Mainstreaming of Youth Issues Across Relevant Policy Spheres

8/10/2019 Mainstreaming of Youth Issues Across Relevant Policy Spheres

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MAINSTREAMING OF

YOUTH ISSUES ACROSSRELEVANT POLICY

SPHERES AND

FOSTERING A CROSS

SECTORIAL APPROACH

CH ISIN A U 1 2 .0 6 .2 0 1 4

BEH RO O Z MO TA MED -A FSH A RI


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CROSS-SECTORAL? Cross points between different policy areas

Joint target group (children, youngsters)

Youth as a resource not only a problem

Common action area, common region

Cooperation:

Sharing information and competences Sharing objectives and goals Sharing results


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YOUTH POLICY? Youth as full actors in society

Stimulating dialogue on youth at all levels

Dynamics on a local level (power of youth)

Active citizenship as an engine for society

Understanding youth - supporting the needs of youth

Mix between protection, provision and interaction

Not a stand alone policy

Youth policy starts with children

Official: documents, strategys, time frames, budgets


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CROSS-SECTORALCOLLABORATIONInter-sectoral cooperation

Recognized relationship Formed to take short/long term action

Effective, efficient or sustainable than in one sector alone

Inter-sectoral action

Central aim for achievement of greater equity in health or

well-being Progress needed at number of areas that relate to living andworking spheres (school, work, housing, leisure time, justiceetc)


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CROSS-SECTORALCOLLABORATIONCross-sectoral policies and cooperation strategies

Developing linkages across sectors Broadening and deepening overall impact

Base for innovation Integrated approach encompass mutually reinforcing

government, community and individual efforts.


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INTEGRATED YOUTHPOLICY

Siurala 2006


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WHAT IS NEEDED FOR CROSS-SECTORAL COOPERATION?

1. Finding common/complementary goals

2. Right mix of players

3. Tools for cross-sectoral cooperation

4. Coordination


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FINDING COMMON/

COMPLEMENTARY GOALS

Setting common goals together

Setting a relevant agenda together

Ensure YOUTH participation

Ensure measurement

Sectoral versus cross-sectoral policy: A proper rationale forpartners based on expertise in the youth field, from theyouth coordination body


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RIGHT MIX OFPLAYERS Prioritise the partners = concentrate on the key domains

of youth policy

Ensure equal participation and ownership

Who represents stakeholder groups? Intention, motivation, shared views?

Same language?

Leadership?


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TOOLS (EXAMPLES) YOUTH STRATEGY/PLAN + Raising profile of youth

+ Political tool with no large impact+ lack of monitoring tools+ Little transfer to the local level

INTERSECTORALCOMMISION/WG

+ members with little power atministries

+ Possibility to include outsidepartners

COMMON PROJECTS/ACTIVITES + Accidental+ Good starting point easier tosee common goals in specificprojects

YOUTH COUNCILS/NGOs + Holistic view, lobbying acrosssectors+ No real position in decision-making (Consultative up toTokenism)

+ Missing structures to includethem in the decision-making


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COORDINATION Coordination: leading to strategic push

Tendency to establish a ministry/service responsible foryouth

All youth issues are pushed to the youth service/ministry Youth ministry = little power and budget

Leadership problems who takes a decision? Fear ofloosing authority?


14/24AUSTRIA

Youth Check (2013)

(integrated in Austrian Youth Strategy/UN Convention of Childrenrights)

Guiding principle:

ALL ministries must check (assess) each legislative initiativeson their effects on children and young people. (federal budgetreform)

sharpening the awareness about the specific concerns andneeds of young people

broadening the normal adult -perspective(from 0 30 years)


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outcome oriented impact assessment on the effects of policymeasures (also in the future)

5 Steps assessment: Problem analysis, defining aims,defining measures, impact assessment and internalevaluation.

Outcome information for laws, ordinances, other legalframeworks and major projects.

Online-tool


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Main principle

youth perspective is mainstreamed in relevant policy areas onthe basis of promoting and providing equal approach to allactors in youth work

Priorities:

to counteract the social exclusion

promote participation and voluntary activities

equal access to non-formal education.

Age: between 13 and 25


17/24CZECH REPUBLIC 2

Youth policy:

implementation of tasks according to respective two-year Action Plans

no specific budget, each ministry covers youth related actionsfrom its own budget

strong link to the EU Youth Strategy

strong focus on cross-sectorial approach


18/24CZECH REPUBLIC 3

Tools:

An inner (ministerial) working group (coordinating /Preparing)

Thematic cross-sectorial working groups on 8+2 fields

A Youth Chamber as a cross-sectorial advisory body fordrafting, implementing and evaluating current and futureyouth policies of the Czech Republic

Support structures for an intensive European cooperation inthe field of youth policies


19/24SWEDEN

Objectives of the Governments youth policy:

to ensure genuine access to welfare

to ensure genuine access to influence

Guiding principle:

Young people as a resource young people important for growth and for social development

both at present and for the future.

Age: 13-25 years


20/24SWEDEN

Basis:

governmental bill for Youth Policy (defines goals and the structure for ayearly follow-up together with an action-plan)

Ministry of Education and Research

Tool:

Active cross-sectorial efforts within the Government Offices and vis avis other 16 National Agencies.

The National Board for Youth Affairs (NBYA) is the National Agency thatis assigned by the Government to implement youth policy on national

level and support the development on local level.


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GERMANYEducational Chains

Preventive action tackling drop-out and early school leaving. Combining different successful sectoral programmes

(Education/Employment) under one initiative

Cooperation between:

Federal Ministry of Education and Research,

Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs,

Federal Employment Agency

Lnder and the social partners


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Support transition from general into vocational education

Prevent drop-outs

Supports young people to prepare for their general school

certificate and their vocational education.


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Analysis ofpotentials inthe 7th or 8th

year inparticipating

secondary

generalschools.

Individualcareerchoice

process

Coaching forthe transition

to work

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