Symposium "The role of information and counselling in fostering young people's social inclusion and access to their rights"
19-20 June 2013, Zagreb (Croatia)
Information and counselling represent an important empowering factor for young people in overcoming social exclusion and achieving access to their rights. The key lies in providing adequate, understandable and easily accessible information that young people can feel comfortable using. And while modern means of communication open up new and exciting possibilities in reaching out to an increasing number of young people, we must not neglect the importance of counselling and the role of professional youth work. Information without personal support and advice can be ineffective or, worse, wrongly interpreted. This symposium looked at how the governments in partnership with other stakeholders can increase their outreach and extend their information and counselling support network to young people in the region.
Coyote has a growing track record of reflecting such events as can be seen in editions based on the First Youth Work Convention (2010) held in Ghent, Belgium and the Strasbourg Symposium on Recognition (2011). You can find those and other editions of the magazine on the Partnership website. |