Thé place to be on the internetfor youth workers

Jeugdwerknet?

• Is a “vzw” (non profit)• Private organization (versus governmental

institute)• Financial means:

– € 185.000 governmental grants– € 150.000 own means

• Office: Ghent• Founded by volunteers in 1996• First employee in 1999• Nowadays 9 employees

Jeugdwerknet?

Kristof

WimWouter

Pia

Mattias

Andy

ThomasMarieken

Lies

Goals

Main idea:• Shared databases• Kept up to date by visitors

> 2500 visitors per day

www.jeugdwerknet.be

Mission and Goals

WEB PORTAL:– News and blogs related to youth work (with

own redaction and supported by volunteers and professionals)

– Address database with 4.500 organizations and 14.700 persons

– Games database with 2.600 games (added by individuals and other organizations)

– 450 recipes for weekends and summer camps.– Calendar (popular for training activities)– Youth work jobs (1.800 jobs since July 2000)– Forum

Mission and Goals

COURSES AND WORKSHOPS– Linked to ICT– Standard courses vs. Adapted for a certain

organization– Courses

• Volunteers as well as professionals• Examples: Excel, Wordpress, Photoshop, InDesign,

Newsletters, Facebook,…

– Workshops• - 18• Goal: Having fun + learning how to deal with ICT• Examples: podcasting, video editing, gaming,…

Mission and Goals

Mission and Goals

HOSTING– Possibilities to host

your website on our servers for free or for a small price

– 719 accounts– 500 domain names– 473 local and 247 supralocal organizations– Large support, for both professionals and

newbies (helpdesk.jnet.be)

Mission and Goals

WEBDESIGN– Our own web portal www.jeugdwerknet.be– Sites for local youth services– Sites for Flemish organisations

– With Open Source Software: Drupal

Goals

WWW.KJT.ORG

Goals

WWW.NATUURENBOSSPEL.BE

Goals

WWW.FUIFPUNT.BE

Goals

WWW.VVJ.BE

Projects2005

Projects2006

Projects

JEUGDWERK.BE

2007

Projects2008

Projects2010

Projects

MOBILE GAMES DATABASE

2010

Projects2011

Future Plans

Sep 2011 – Create your own website in 5 clicks

Future Plans

2012 – Web portal for youthworkers containing news about children & youngsters

Questions?