This section of the Visible Value aims to provide a quick overview of the state of the affairs about the recognition of youth work in the countries covered by EU-CoE Youth Partnership. In total it covers 53 country profiles (including 3 profiles for Belgium and 4 profiles for the UK).

The content in this section is based on several sources, including:

The sources of information are indicated at the end of each profile.

Back Belarus

Based on the Resolution of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security of the Republic of Belarus No. 42 of 30 March 2006 “On Amendments to Issue 1 and Amendments to Issue 27 of the Uniform Qualification Directory of Job Positions”, the position “Specialist in youth work” was introduced in a number of enterprises and organisations. 

The following actors exist in the Republic of Belarus in terms of youth work recognition:

  • The system of supplementary education of children and young people.
  • Multidisciplinary youth centres and clubs (for example, Youth Centre in Nesvizh; Belarusian Republican Youth Centre for Travel
  • and Excursions; Centre for Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Belarusian State University; Ecological and local lore
  • club "Clean World" etc.).
  • Explicitly profit-oriented youth entertainment centres.
  • Youth NGOs.
  • Departments of youth affairs at educational establishments.
  • Youth social services.
  • Children and youth summer camps.
  • Volunteering and students' work team.

Youth work is mostly delivered within the supplementary education system, extracurricular activities, and youth NGOs. The system of supplementary education of children and young people aimed at ensuring their personal development, formation and development of their creativity, meeting their individual needs for intellectual, moral and physical improvement, socialisation, arranging their leisure activities, helping them in career guidance (Article 228 of the Code of Education of the Republic of Belarus 243-3 as of January 13th, 2011).

The republican institutions of additional education of children and youth are represented by the following institutions of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus:

  • National Centre for Artistic Creativity of Children and Youth
  • Republican Centre of Ecology and Local Lore Studies
  • Republican Centre of Innovation and Technical Creativity
  • Educational establishment “National Children's educational health-improving centre "Zubrenok".

In all regions of the Republic of Belarus successfully operate a network of institutions of supplementary education of children and youth.

In addition to that, all educational establishments (schools, vocational education, higher education) provide pupils and students with professional supplementary education opportunities in their leisure time. Young people are encouraged to participate in after school programmes for children and youth as well as extracurricular activities.

The vocational education establishments have 3 463 hobby groups and clubs with a total amount of 44 100 young people or 47,6 % of the overall students. The higher education institutions have 2 738 hobby groups and clubs with a total amount of 57 800 students or 33,5 % of the overall students.

In the Republic of Belarus, there are 424 children's art schools in which 114.6 thousand children and young people aged 6-17 are studying. Art schools are diverse in their areas of activity and divided into musical, choreographic, fine arts, applied art, artistic and aesthetic.

Particular attention is paid to improving the physical education of youth. Youth sports clubs, specialised schools of the Olympic Reserve, and children's and youth sports schools and sections have been put into operation. Opportunities in e-learning and blended learning are also available. For example: Distance Learning Platform of the EDU-HUB of the Belarusian Association of UNESCO Clubs.

The Council of Europe Youth Work Portfolio is mostly used for recognition and competence development of youth workers.

(From the survey for the Visible Value)