Impact Report 2018 StreetwiZe • Mobile School

Fedasil • working on Group Dynamics
01/09/2018 • 31/01/2019
Eric Vanbiervliet
FedAsil
Belgium
For Fedasil, the Belgian federal agency for the
reception of asylum seekers, we realised a twoday
programme on group dynamics. A collaboration
we are very proud of, given the many
parallels that can be drawn between both
organisations. It was nice to see, for example,
that the approach of the teams taking care of
unaccompanied minors is very similar to ours,
based on self-esteem and the development of
the youngsters towards more autonomy and
self-reliance.
In such a context, the positive orientation and
the opportunity focus of the youth workers, a
strong connection between them, with the
youngsters and with the other teams and a
smooth, but caring collaboration are key, as we
know from our work with the mobile schools.
That is why we started from the Street Skills
Positive Focus and Cooperative Competition
and the Street Technique Connect as building
stones for this tailored training, adding numerous
examples from our own experiences
with Mobile School and StreetwiZe to bring the
different concepts to life. In applying these, as
a next step, to the specific context of the reception
centres, participants defined very specific
action points for the coming months and years.
IMPACT
Inspiration through the StreetwiZe story
Personal development in experiencing group dynamics
Developing personal opportunity focus
Developing personal skills in connecting
Aligning about the goals and battles of the team
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