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Youth work core

The five thematic workshops were:

  1. Definitions and descriptions of youth work - Reaffirming a common vision and understanding of youth work across diverse contexts.
  2. Values and ethics in youth work practice - Ensuring that agreed ethical standards guide youth work practices.
  3. Recognition and visibility of youth work - Enhancing the recognition and visibility of youth work within policy and societal frameworks.
  4. Quality and Standards - Strengthening quality assurance and standardisation in youth work.
  5. Monitoring and evaluating youth work and its impact - Tackling the importance of monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to assess the impact of youth work.

Youth work environment

The five thematic workshops were:

  1. Young people, their needs and aspirations and how youth work can support and empower them - Understanding and responding to the needs of young people. 
  2. Advocacy in youth work - Giving young people a meaningful voice and role and facilitating their active citizenship.
  3. Youth work as a profession - Strengthening the professional development of youth workers.
  4. Volunteering and youth-led youth work in youth organisations - Supporting volunteering and youth-led initiatives.
  5. Methodologies, open and targeted approaches and new technologies in youth work - Integrating innovative tools and approaches to improve youth work effectiveness.

Youth work systems

The five thematic workshops  were:

  1. The voluntary youth sector – Supporting and strengthening the crucial role of the voluntary youth sector in many parts of Europe.
  2. Youth work associations, networks, centres and service providers - Recognising the role that youth workers’ associations, networks,  youth centres, and service providers play in supporting youth work.
  3. The state/public and voluntary sectors at the national, regional and local levels – How can the two sectors cooperate and work together to strengthen youth work at the national, regional and local levels?
  4. State/Public and EU/EYF funding and resources for youth work - Ensuring sustainable funding mechanisms and support structures.
  5. Youth work's interaction and relationship with and other policy fields – How can youth work support related policy fields such as education or employment and how can these policy fields provide opportunities for promoting the value of youth work?