Pour que les pratiques en matière de travail de jeunesse progressent, la coopération et les synergies entres les autorités publiques des pays membres, des organisations de jeunesse et le service de la jeunesse du Conseil de l’Europe sont essentielles. Les États membres sont encouragés à développer leurs politiques et leurs pratiques en matière de travail de jeunesse, et à adopter une série de mesures pour renforcer le soutien nécessaire au travail de jeunesse aux niveaux local, régional, national et européen.
Voici un certain nombre de mesures que les États membres peuvent prendre :
En coordination avec d'autres secteurs de l'action politique pertinents, préparer des stratégies, des cadres, de la législation, des structures et ressources durables qui promeuvent l'égalité d'accès de tous les jeunes au travail de jeunesse ;
Établir un cadre cohérent et souple, fondé sur les compétences, pour l’éducation et la formation des travailleurs de jeunesse rémunérés et bénévoles, qui prenne en compte les pratiques existantes, les tendances émergentes et les nouveaux lieux d’échange, ainsi que la diversité du travail de jeunesse;
Favoriser la recherche nationale et européenne sur les différentes formes du travail de jeunesse et sur leur utilité, leur impact et leur intérêt ;
Promouvoir la mise en commun des pratiques et l'échange d'expériences par les partenaires et acteurs aussi bien au niveau national qu'européen ;
Soutenir le développement de formes adaptées d’analyse et d’évaluation du travail de jeunesse.
Ci-dessous, vous trouverez des informations sur les développements de politiques et de pratiques en matière de travail de jeunesse des pays membres et des Etats signataires à la Convention culturelle européenne.
Les informations figurant dans cette section ont été fournies par les membres du CDEJ et relèvent uniquement de leur responsabilité. Elles sont disponibles dans une seule langue, soit anglais, soit français.
Autriche
Austria has recently introduced a Competence Framework for Youth Work to make youth workers' competences and quality standards visible and comparable. It stimulates the development of key competences which benefit children and young people. People inside the working field are encouraged to networking, co-operations, development and mutual recognition of education.
The Ministry for Demography, Family, Youth and Social Policy (within which the new Directorate for Demographic Development, Family, Children and Youth is responsible for youth policy) recognises the importance of youth work development and therefore is developing a concept of professionalisation of youth work in Croatia.
The project "Support to the Development and Expansion of Youth Work in Croatia" was approved in July 2018, funding from the European Social Fund is envisaged. The duration of the project is 24 months. Implementation of project has started: a project administrative assistant has been appointed and the public procurement procedure started.
Tchéquie
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports created in May 2015 an Expert Group to examine the possibilities for co-operation between youth work and social work reflecting the connections between the two. The Group operates under the Youth Chamber, a cross-sectoral advisory body of the minister responsible for youth. In 2018, the Group identified the main issues and challenges that need to be tackled, and set the main priority to support NEETs in socially excluded areas.
A seminar for youth workers and social workers was organised in September 2018 which focused on developing basic infrastructure for emerging youth work in close co-operation with social work in municipalities; building capacities of youth NGOs; strengthening the exchange of knowledge and experiences among those involved in youth work and social work through joint projects.
Chypre
The Ministry of Education and Culture and the Human Resources Development Authority are in dialogue with the National Youth Council and the Youth Board of Cyprus to investigate the possibility of setting up occupational standards for youth workers on the basis of the Council of Europe's recommendation on youth work (CM/Rec(2017)4).
Estonie
To increase access to youth work services for all children and young people, Smart youth work was one of the priorities of the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the conclusions on smart youth work were adopted.
The concept of smart youth work was adopted in 2017, it promotes the inclusion of young people, the needs of youth workers for implementing smart youth work, the quality of youth work and digital literacy development. A free “Toolbox for smart ones” has been created with information on smart youth work, digital literacy, etc. A resource and information portal Teeviit informs young people (7-26 years old) of their rights and services available to them as well as providing opportunities and support for acknowledging and documenting the learning that takes place in youth work.
The occupational standard for youth workers (revised in 2017) describes the main competence requirements for youth workers. It supports the current and future needs of the youth field for the provision of an enabling environment and conditions for innovative youth work, making use of and addressing digital media and technologies. It supports the professionalism of youth workers and sets directions for training. Altogether, there are more than 3 000 certified youth workers in Estonia. In 2018, interactive workshops to introduce the job of youth workers were launched.
The Estonian Youth Work Centre supports local municipalities to expand the possibilities in youth work, thanks to which local municipalities and organisations working with young people co-operate more closely and engage more young people in youth work, including those at risk of exclusion. All 79 municipalities are involved.
Estonia implements actively Youth Guarantee scheme. Youth work measures are part of the YG in terms of prevention of exclusion, outreach work with NEETs, improvement of employability, and generally, skills and better knowledge on youth.
Finlande
The Finnish Government adopted a National Youth Work and Youth Policy Programme (2017-19) on 12 October 2017. The programme includes the objectives and measures determined by the key ministries for promoting young people’s growth and living conditions. In addition, it sets out the guidelines for supporting youth work and related activities, including the key criteria for eligibility for state aid for the national youth work centres of expertise. The programme also establishes the national objectives for youth activities in the European and international context.
The Ministry of Education and Culture has approved the youth work centres of expertise for the years 2018-19. Youth work centres of expertise develop and promote basic and special expertise as well as expert and other services in youth-related issues by generating, compiling, making use of or sharing knowledge and information on young people, youth work or youth policy.
A portal with national statistics on municipal youth work, youth workshops and outreach youth work has been developed by the Regional State Administrative Agencies in co-operation with the Ministry of Education and Culture. The statistics are available in Swedish and English.
Youth work has been enhancing the lives of young people and adults in Ireland for more than 100 years. It was given formal statutory recognition in the Youth Work Act 2001, which defines youth work as:
A planned programme of education designed for the purpose of aiding and enhancing the personal and social development of young people through their voluntary involvement, and which is complementary to their formal, academic or vocational education and training and provided primarily by voluntary youth work organisations.
This act created the space to provide grants for youth work and enable the development of organisations and people providing youth work programmes and services, and to establish youth councils.
The 2017 study on youth work at national and local level identified the main issues and challenges in the youth field that need to be tackled. These include providing basic infrastructure for emerging youth work in municipalities; building capacities of youth NGOs; strengthening exchange of knowledge and experiences among those involved in youth work through joint projects and collecting disaggregated data on young people having emigrated to ensure not only their societal inclusion but also effective youth policy planning.
The Ministry of Education and Science organises an annual contest for “The Best in Youth Work” which expresses the Ministry of Education and Science's appreciation to local governments, those involved in youth work, as well as to youth organisations and associations that perform youth work thus investing in improving the quality of life of young people.
Lituanie
The formulation and implementation of Lithuanian youth policy is focusing on the following activities:
building capacities of open youth centres and spaces;
promoting new forms of open youth work – street youth work and mobile youth work;
adopting a new youth law;
creating a national system of youth volunteering;
conducting studies and research on youth policy and promoting active youth participation.
Macédoine du Nord
To define youth work at national level, co-ordination meetings with youth organisations, the Centre for Vocational Education and Training and the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy have been conducted.
L'Association portugaise des professionnels de jeunesse a été créée en 2018 pour permettre le développement et la consolidation de la reconnaissance du travail de jeunesse en tant que profession et également en tant qu'activité bénévole.
Serbia
Currently there are three main youth work policy processes at national level, introduced by National Association of Youth Workers - NAPOR:
1. Further steps in the recognition of youth workers as an occupation -The process of developing and approving the qualification (that will be part of National Qualification Framework) is expected to be completed by the end of 2020.
2. Development of Rural Youth Work Strategy – Methodology for the national research about needs of rural youth and youth workers practicing in rural areas is prepared.
3. In January 2020, the NAPOR General Assembly adopted the Strategic plan 2020-2022 that is focusing on: developing mechanism and instruments for: a) Measuring impact of youth work; b) Creating evidence-based research in youth work; c) Creating a knowledge base for youth work and youth policy at the national level.
En mars 2018, l'Agence suédoise pour la jeunesse et la société civile a été mandatée par le gouvernement pour soutenir les municipalités et les autres acteurs travaillant avec des jeunes qui ne sont pas dans l'éducation, l'emploi ou la formation. L'agence créera, entre autres, les conditions locales pour des activités plus efficaces susceptibles de fournir des efforts précoces et coordonnés destinés aux jeunes.
For the effective implementation of Recommendation CM/Rec (2017)4 on youth work, a national programme entitled "Youth Worker" has been successfully implemented. Within this programme, 45 regional basic trainings and five training for trainers’ were organised in 2017, training about 800 youth workers. Seven specialised trainings were held for a total number of 123 participants.
Ci-dessous, vous trouverez des informations sur les développements de politiques et de pratiques en matière de travail de jeunesse des pays membres et des Etats signataires à la Convention culturelle européenne.
