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Youth
Martin WatsonProspex
Corinna LierschDG EAC Youth policy and programme unit
Graeme RobertsonDG EAC Youth policy and Programme Unit
Conor O’NeillEuropean Youth Forum
Education, Training and Youth Forum
2015
Workshop 9
Youth
Objectives
• Stimulate a fruitful exchange of good practice amongst stakeholders.
• Analyse strengths, weaknesses and opportunities.
• Identify critical success factors for youth participation in democratic life.
Youth
We Are Changing … Our Neighbourhood
Drs. Yvonne Heselmans Executive Director of IDEA NL
Debate in the Neighbourhood
Problems with social exclusionNegative images and discrimination of youth with hyphenated identities
Violence and discrimination in the school and in the street: public spaces, police
Lack of reporting mechanisms about discrimination
Lack of social, cultural and economic innovation in those neighbourhoods
Those youth are not heard, are excluded and don’t participate in society
Partners we worked with
KRAS
Youth Umbrella organisation Antwerp (1 neighbourhood on discrimination by the police)
D’Broej,
Youth Umbrella Organisation Brussels (1 neighbourhood on discrimination in schools)
Combiwel
Youth Umbrella Organisation Amsterdam (2 neighbourhoods on public spaces)
Overall objectives to contribute to social inclusion
To offer youth a successful youth driven democratic ‘experience’
To develop sustainable relations between youth and authorities, neighbours (shopkeepers, mothers, teachers etc)
To develop good practice between international youth, international partners and other stakeholder to upscale.
Critical success factors: young people
• Small steps to change big problems designed by youth
• Developed skills and self esteem to lead debates about desired change with peers and stakeholders
• Successes and set backs• Youth hosted international peers
proudly in their neighbourhoods.• Youth developed intercultural
cooperation, competition and friendship to realise local plans
• Trust in authorities increased and deepened understanding of democracy.
Young people: From ignorance and shy to proud, open and full of self esteem
Critical success factors: multipliers
Talented youth built capacities to be junior trainers, coaches and role models of their peers.
Partners developed clarity, intensive cooperation, documentation of results
Deepened pedagogical understanding how to facilitate youth driven intercultural projects
Development of a wider network across Europe
Critical success factors: communities
Stakeholders are listening to youth and call them up.
Other neighbors support initiatives of the youth.
Road map how to build bridges and report discrimination
Squares in Amsterdam are pearls in neighbourhoods.
Dissemination of pride and good will!
Relations: From being isolated and ignored to co-create and youth driven
YOUTH in the Neighbour-
hoods
Debate house
Youth centre
IDEA
SchoolsUniversity
debate students
(Local) Policy
(Local)
Our Neighbourhood: from fragile to resilient
Youth
Education, Training andYouth Forum
2015
Workshop 9
Youth
CoffeePlease return by 11.30
Youth
Education, Training andYouth Forum
2015
Workshop 9
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