Transcript The Work of the Directorate-General for Education and Culture

EUROPEAN UNION’S
NEW STRATEGY FOR YOUTH:
INVESTING & EMPOWERING
PARTICIPATION
VOLUNTARY
ACTIVITIES
EMPLOYMENT &
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SOCIAL
INCLUSION
HEALTH &
WELL-BEING
YOUTH &
THE WORLD
EDUCATION &
TRAINING
CREATIVITY &
CULTURE
CROSS-SECTORAL
COOPERATION
EVIDENCE BASED
POLICY MAKING
STRUCTURED
DIALOGUE
YOUTH WORK
A NEW STRATEGY
YOUTH – INVESTING & EMPOWERING
A long term strategy (9 years) with a short term
impact (3 years)!
A priority of the EU social agenda
Mobilizing all the 8 key policies in all Member States
Putting 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 2009
Health 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 Report
20% of
young people
suffer from
mental disorders
In 2006,
7341 young people
died by
suicide
3 million
young people
aged 15-34
use cannabis daily
These are causes or outcomes of
chronic illnesses
that can be PREVENTED!
17 % of people
aged 15-24 are
overweight,
9% are underweight
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HEALTH &
WELL-BEING
Mental
health
Mobilise all stakeholders at
local level to detect and help
young people at risk
Sexual
health
PROMOTE
Healty
Life style
INITIATIVES
Sport
Eating Substance
abuse
disorders
PREVENT
Addictions
Injuries
Promote training for youth
workers and youth leaders
on health issues
Encourage healthy lifestyles
Youth work
Non-formal learning and well-being
Soft skills
Creativity
Entrepreneurship
Intercultural learning
=>Employability and
Social inclusion
Learning to learn
ICT skills
Financial literacy
Media literacy
=> Education
Emotional skills
Social skills
Critical thinking
Risk awareness
=> Health
Development of skills
through
non-formal and informal
learning
Well-being
FOR ALL
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Youth in Action Programme
5 actions
Youth Initiatives
Democracy projects
Youth policy cooperation
Youth
exchanges
Youth worker support
European Voluntary Service
886 Mio € (2007-2013)
130 000 participants each year
5 application deadlines per year
1728 projects related to health for 2007-2009
Youth in Action Programme
Inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities
-disability and health issuesis a priority of the programme
Inclusion projects get priority over projects of equal quality
Coverage 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
Youth Exchanges
Groups of young patients from Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany
Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Romania and Slovakia meet in Hungary to do creative
work 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.
Training
and Networking
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.
YiA Projects for young people with
European
health issues and disability
Voluntary
Service
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
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 booklets
SALTO Inclusion newsletter
Toolbox for Youth work and Training
trainings for Youth workers
Evidence based
youthhealth 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/youthpartnership/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 Europe
Involvement of young people and a youth event during the 5th
Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health
Youth 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 projects
Participate 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