Our Booklets
The Competence Group Methods is a group of professionals working in the field of international youth work in the network of Generation Europe – The Academy. They develop and improve methods as well as know-how for youth work with international and diverse target groups. As central outcomes of the cooperation, they have published a series of booklets, that aim to be a support and resource for the community of practice. Here, you can download the booklets, and you will also find a list of useful links and references on the topics of the publications:
Booklet 1 | Booklet 2 | Booklet 3 | Booklet 4 | Booklet 5 | Booklet 0
These products are the result of the KA2 Strategic Partnership Network for Active Improvement of Youth Work (NAIYW), co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed here are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union, the European Commission or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union, the European Commission nor the EACEA can be held responsible for them.
Useful links regarding the content of Booklet 1:
- Introduction to Communication. Group Communication Forming Groups (coursesidekick.com)
- Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing. Tuckman’s Model for Nurturing a Team to High Performance (mindtools.com)
- Tuckman’s Stages of Group Development (wcupa.edu)
- Generation Europe Method Box (generationeurope.org)
- Take Power. Handbook to Get Started With Advocacy and Lobbying (generationeurope.org)
- Method Sheet Template: Use this word document to write down all information needed to carry out an activity. (generationeurope.org)
- Discussing Civic Education. Handout on Different Understandings of the Term and Common Solutions (generationeurope.org)
Useful links regarding the content of Booklet 2:
- The Access Check-In (callingupjustice.com)
This is a simple script for interrupting ableist culture in your meetings to create a more accessible space for everyone. - Access Suggestions for A Public Event (sinsinvalid.org)
- Intersectionality as a Practice (pocolit.com)
Interview with Emilia Roig, founder of the Center for Intersectional Justice - Was ist Intersektionalität? (bodys-wissen.de)
- Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Competencies? (colostate.edu)
- The Inclusive Leadership Handbook (inclusiveleadership.eu)
- Glossary: Words We Use A Lot (thecuriosityparadox.com)
- Inclusive Workplace Competencies (triec.ca)
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (unicef.org)
- Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities (un.org)
- Intersectionality resource guide and toolkit (unwomen.org)
Useful links regarding the content of Booklet 3:
- Mental Health Europe (MHE)
MHE is the main independent European non-governmental network organization committed to the protection of the rights of persons with psychosocial disabilities, the promotion of positive mental health, the prevention of mental distress, and the improvement of mental health care and social inclusion. - Healthy Lifestyle: Commission launches a European-wide campaign (cyprus.representation.ec.europa.eu)
- Child Helpline International
Throughout Europe, telephone counseling services for children and adolescents are being developed and networked under a single number in cooperation with Child Helpline International (CHI). List of helplines in Europe.
Useful links regarding the content of Booklet 4:
- Models of youth participation. Hart’s Ladder and Shier’s Pathways to Participation (myd.govt.nz)
- Generation Europe Method Box (generationeurope.org)
- Compass. Manual for Human Rights Education with Young People (coe.int)
- Guide to Activism (generationeurope.org)
- Take Power. Handbook to Get Started With Advocacy and Lobbying (generationeurope.org)
- Method Sheet Template: Use this word document to write down all information needed to carry out an activity (generationeurope.org).
- Discussing Civic Education. Handout on Different Understandings of the Term and Common Solutions (generationeurope.org)
Useful links regarding the content of Booklet 5:
- World Youth Report: Youth and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (un.org)
- Adolescent connectedness: cornerstone for health and wellbeing (bmj.com)
- Complementary Word Document (pdf ) for the method “The Sociogram” (generationeurope.org)
- Generation Europe Method Box (generationeurope.org)
- Compass. Manual for Human Rights Education with Young People (coe.int)
- Poster: How to Build Communiy by Karen Kerney (syracuseculturalworkers.com)
- Method Sheet: Messages in the Bottle (generationeurope.org)
- Guide to Activism (generationeurope.org)
Useful links regarding the content of Booklet 0:
- Take Power – Handbook to Get Started With Advocacy and Lobbying (generationeurope.org)
- Discussing Civic Education. Handout on Different Understandings of the Term and Common Solutions (generationeurope.org)
- Guide to Activism (generationeurope.org)
- Generation Europe Methodbox (generationeurope.org)
- Generation Europe Guidance Papers (generationeurope.org)
- Summary of the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027 (europa.eu)
- Civicus Toolkit: Civic Education. Paper by Jennifer Rietbergen-McCracken (civicus.org)
- Glossary of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Terms (seramount.com)
- The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (un.org)
- Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Glossary of Terms (washington.edu)
- Diversity Dictionary (wustl.edu)
Also have a look at our Handbook on Advocacy and Lobbying in the field of youth work! As these booklets, they aim to be a support and resource for the whole community of practice.