"How does the voluntary engagement of young people enhance their active citizenship and solidarity ?"
Seminar "How does the voluntary engagement of young people enhance their active citizenship and solidarity ?"
5-7 July 2004. European Youth Centre, Budapest
"Charting the landscape of European youth voluntary activities" by Howard Williamson and Bryony Hoskins with Philipp Boetzelen (Ed.) Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 2005 ; ISBN 92-871-5826-6.
Booklet of papers presented during the seminar
Monday, 5 July 2004
Morning
- Opening of the Research Seminar by Peter Lauritzen, Head of Department for Education, Training, Research and Communication, Directorate of Youth and Sport, Council of Europe and Karin Lopatta-Loibl, Youth Unit, European Commission
- Context of the Seminar by Bryony Hoskins, Youth Research Officer, Directorate for Youth and Sports, Council of Europe
- Keynote by Kate Stanley (Institute for Public Policy Research) - A UK perspective on youth volunteering and active citizenship
- Keynote by Regine Schroer (AVSO) - Development of International Youth Voluntary Service in the EU Comparison of programme and policy development in Germany, Italy, France, Czech Republic and Poland
Afternoon
Panel 1 –Exploring the links between volunteering and citizenship chaired by Roisin McCabe (Youth Forum)
- Voluntary activities and Civil Learning – Findings of a Preparatory Survey for a European Case Study by Gerd Mutz (Munich Institut for Social Science)
- Youth and voluntary services sector in the context of the Spanish Welfare State by Almudena Morena Minguez (University of Valladolid )
- Volunteering development in Birmingham by Davina Goodchild (Birmingham Volunteer Action)
Tuesday, 6 July 2004
Morning
Panel 2 – Better understanding and knowledge of voluntary activities chaired by Bryony Hoskins (Youth Research Officer, Directorate for Youth and Sports, Council of Europe)
- Case study on "who is volunteering in Scotland" by Diane Machin (Youth Link Scotland)
- An inventory of Youth Voluntary Service possibilities and their impact by Maria-Magdalena Cretu (CCIVS)
- Analysis of the Questionnaires from the Open Method of coordination by Karin Lopatta-Loibl (European Commission)
Panel 3 – Facilitating voluntary activities - exploring the obstacles to young people's participation in voluntary activities (mobility/visa issues, gender stereotypes or young/single families, economic conditions, etc...) chaired by Helen Colley - (Leeds University)
- Public-Private Obstacles to Voluntary Service and Citizenhip by Brian Gran (Case Western Reserve University)
- Facilitate voluntary activities – exploring the obstacles to young people's participation in voluntary activities (mobility / visa issues, gender stereotypes or young / single families, economic conditions) by Anna Musiala
- Recruiting minority volunteers by Vincent Guibert
Afternoon
Panel 4 – Recognising voluntary activities chaired by Linds Pexton (SCI )
- Recreational Activity Study Book system as a tool for Certification of youth non-formal and informal learning in Finland by Kirsi Airaksinen – (YOUTH ACADEMY)
- Volunteering and Benefits for Youth Employment by Risto Karajkov (Balkan Children and Youth Foundation)
- Recognition of voluntary activities – focusing on what young people learn from voluntary activities and how this can be recognised by Agnieszka Moskwiak
Panel 5 – Development and promotion of voluntary activities chaired by Anthony Azzopardi (University of Malta)
- New methods to evaluate voluntary experiences by Kateryna Shalayeva (Kyiv University)
- Learning by leaving: the notion of quality in placements abroad by Soren Kristensen
- Impact study on Action 2 (European Voluntary Service) of the Youth Programme in Poland by Dominik Mytkowski
Wednesday, 7 July 2004
Morning
Working groups on recommendations of seminar participants
- Working group 1: Citizenship
- Working group 2: Obstacles
- Working group 3: Recognition and promotion
Afternoon
- Recommendations and Conclusions
- Presentation of recommendations by working group leaders
- Closing of the Seminar by Peter Lauritzen Head of Department for Education, Training, Research and Communication, Directorate of Youth and Sport, Council of Europe and Karin Lopatta-Loibl, Youth Unit, European Commission