs to be gathered and shared with other relevant policy fields so as to enable appropriate and timely measures to be taken.”
    EU Council Resolution on a renewed framework for European cooperation in the youth field (2010-2018), 2009
  • “The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 15.b of the Statute of the Council of Europe, Recommends that the governments of the member States, within their sphere of competence, renew their support for youth work by:
    fostering national and European research on the different forms of youth work and their value, impact and merit;
    6. supporting the development of appropriate forms of review and evaluation of the impact and outcomes of youth work and by reinforcing the dissemination, recognition and impact of the Council of Europe Youth Work Portfolio in the member States;”

Guiding questions

To what degree does our local youth work meet this bullet point?

Are there sides/aspects of it that are not reached?
Are there differences related to different activities?
Are there differences related to different groups of young people?
Are there differences related to different youth work providers?
Are there other differences? Related to what?

Specific questions
  • How are we, today, gathering structured information on how young people perceive their needs and living situation?
    • Which are the important facts that we need to have regarding young people’s needs and living situation?
    • How can we gather this information and be able to see eventual changes over time?
  • Are we just assuming that we know how young people perceive their needs and living situation, without having asked them in a structured way?
    • Do we know how these perceptions vary between different groups of young people?

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Good practices & tools

  • Youth workers for marginalized youth in Vocational school and in upper comprehensive schools in Vantaa

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  • “Spoza brány k politikom” – From behind the gate to politicians

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  • Youth Centre Grabrik

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Future steps

What different steps do we need to take in order to meet this bullet point?

Do we miss any knowledge that we need?
Do we need to take contact with stakeholders not present in our discussions?
Do we need to develop new competences, methods, work processes or organisational structures?
Can we find good practices or tools that might help us to improve this?
Do we have positive experiences from other areas of youth work that we can use also in this case?
Are there other organisations that we can contact and learn from regarding this?
Do we need to take other measures?
Do we have to revise our perspectives and/or priorities regarding youth work?

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