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Foundations for building an integrated Urban Youth Policy Gent 2009
The city grows – discolours – Gets greener
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Brussels Antwerp Gent Men – women Men – women Men – women
1998-2008
The city grows – discolours – Gets greener
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Youth – The future. With which perspective?
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Early school leavers 18-24 years old, no longer at school, no secondary schooling
Youth – The future. With which perspective?
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Pupils with at least one year schooling gap in the first year of secondary school
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Youth – The future. With which perspective?
• Socio-economische situatie • Onderwijs(achterstand) • Arbeidsmarkt
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Unemployment rate in the Belgian big cities Year average 2008
Youth – The future. With which perspective?
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Youth unemployment rate in the big cities year average 2008
17,7% 18,6%
29,8%
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33,7%
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Youth – The future. With which perspective? % children en young people (0-17) in households
without income from employment
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Bron: KBSZ, 2005
Policy plan 2010-2012
• Targets 3 X 3
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Content
Participation in urban life with own life experience as a base
Competence approach for development in several fields
Internal and external sharing of expertise on participation and competences
Management
Financial management HR Communication policy
Environment
In cities and urban International Networking
JES vzw • JES vzw
- Urban lab for young people - Gent, Brussels, Antwerp - 120 employees (4,1mio €; 60 fundinglines) - JES-DNA
» Competences » Participation » Integrated » Innovation » Urban
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JES vzw • Non-formal education and training
• Youthwork and leisure time - YCC - Youthculture (music and multimedia) - Urban adventure - …
• Streetcornerwork and participation projects in public space
• Formal education and training (+18) for unemployed young people
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Formal education projects (school)
• Learing and working (15-18y)
- 2 days school - 2 days working or competence-devellopment
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Formal education projects (school)
• Youth Competence centres
- Schoolmediating
- Competence awarness and school orientation
- Support in school works
- Competence development in leisure time and leadership training
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Formal education projects (school)
• Urban classes
- For teachers of primary schools to discover the neighbourhood of their children, with participation of children and their parents
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Signals and comments
• Target group: vulnerable, migrants (2e and 3th generation), new immigrants
Signals and comments
• Waste of talent
- Lack of awarness of talent and competences - Misfit in schoolorientation
Signals and comments
• Personnal development and education
- Lack of confidence and self-esteem - Narrow perspectives - Defaitism
» Misfit of attitude and values in current society
Signals and comments
• Lack of support - Who support children and young people in school?
» School itself? » Parents.
- Role of youthwork - Role of counseling (computers, laptops, place, moral
support,…)
Signals and comments
• Role of CLB
- Lot of youngsters complain about guidance and support of CLB (sometimes more than teachers).
Signals and comments
• Misfit between teachers and and their environment.
- Middleclass value orientated framework in disadvantaged neighbourhoods
» (cfr stadskracht: where teachers learn about the children and their context)
Signals and comments
• Co-operation with school(structures and umbrella-organisations)= difficult
- (self-)protection - Conservatisme - Closed to environment
Recommandations
• Need to innovateand and to co-operate
- Social work (youtwork, sportswork,…) - Competence-based empowerment and awarness - Open mindset - Integrated projects - DIALOGUE!!
Recommandations
• Starting earlier to detect competences, aspirations and talents in order to make the right schoolorientation
• Work togethether with other organisations whou could tell about talents and aspirations.
Recommandations
• Redefine the realition between teacher and the teached one (especially in digital world)
• Implementation of acquired expertise by social work in high school (teaching high school).
Recommandations
• Other learning systems
- more working than learning - other systems of working and learning