EUROPEAN UNION’S NEW STRATEGY FOR YOUTH: INVESTING & EMPOWERING
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EUROPEAN UNION’S EUROPEAN UNION’S NEW STRATEGY FOR YOUTH: NEW STRATEGY FOR YOUTH: INVESTING & EMPOWERINGINVESTING & EMPOWERING
VOLUNTARYACTIVITIES
SOCIAL INCLUSION
CREATIVITY &CULTURE
YOUTH & THE WORLD
EMPLOYMENT &ENTREPRENEURSHIP
HEALTH &WELL-BEING
PARTICIPATION
EDUCATION &TRAINING
EVIDENCE BASED POLICY MAKING
STRUCTUREDDIALOGUE
CROSS-SECTORALCOOPERATION
YOUTH WORK
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A NEW STRATEGYYOUTH – INVESTING &
EMPOWERING
A long term strategy (9 years) with a short term impact (3 years)!A priority of the EU social agendaMobilizing all the 8 key policies in all Member StatesPutting greater resources in these policy areas Promoting the potential of ALL young people
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Health & Well being
Paragraph on youth health in the Communication on promoting young people's full participation in education, employment and society (2007)Council Resolution on Health and Well-being of Young people adopted on 20 November 2008 ( French Presidency)Youth Health Initiative launched by DG SANCO on 10 July 2009Health and Well-being of Young People = one of the eight action fields of the renewed framework for European cooperation in the youth field (2010 – 2018)Chapter on Health and Well-being in the European Youth Report.
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Evidence: the EU Youth Report20% of
young people suffer from
mental disorders
17 % of people aged 15-24 are
overweight, 9% are underweight
In 2006, 7341 young people
died bysuicide
3 million young people aged 15-34
use cannabis daily These are causes or
outcomes of chronic illnesses
that can be PREVENTED!
HEALTH & WELL-BEING
INITIATIVES
Mobilise all stakeholders at local level to detect and help young people at risk
Promote training for youth workers and youth leaders on health issues
Encourage healthy lifestyles
Mentalhealth
Sexualhealth
SportHealty Life style
Injuries
Eatingdisorders
Addictions
Substanceabuse
PROMOTE
PREVENT
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Youth workNon-formal learning and well-beingSoft skills Creativity
EntrepreneurshipIntercultural learning =>Employability and
Social inclusion
Emotional skillsSocial skills
Critical thinkingRisk awareness
=> Health
Learning to learnICT skills
Financial literacy Media literacy=> Education
Development of skills through
non-formal and informallearning
Well-beingFOR ALL
Youth in Action Programme
5 actions
886 Mio € (2007-2013)130 000 participants each year5 application deadlines per year1728 projects related to health for 2007-2009
Youth exchanges
European Voluntary Service
Youth InitiativesDemocracy projects
Youth worker supportYouth policy cooperation
Youth in Action ProgrammeInclusion of young people with fewer opportunities
-disability and health issues- is a priority of the programme
Inclusion projects get priority over projects of equal qualityCoverage of exceptional costs – flexible procedures
multi measure agreements
What do young people get out of it?
mobility, foreign languages, intercultural learning, social skills,
personal development
Youth pass: recognition of non formal learning
YiA Projects for young people with
health issues and disability Groups of young patients from Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, GermanyHungary, Italy, Portugal, Romania and Slovakia meet in Hungary to do
creativework on identity, culture and their position in society. At the end of the
week they perform street theatre about the situation they face and show creative solutions.
Hungary national patient platform sets up an international partnership building seminar to do exchanges or EVS afterwards. This gives the chance to discuss with youth workers from different countries dealing with young patients, get to know each other and see how to develop projects together.
Youth Exchanges
Training and
Networking
YiA Projects for young people with
health issues and disability
Domenico, 30, Italian, physical disability due to asphylaxia at birth
EVS volunteer in Malta with NGO Razett tal-Hibberija helping people with disabilities
Cleaning the animal park-welcoming visitors-help in therapeutic swimming sessions
Eva, 28, Flemish, Usher’s Syndrome (deaf and almost blind)
EVS volunteer in Greece in a rehabilitation centre Taking care of disabled children organizing free
time activities
European VoluntaryService
Resources
National Agencies of the Youth in Action programme http://ec.europa.eu/youth/youth/doc152_en.htm#sectNAS
SALTO Inclusion - working with people with fewer opportunities
http://www.salto-youth.net/rc/inclusion/
SALTO Inclusion bookletsSALTO Inclusion newsletterToolbox for Youth work and Trainingtrainings for Youth workers
Evidence basedyouthhealth policy making
Studies on:- Youth indicators on health- EU Youth Report 2012
EU-CoE youth partnership -European Knowledge Centre for Youth Policy
webpage on Young people's health:http://youth-partnership-eu.coe.int/youth partnership/ekcyp/BGKNGE/Health.html
December 2008 Research Seminar on Health and Well Being of Young people:
http://youth-partnership-eu.coe.int/youth-partnership/documents/Publications/Newsletter/Youth_Partnership_march09.pdf
End of 2010 publication on Youth health and well-being
Participation of young people in health policy making
Youth health Conference 2009 –interaction with young people and youth organizations from all over EuropeInvolvement of young people and a youth event during the 5th Ministerial Conference on Environment and HealthYouth health event in Torino, European Youth capital 2010 Event on youth health inequalities at the European Parliament in Brussels, in cooperation with the European Youth Forum Youth health website and Facebook:
http://ec.europa.eu/health-eu/youth/index_en.htm
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=62728639670
Key message
Get skills through YiA projectsParticipate to health policy making
EU wants to include ALL young people and hear also your
voice!
THANK YOU!MORE INFORMATION:
http://ec.europa.eu/youth/index_en.htm