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YOUTH WORKSHOPS AND YOUTH POLICY IN FINLAND

YOUTH WORKSHOPS AND YOUTH POLICY IN FINLAND. The Social Empowerment in Youth Work Erik Häggman State Provincial Office of Western Finland. About the presentation. Legislation and policy Youth workshops Outreach Youth work Crossesectoral cooperation Developement projects. Legislation.

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YOUTH WORKSHOPS AND YOUTH POLICY IN FINLAND

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  1. YOUTH WORKSHOPS AND YOUTH POLICY IN FINLAND The Social Empowerment in Youth Work Erik Häggman State Provincial Office of Western Finland

  2. Reykjavik 10.11.2009/Erik Häggman About the presentation • Legislation and policy • Youth workshops • Outreach Youth work • Crossesectoral cooperation • Developement projects

  3. Reykjavik 10.11.2009/Erik Häggman Legislation

  4. Reykjavik 10.11.2009/Erik Häggman YOUTH WORKSHOPS AND YOUTH POLICY IN FINLAND • The European Youth Pact and the Lisbon Strategy - the Common Challenge: the Age Structure • The Youth Act • Operational Structures on Youth Policy • The Social Empowerment - The Youth Workshop Activity - The Outreach Youth Work - The Multiprofessional Co-Operation

  5. Reykjavik 10.11.2009/Erik Häggman THE YOUTH ACT 72/2006 • The Purpose: ... • to support young people´s growth and independence, • to promote young people´s active citizenship and empowerment • to improve young people´s growth and livingconditions • under 29 years of age • The Social Empowerment: ... • measures targeted to young people • to improve life management skills and prevent exclusion

  6. Reykjavik 10.11.2009/Erik Häggman THE YOUTH ACT 72/2006 • The Youth Policy Development Programme • quidelines for youth policy • The M. of E. together with the other ministries concerned Operational structures on Youth Policy • Government´s desicion: • Youth Policy Development Programme 2007-2011 • over 500 measures in 9 themies • Implementation: • Ministries: as part of their operational and financial plans and bugdets • Evalution: • The Advisory Council for Youth Affairs

  7. Reykjavik 10.11.2009/Erik Häggman The Social Empowerment- measures targeted to young people- to improve life management skills and prevent exclusion • The Youth Workshop Activity • The Outreach Youth Work, new investment • The Multiprofessional Co-Operation, under plannig,

  8. Reykjavik 10.11.2009/Erik Häggman Youth Workshops

  9. Reykjavik 10.11.2009/Erik Häggman 67000 16-26 years old outside labour market and education in 2006

  10. Reykjavik 10.11.2009/Erik Häggman % of age group 17-24 unemployed in 2008

  11. Reykjavik 10.11.2009/Erik Häggman State subsidies for youth workshops activities 2003 - 2010

  12. Reykjavik 10.11.2009/Erik Häggman The Social Empowerment:The Youth Workshop Activity • build bridges between four sectors • average in 2008 was 22 000/month • unemployed just now 34 000 under 25-y. (sept 2009) • and in the youth workshops were 9000/year, means 4500/month • under 29-years old: 60 % men and 40% women • mostly guided from the labour force offices, 63%, the social care 13% and the education sector 10% • without guidance entered 5 %

  13. Reykjavik 10.11.2009/Erik Häggman

  14. Reykjavik 10.11.2009/Erik Häggman Youth workshops covers 73 %of the municipalities

  15. Reykjavik 10.11.2009/Erik Häggman The Social Empowerment:The Youth Workshop Activity • AIM is to find: • realistic plan for the future • motivation to do as it is said in the realistic plan • commitment to the own future • Activities: - learnig by doing - rythm of the day and night, - brush up social skills • Results: 75% +/25% - -> not in this time...

  16. Reykjavik 10.11.2009/Erik Häggman

  17. Reykjavik 10.11.2009/Erik Häggman The Outreach Youth Work

  18. Reykjavik 10.11.2009/Erik Häggman The Social Empowerment ...The Outreach Youth Work • the newest investment by the state subsidy • way to find young person who needs help to catch services • reason for the outreach work is the lack of initiative/self-help • close co-operation with youth workshops • town and country side; differencies • Costs: €1,1 million/40 years period/ one person or € 27 500/year/one young person: make it to be visible

  19. Reykjavik 10.11.2009/Erik Häggman Outreach work in 2009 • Covers more 130 municipalities • 2,5 milj euro • Estimated in 2010 4,75 milj euro

  20. Reykjavik 10.11.2009/Erik Häggman The Social Empowerment ...The Outreach Youth Work • Results • "catched" 1999 young people; 64% boys/men, 36% girls/women • 96% YES, 4 % NO • girls/women – age group: more 16-20 years old • boys/men – age group: more 18-24 years old • average is 16-20 years old, • youngest 12 y. oldest 28 y. • work experience is almost 9 years/outreach worker • net of contacts: 15 organisations; • more than 1 activity/ 1 young person

  21. Reykjavik 10.11.2009/Erik Häggman Cross-sectoral Cooperation

  22. Reykjavik 10.11.2009/Erik Häggman The Social Empowerment ...The Multiprofessional Co-Operation • rebuilding new system for municipalities: The Youht Act will get new sections • cross-sectoral – multiprofessional • follow up of young people´s living condition; drop out´s ?, • local level: youth affairs, social- and health care, education, employment administration, police, defensive forces ... • supervisor is needed: exact task • the local politcal structure makes desicions of advanced for public services

  23. Reykjavik 10.11.2009/Erik Häggman Development Projects

  24. Reykjavik 10.11.2009/Erik Häggman Developement projects • Mostly financed with ESR subsidies • Most part of the actions presented here have they background in different developement projects • Example of projects; • The project Successful lessons (“Onnistuvat opit”) was an embedding project commissioned by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and financed by the European Social Fund that was realised by Social Development Co Ltd, • A follow up project 2009-2011 • MAST-project: Vocational schools, Upper Secondary Schools, Basic Education, Youth Workshops and outreach youth work. Find good praxis and cooperation methodes between each actor in order to realise the target that 95 % get secondary education

  25. Reykjavik 10.11.2009/Erik Häggman Developement continues • Different reports and discussions on how to got releveant information on marginalisation and marginalisations processes • Stuides on different subsectors in the field of drop out from schools

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