What , how and when

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General Aims of ‘Youth in Action Programme 2007-2013’

• Promote young people’s active citizenship in general and their European citizenship in particular

• Develop solidarity and promote tolerance among young people, in particular in order to foster social cohesion in the European Union

• Foster mutual understanding between young people in different countries

• Contribute to developing the quality of support systems for youth activities and the capabilities of civil society organisations in the youth field • Promote European cooperation in the youth field. 3

The Youth in Action Programme was set up on the basis of the ‘Inclusion Strategy’ to ensure that young people with fewer opportunities and those from less-privileged backgrounds find a role in the Programme.

The Strategy defines the Youth in Action programme as a tool to enhance the social inclusion, active citizenship and employability of young people with fewer opportunities and to contribute to social cohesion.

Young people with fewer opportunities (social, geographical, cultural, health related, economic)

Non formal and informal education

Youth in Action Programme 2007-2013

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Action 4

is targeted at building the capacity of youth workers and organisations to develop quality activities

by providing Civil society, youth workers and other actors involved in youth work with opportunities

• to develop the quality of support structures

• to develop co-operation and partnerships

• to promote civil participation of young people at European level

• to exchange youth work good practice

• to receive training

This will strengthen the impact of European co-operation in the field of youth policy and will also support project development under the Youth in Action Programme 5

Sub Action 4.4

supports projects aimed at introducing, implementing and

promoting innovative approaches in the youth field.

Namely to encourage the introduction, implementation and

promotion of innovative and qualitative features in non-formal

education and youth work. Innovative aspects may relate to:

the content

the objectives

the methodology applied

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‘Back to the Future’

make a sustainable change within the local contexts for the integration of youth with fewer opportunities

promote mutual learning between young and old people

empower primarily young people with fewer opportunities but as a result also local individuals and communities promoting active citizenship and participation.

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makes a sustainable change within the local contexts for the integration of young people

A likely situation:

• Specific features of local contexts in Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria and Greece

• Lack of resources for youth (educational, work related, cultural, recreational)

• Scarce activation of local community

• Low participation of young people to the decision making processes

• Scarce motivation of young people in making a change

• Low skills of young people to plan, promote and run actions/solutions

• Scarce interest of the local politicians and decision makers in youth policies

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The vicious circle:

waiting for the future

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promote mutual learning between young and old people

Bridging the intergeneration gap represents an important resource for the project. Why?

• To mobilize a part of the society which nowadays is losing its traditional role of guidance for the next generations

• To re-enable the link between old and new generations within a formal and structured frame will indirectly enhance the whole communities to learn from their past and open new and more effective channels for the local development

• Mirroring effect, Identity building and personal development of young people

Toward a change: the younger and the older generations

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Elderly people are holders of personal life experience. What can we learn from this experience?

• To avoid the risk to repeat similar mistakes

• To acquire valuable information (historical, political, anthropological) about the origins and the development of our community

• To recognize in a time perspective the old and new obstacles for the social integration

• To better identify the resources of the community which must be activated

Toward a change: the younger and the older generation

promote mutual learning between young and old people

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empower primarily young people but as a result also local individuals and communities promoting active citizenship and participation.

Toward a change: empower young people

empower primarily young people

Providing young people with skills concerning  - Realizing their own role and responsibility within the communities

- Achieving and determining a wider perspective about their opportunities within the local contexts (intergenerational forum)

- Learning how to set up a strategy to create new opportunities with the support of the old generations and the local social actors

- Setting a sustainable implementation plan of activities and making decisions (local committee)

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as a result also local individuals and communities promoting active citizenship and participation.

Toward a change: empower young people

The role of local Multipliers: they have the role to multiply the effect of the project primarily at local level but also at regional and national level. InitiatorMultipliers have to take the initiative to organise meetings, to bring people together

NetworkerVital aspect of the work of a multiplier is to be involved in different networks, formal and informal as well on local, regional and national

MotivatorMultipliers should be aware that their role is to motivate people to participate and become active. For multipliers is essential to listening to other young people, analysing their needs and be familiar with what is important in order to motivate them.

Information providerMultipliers should be able to give the right information at the right time

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The role of the coordinators:

provide logistical and psychological support to their groups help them to go toward the envisaged goals

keep the contacts and closely collaborate with the other coordinators, the project manager and the evaluation coordinator providing and receiving information and feedbacks

facilitate and mediate the communication within the intergenerational forums.

attend to provide all the information and documents, reports to be published in the website of the project

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What could happen in a community if all

the social actors:

Young people, Elderly people,

local government, Youth organisations

Start to cooperate and work together?

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The virtuous circle:

building the future

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International meetings

Intergenerational forum

Local committees

Local conferences

Actions

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International meetingsBudapest

Opening session; methods exchange and partnership building;

training sessions; evaluation meeting; start up the European

network of youth initiators for social changes.

Palermo

Closing session; sharing the working methods and learning

about the eventual obstacles and problems met; planning next

actions to carry out concerning the network building and

development; planning dissemination and mainstreaming of

the results/outcomes of the project

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Intergenerational forum

composed of :

young local people with fewer opportunities (20) identified with the help of the multipliers and the support of the partner organizations

elderly people of the local community (10) who are interested in giving their support and contribution for the youth integration (all together 30 persons).

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Intergenerational forum

The forum gathers opinions, suggestions and proposals of young and old

generations together.

They discuss about their life stories and conditions, considering in a time

perspective how the opportunities for the integration of youth have changed and

how could change in a next future.

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Intergenerational forum

Productions:

A publication of the life stories of the participants (old and young) focused on the obstacles to their integration

A description of the causes and the determinants of such difficulties for the youth integration within the local communities through a time perspective.

 A local strategy for the integration of the youth and for new employment opportunities

 A list of project proposals, including main aims, expected outcomes, main activities, list of local public and private actors to be involved in order to ensure effectiveness and sustainability.

All the productions will be also published on the website.

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Local committees

- cooperation with the local authorities and the social private sector (public healthcare, education, and employment departments, youth organisations which are operating within the communities) identified with the help partner organisations.

- set up at the same time of the intergenerational forum

- composed of 10 persons: young people (3 persons), elderly people (3 persons), representatives of local authorities and the social private sector (4 persons)

TASKS:

- determinate the criteria for the evaluation of project proposals (forum

productions)

- selects the proposal/s, evaluate the feasibility and sustainability

- elaborate and finalise the implementation plan/s.

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Local Conferences

4 conferences in Italy, Bulgaria, Greece and Hungary organized by the partners

addressed to local and national experts, politicians, students and teachers, youth organisations leaders

AIMS

- spreading the outcomes achieved in each community

- channelling the innovative contents and methodology implemented to other youth organizations (at least 5 other youth organizations for each country should attend the conferences)   - promote the enlargement of the European network of youth initiators of social changes.

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Intergenerational forums:

Start-up April 2008 / end September 2008, assembled twice a

month (12 sessions).

Local committee:

Start-up April 2008 / Finalizing proposals’ selections and

implementation plans by September 2008

Closing meeting:

Palermo from 7th to 9th of October 2008

Local conferences:

Finalizing publication of local conferences by November 2008

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Activities 

Months

December January February March April May June July Agoust Septembe

rOctober November

Partners involvement

                       

online platform (website)

                       

Networking                        

monthly breakdown reportsEvaluation process

                       

Opening meeting in Budapest

                       

intergenerational local forums Setting up local committeesForums’ productions and proposals Finalizing proposals’ selections and implementation plansPublishing reports and achievements in the website

Closing meeting in Palermo

Local conferences