Post on 11-Jun-2020
Youth information and MIL
Building up youth autonomy and well-being
UNESCO Global MIL Week 2017
Feature Conference
Kingston, Jamaica – 25-27 October 2017
Eva Reina
ERYICA Director
About ERYICA
ERYICA is an international non-governmental, non-profit
making association based in Luxembourg.
Members: national and regional networks of youth
information services providers.
Network: 35 Members in 27 European countries
Founded in 1986
Our Mission
ERYICA upholds young people’s access to
reliable and objective information, which
promotes their autonomy, wellbeing and active
citizenship in a global and digitalised world.
ERYICA makes youth information work visible
on national and international levels, while
provides its members with opportunities for
professional development, exchange &
innovation.
Misinformation
PropagandaFake news
Alternative facts
Post-truth era
Complot theories
Populism
Internet hoaxes
Hate speech
Etc.
Biased media
Evaluation of online information
reliability by young people
“When I read information in the Internet, it is
difficult for me to judge how correct it is”(%)
4.3 20.1 22.6 36.1 16.9
I definitely do not agree I rather not agree I am not sure I rather agree I definitely agree
Source: Compendium on youth information and Counselling, ERYICA 2013
Can young people address their
challenges alone?
Some main challenges• youth unemployment, access to education and training, school drop
outs, risk of poverty, exclusion, belated autonomy, housing, mental
health, loneliness, no support…
Or these…? • Speed and scope of changes
• Hate speech, bullying, abuse…
• How do I hide – they don’t leave me alone
• Pressure to be the best, ‘Rate me’, ‘Like me’
• I want attention … from whom?
• Radicalisation and violent extremism
• Discrimination on any ground
• …
Young people can’t solve the
future on their own
Support wanted…
• Addressing the information overload
• Encouraging a critical and self-reflective
approach
• Building young people’s capacity in MIL
• Balancing between protection and
empowerment
• Acting as interpreter - facilitating access to
abstract and fragmented information
• Personalised approach every individual is
unique!
What is Youth Information
& Counselling Work?
Essence of YI & Counselling
• Guiding young people in all aspects of
their lives and in their autonomous
decision-making by showing what are their
options and alternatives
• Acting as interpreter - facilitating access
to abstract and fragmented information
(i.e. legal issues)
• Evaluating all the options, putting them
into a broader context and relating them to
one’s own abilities, skills and wishes.
Youth information aims to• provide reliable, accurate and understandable information;
• give access to different sources and channels of information;
• give an overview of the options and possibilities available on all relevant topics
• help young people sift through the information overloadthey face today
• ensure that young people are aware of all the rights and services available to them and how to access them
• provide support in evaluating the obtained information and in identifying its quality
• guide young people in reaching their own decisions and in finding the best options open to them
• offer different channels of communication and dialogue in order to support young people in their search for information and knowledge
• contribute to the media & information literacy of young people
Scope, methods & channels
• Targeted to young people, but also at young people’s parents and
others actors professionally or otherwise engaged with them
• Different kinds of services and activities covering all the themes
important to young people.: informing, counselling, advising,
supporting, coaching and training, networking, signposting, peer
activities, peer support/learning…
• May be delivered by youth information centres/points and cross-
sectoral youth services, through peers, youth-led media, face-to-
face and/or through digital environments using a wide range of
methods and tools
Involvement of young people
• Youth information is not just about informing and guiding young
people, it is also about involving them in the process
• Helping them building their autonomy and enhancing their
knowledge, MIL skills, and experience
• Youth-led initiatives and peer-to-peer approach: Young people as
information “produsers” and multipliers
• Role as evaluators of information through critical thinking
(context, methods, channels, adapting information...)
European Youth Information Charter
• Professional principles, minimum standards and quality measures.
• 1993: 1st version of the European Charter for Youth Information
• 2004: Revised version of the Charter, including new aspects of Youth Information work:
- participation of young people
- use of new technologies
Available in 24 languages
MIL-based training system
• YIntro – Stepping into Youth Information
• Digital YIntro Additional Module
• Jimmy – Youth Information Mediator
• YIntro Advanced Module
• Webbie Workshop – Guide to safety and quality online
• YoMIM – Youth on the Move InfoMobility
• ALTYO – Advocacy and Lobbying Training for Youth Organisations
YoMIM ALTYO DOYIT Online
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Some best practices…• Digi, Aye? Stay secure online, by Young Scot Scotland (UK)
• The Sprouts, youth-led media by Promo-Cymru Wales (UK)
• GO Finland – Digital game on inclusion by Koordinaattii/Jibbo
(Finland)
• Le vrai du faux: tool against fake news – UNIJ/CIDJ (France)
• Bad Romance: a Live Snapchat Story by Young Scot Scotland (UK)
• Youtube campaign: “Your Data, your security, your opinion” by IJAB
(Germany)
• Liaisons: Manual on prevention of violent extremism through YI and
MIL by ERYICA-Council of Europe
• No hate speech movement – Counter narrative of hate speech online
(Council of Europe)
• Memes campaign: Who told you…#Checkyoursource European Youth
Information Day by ERYICA
• More good practices: Sheryica booklets , Engage.Empower.Inform,
ERYICA newsletters www.eryica.org
THANK YOU
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eva.reina@eryica.org