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Example
Working with young people
ale
Jugendarbe
it (DE)
Dínamo
(NGO) (PT)
Escolhas
Programme
(PT)
Freestyle
tour (LU)
Hi-Rez
Youth
Centre (IE)
Internation
al Citizen
Service
(ICS) (UK)
Keys for
Life (CZ)
KRAS (BE
[nl])
Mobile
Jugendarbe
it Stuttgart
(DE)
National
Civil
Service
(Servizio
Civile
Nazionale)
(IT)
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Dínamo is a youth organisation focusing on promoting and improving youth participation at
local level and raising awareness about social issues. Activities aim to empower youth via
non-formal education, encouraging them to develop their own initiatives and to gain
autonomy and critical thinking.
The national ‘Escolhas Programme’ (developed by the AICIDI - High Commission for
Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue) is one of the most visible players in the area of
reducing social exclusion among young people in Portugal. Indeed, the programme annually
funds various youth associations and other civil society organisation to implement, at the
local level, projects mainly targeting the most disadvantaged young people with an ethnic
background.
In 2013, the Service national de la jeunesse SNJ organised the fifth edition of the ‘Freestyle
Tour’. Its main purpose is to motivate young people to take part in ‘freestyle’ sport activities
(e.g. Hip-Hop, Breakdance, Capoeira, Streetskate, Slalomboard, Jonglage, Footbag, etc.)
and adopt healthy eating habits. These activities are usually offered by a ‘freestyle crew’ that
consists of volunteers trained by the SNJ to share their knowledge and experience with
young people.
The Hi-Rez Youth Centre is an independent youth centre on the outskirts of Dublin, Ireland
which provides a space for teenagers from the first year of secondary schooling. This is a
mainstream service rather than targeted to a specific group; membership is open to all
young people and the activities offered are dependent upon the interests of those who
participate.
International Citizen Service is volunteering programme for young people aged 18–25 that
aims to develop young people as active global citizens. It is run by the Volunteer Service
Overseas (VSO), which is a large independent international development organisation that
works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries.
The project 'Keys for Life' was a large scale national project (ESF funded) to support the
professionalisation of youth work in the Czech Republic. The project had different strands,
but two are particularly relevant for the topic of youth workers. Based on experience of a
range of organisations (public as well as NGOs) the project developed and delivered training
to youth workers. The project also supported and carried out the recognition of non-formal
and informal learning for youth workers.
The youth organisation Globelink runs a simulation project of parliamentary debates called
‘KRAS’, during the last two years of secondary school. The students take on the role of a
certain country or stakeholder and debate a specific sustainable development topic (e.g.
climate in 2011-2012). It aims to engage young people in discussion about global themes to
enable them to reflect on global issues and put their own circumstances into a wider
perspective.
This is one of the oldest street work initiatives in Europe, founded in the 1960s and working
towards preventing social marginalisation and crime among young people. It targets at-risk
youth and works on the principle of outreach, rather than expecting young people to come to
them.
This programme offers young Italians over the age of 18 (and younger than 29) the
opportunity to spend one year of their life volunteering with a social project. Volunteers are
directly involved in the implementation of the project enabling them to acquire skills,
competences and experiences that are useful in their future careers.
The Swedish network of Navigator Centres was set up as a pilot measure in 2004 to provide
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