European Youth Work Symposium 2024:
Travel information enquiry for Youth Work Professionals
Dear project managers and youth leaders, thank you for registering for the European Youth Work Symposium 2024! In order to organise the event in the best possible way, we still need some information from you. As soon as you know which young people you are bringing from your local group, please book your trip and complete the following form by 31 August at the latest.
- Saturday, 26.10.24: Arrival day for Youth Day participants and accompanying youth work professionals
- Sunday, 27.10.24: Youth Day (starting at 9:30 am) & parallel programme for the accompanying project managers/youth leaders
- Monday, 28.10.24: Symposium Day (programme until approx. 20:30 pm)
- Tuesday, 29.10.24: Travel Day back home
Please note that your registration is binding. For details, scroll down to the headline „Non-participation without a good reason“.
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Information About the Working Groups:
1. Stronger Together: Organising Youth Workers and Their Allies
Working conditions in youth work are often difficult: temporary and inadequate funding, overlapping professional and voluntary commitments, insufficient recognition of youth work as a profession: How should European youth workers and their allies from politics and civil society network to make their voices heard? Which organisations of cooperation have already been formed, what are their experiences, and what are the next steps to strengthen the representation of common interests? How do these needs relate to the demands of the young people involved?
Facilitated by Olga Kyriakidou, youth worker and trainer for non-formal learning, administration and youth consultancy, Kids in Action (Thessaloniki, Greece) | Input: Federica Demicheli, Board member of AYWA – Alliance of Youth Workers Associations, Vice President of NINFEA – National Informal and Non-Formal Education Association, member of the International Youth Work Trainers Guild (Arona, Italy)
2. Mind Matters: Promoting Young People’s Well-Being in Youth Work
At the beginning of last year, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) declared a mental health crisis among young people. The figures are also clear on this side of the Atlantic: mental health is the most pressing health issue young Europeans are facing. What are the common challenges to the mental well-being of young people and how can resilience in the youth work system be promoted? What support do youth work programmes need in order to be able to respond to these challenges?
Facilitated by Marthe Behr, M.A. Democratic Politics and Communication, B. Sc. Psychologist, project manager and pedagogical staff of Krea-Jugendclub (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany) | Input: Karolina Kosowska, Training and Membership Officer of Eurodesk Brussels Link, trainer and facilitator on topics including team building, mental health, well-being and stress management (Brussels, Belgium)
3. Overcoming Barriers: Fostering More Inclusive, Accessible Youth Work
Youth work should be equally accessible to all, regardless of personal constitution, origin, parental income and previous success in the formal education system. Especially when it comes to international programmes, this diversity is not always ensured. How can barriers be recognised and paths be established to make youth work more accessible? What strategies are effective in promoting inclusion and diversity in youth work across different European contexts? How can organisations ensure they are accessible to young people from diverse backgrounds with different needs – and what do the youth work organisations and their staff need to be able to do that?
Facilitated by Amaya Diloy, Fundación Federico Ozanam (Zaragoza, Spain) | Input: Philipp Bryant, special needs pedagogue and lecturer for inclusive pedagogy at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences Bochum (Bochum, Germany)
4. Level Up: Strengthening Local Youth Work for European Cooperation
Impact research largely agrees that international youth projects generate lasting positive effects on young people’s lives and social participation especially when they are integrated into stable local youth work structures. Nevertheless, many funding programmes do not reflect the importance of long-term viable local institutions. What steps need to be taken to secure local youth work as a sustainable basis? On this foundation, how can European cooperation between local youth projects be promoted in order to create new synergies?
Facilitated by Gianni Orsini, youth worker and consultant on sustainable development, international cooperation, conflict management, transformation and participation, Irènia – Jocs de Pau (La Nou de Berguedà, Barcelona, Spain)
5. Active Citizenship and Youth Activism: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Civic education to enable active citizenship is a declared goal of official European youth programmes. At the same time, young people who are committed to social, democratic and ecological issues are sometimes confronted with institutional barriers. The working group offers space for exchange between young activists and representatives from youth work, politics and administration: How can misunderstandings be avoided and actual conflicts of interest be dealt with productively? How can civic education help to prepare young people for these conflicts and contribute to productive solutions? What common goals do active young people and those who decide on the funding and structures of youth work have – and how can we achieve them?
Facilitated by Kasia Blasinska, IRSE – Fundacja Instytut Równowagi Społeczno-Ekonomicznej (Gdańsk, Poland) | Input: Maren Mitterer, Fridays for Future and co-organiser of the demonstration „Gemeinsam gegen Rechts“ (Munich, Germany)