The European Youth Work Agenda aims to boost youth work. Established as a strategic framework, it intends to strengthen and further develop youth work practice and policies in Europe.
Between the 2nd and 4th November 2022, in Bonn Germany, a conference took place titled, “Youth Work, Culture and Education: European Trilogue-Conference on Cultural Youth Education”. Rolf Witte, one of the organisers of the event, shares some insights on this event. The conference took place in the framework of the Bonn Process for the implementation of the European Youth Work Agenda, and as a contribution to the European Year of Youth.
How can the Bonn Process be a support in the development of national level policies? Sara Barriga Brighenti took part in the “Youth Work, Culture and Education: European Trilogue-Conference on Cultural Youth Education”. She shares with us the example of the National Plan for the Arts (NPA) in Portugal, where the European Youth Work Agenda and the Bonn Process are providing guidance for its development.
The European Service Centre for the Bonn Process cordially invites you to the 3rd digital Bonn Process Meet-up. It will take place online on 28 and 29 March 2023, from 9:30 to 13:00.
Stronger recognition, a developed digital youth work system and better mental health support - Monika Paulauskaitė shared with us on the vision of youth work in Lithuania and how the European Youth Work Agenda supports realising it.
Promoting an active national youth work environment is at the core of youth work development in Georgia. Nino Mikhanashvili shared with us on the establishment of policy frameworks and the national Youth Work Convention in Georgia as two central pillars of the national process in Georgia.
The outbreak of the Covid pandemic was the beginning of an unprecedented period that has had a major impact on the youth sector. Young people and youth work experts have suffered considerably, and the youth work system has been shaken to the core in many countries. However, it is already foreseeable that the pandemic will not be the last major challenge the youth work field will have to navigate.
The 3rd Bonn Process Meet-up took place online on 28 and 29 March and invited all youth work actors across Europe to exchange on current challenges, develop joint ideas on how to meet them, and share own concrete projects and practices.
‘Youth in Urban Space’ was a two year Erasmus+ Youth project. It took place from 2020 to 2022 and concluded with a conference in January of 2023. Werner Prinzjakowitsch of the Association of Viennese Youth Centres shared insights and outcomes in an interview with us.
The third digital Bonn Process Meet-up was held on 28 and 29 March 2023. This year, around 100 actors in youth work from across Europe gathered to discuss current challenges (such as the shortage of skilled workers, mental health issues among young people and…
