Year report 2006.pdf - Don Bosco Youth-Net

Year report 2006

Backgrounds
Don Bosco Youth-Net is the name of the international network of several European Salesian youth organisations.
The roots of the network lay in the different informal meetings that took place between several Don Bosco
youth organisations in Europe: exchanges, study visits, international training courses, an informative meeting on
EVS ... However, the satisfaction the participating organisations had from these meetings afterwards was rather
low. Most of the times the meetings resulted in texts and reports, but the partners actually wanted to do
something with the results. They had the idea that young people should be able to participate in all kinds of
international activities because of co-operation between organisations from different countries. This idea led to
further thinking about organising these different organisations into a formal structure.
In December 2000, under the impulse of Jeugddienst Don Bosco vzw, seven Don Bosco youth organisations
came together in Brussels for a first formal weekend of acquaintance. It became clear there were a sufficient
number of organisations wanting to start a network.
In 2001 we started working on setting up a formal network. In October Don
Bosco Youth-Net received the approval for this from Europe. By this approval, the
network received a one-year grant for their development. The official start was
10 th October 2001. Since the 14 th of August 2004 we have been officially
recognised by the Belgian government as an international non-profit organisation.
On the 11 th of November 2005 Don Bosco Youth-Net was elected as an
observer member in the European Youth Forum.

Aims & Actions
Within the heritage of Don Bosco, the partners of Don Bosco Youth-Net strive together to realize the following
aims:
At first it is important for us to bring young people across Europe and the world together, to take part in
youth activities that are linked with the style of working through the spirit of Don Bosco. We want to organize
international initiatives that contribute to the full development of young people. It is necessary thereby to
broaden the opportunities for young people who are, by reasons of various kinds, excluded from these kind of
activities.
Furthermore we strive for a profound exchange of information,
ideas and experiences between the different partners. We want
to facilitate contact, and deepen the understanding between the
member organisations so more joint activities can take place.
This is realised through weekends, the development of a website
and coordination from the international secretariat.
And last, but not least, we want to represent the voice of the
Don Bosco young people and defend their interests at an international
level.
To put these aims into practice, we developed our Master Plan
2006 – 2008 which can be downloaded from our website.
What do we do?
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH EXCHANGES
INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSES
YOUTH INITIATIVES
LIFE LEARNING TRIPS
VOLUNTEERING PROJECTS
EVS-PROJECTS
STUDY VISITS
CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA
PUBLICATIONS

Human resources
The human resources play a key role in a network.
The more people involved, the stronger the network
becomes. On top of that we are a network of youth
organisations. Therefore we include as many young
people as possible in our structures. We are
confident that by giving young people the chances and
responsibilities of creating their own projects, we keep
Don Bosco Youth-Net young and relevant.
Overall 119.958 people are connected through our network.
924 employees and 8074 cater for 110.960
young people in 11 European countries. 92 % of
people connected through Don Bosco Youth-Net are
young people.
To maintain our human resources we put a lot of
stress on our services to the different actors inside the
network. The international secretariat plays a central
role in this. It facilitates the exchange of information
between the partner organisations, it supports the
volunteers in setting up international projects and it
promotes our international opportunities for young
people throughout Europe.
PERCENTAGE YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED

PEOPLE CONNECTED THROUGH
DON BOSCO YOUTH-NET

International youth activities
PARTICIPANTS
2006
OVERVIEW
ACTIVITIES
2002 - 2006
International projects 2005
Youth activities: These are international
youth activities organised by the
network with participation of all partner
organisations, and hosted by one. It 4
are youth exchanges as well as training
courses for young volunteers.
Voluntary projects: Into this category
fall all kinds of voluntary
projects: short term projects like the
exchange of animators during summer, 158
but also long term projects like EVS
between partner organisations. These
projects can either be within European
borders or in development countries.
Bi-, tri- or multilateral projects:
Into this category fall all projects
between partners other than voluntary
projects. It are study visits, seminars, 3
publications, … created out of the
contacts in the network, but organised
by the partners themselves.

Activate yourself in DBYN
From the 13th -20th August 2006 35 young volunteers,
active in local Don Bosco organisations, from all over
Europe joined together for a Don Bosco Youth-Net the
training course in Benediktbeuern, Germany.
‘Activate yourself in DBYN’ aimed to train the
participants in converting ideas of activities into actual
projects in a Don Bosco style. Learning how to use
the Don Bosco Youth-Net framework and how to apply
for professional and financial backing from the EU
youth programme and from the council of Europe. It
was delivered through theory and practical work.
This included teams building activities, simulation games,
intercultural learning, working in national and
international teams and the days finished with a
chance for some quiet time for reflection.
After a successful week the participants we ready to
head back to their own countries, ready to use their
new skills to work together, and ready to start up
their own projects on international level.
‘Activate yourself in DBYN’ was financed by the Youth
Programme of the EU.
“THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE IN BENEDIKTBEUERN I WAS ENCOURAGED IN SETTING UP PROJECTS.
IT HELPED ME TO LEARN AND TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF WRITING OF PROJECTS IN THE EDUCATIVE STYLE OF
DON BOSCO. AND I STILL KEEP IN MY HEART THE EXPERIENCE ON THE RIVER ILSE, IN WHICH WE WERE FLOATING. IT
WAS ALSO THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET NEW PEOPLE, TO SHARE THE IDEAS, TO BUILD A TEAM - ONE FAMILY. I
HAVE ALREADY HAD THE FIRST EXPERIENCE IN SETTING UP A PROJECT (ONLY ON THE LOCAL LEVEL) BUT I USED SOME
KNOWLEDGE FROM THE COURSE.”
PETRA FROM SLOVAKIA

Partners of Don Bosco Youth-Net
Jugend Eine Welt
St. Veit Gasse 25 - 1130 Vienna (Austria) - Tel. + 43187839531 - Fax. +43187839515
www.jugendeinewelt.at
Jeugddienst Don Bosco vzw
Don Boscolaan 15 - 3050 Oud-Heverlee (Belgium) - Tel. + 3216479115 - Fax. +3216479116
www.jeugddienstdonbosco.be
Deutsche Provinz der Salesianer Don Boscos - Aktionszentrum
Don Bosco Str. 1 - 83671 Benediktbeuern (Germany) - Tel. + 49885788314 - Fax. +49885788349
www.aktionszentrum.de
Federazione SCS/CNOS
Via Marsala 42 - 00185 Rome (Italy) - Tel. + 39064940522 - Fax. +39064463614
www.federazionescs.org
SPYS - Salesian Pastoral Youth Service
Savio House Buskett Road - RBT09 Dingli (Malta) - Tel. +35621454546 - Fax. +35621451256
www.spysmalta.org/int

Salezjańskie Centrum Wychowania I Duszpasterstwa Młodzieży
ul. Tyniecka 39 - 30-323 Kraków (Poland) - Tel.+48122676766 - Fax. +48122663471
www.sdb.krakow.pl
DOMKA – Združenie salezianskej mladeže
Mileticova 7 - 82108 Bratislava (Slovakia) - Tel. +421250231210 - Fax. +421250231210
www.domka.sk
Drustvo Mladinski-Ceh
Rakovinska 6 - 1000 Ljubjana (Slovenia) - Tel. +38614277140 - Fax. +38614273040
www.mladinski-ceh.si
Confederación de centros juveniles Don Bosco de España
Avda Primado Reig 6 - 46009 Valencia (Spain) - Tel. +34963656988 - Fax. +34963664872
www.confedonbosco.org
Salesianen van Don Bosco Nederland - DBYN Nederland
Oosteinde 54 - 2271 EH Voorburg (The Netherlands) - Tel. +31703694105
www.donbosco.nl
Salesian Province of the United Kingdom – Youth work office
Savio House Ingersley road - SK10 5RW Bollington (United Kingdom) - Tel. +441625560724
www.salesianyouthministry.com

Making a difference for You(th) !
WE, THE PARTNERS OF DON BOSCO YOUTH-NET,
WISH TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT
OF ALL YOUNG PEOPLE BY BRINGING THEM
TOGETHER THROUGH VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL
ACTIVITIES. WE HEREBY LOOK TO BROADEN THE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
ARE, THROUGH VARIOUS REASONS, EXCLUDED. BY
CONCRETE ACTIVITIES OF CO-OPERATION, WE WISH
TO BE A LIVING EXAMPLE OF TOLERANCE AND
MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING.
THROUGH OUR OWN SALESIAN IDENTITY, WE AIM TO
KEEP THE HERITAGE OF DON BOSCO ALIVE AND
LOOK TO OFFER A ‘YOUTHFUL VOICE’ IN THE
EUROPE OF TODAY. BY DOING THIS, WE WANT TO
MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF ALL
YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE MOST IN
NEED.
Mission statement Don Bosco Youth-Net
Don Bosco Youth-Net IVZW
Don Boscolaan 15
B-3050 Oud-Heverlee
Belgium
Telephone: +32 (0) 16 48 78 80
Fax: +32 (0) 16 48 78 90
E-mail: donbosconet@skynet.be
VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.DONBOSCOYOUTH.NET