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Visegrad Youth. Comparative review of the situation of young people in the V4 countries. Ewa Krzaklewska Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland Pool of the European Youth Researchers, COE&EU Youth Partnership. Plan of review.
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Visegrad Youth.Comparative review of the situation of young people in the V4 countries • Ewa Krzaklewska • Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland • Pool of the European Youth Researchers, COE&EU Youth Partnership
Plan of review • Young people situation in the V4 countries – background information • Comparative analysis of the four focus themes • Employment & Entrepreneurship • Voluntary activities and their international dimension • Participation • Non-formal learning
Population data • => Populationaging, lowfertility, latemotherhood
Potential for growth • New attitude: • Informationaccessible • New media • Institutionalengagment • Business • Localactivism
Youth participation • Youth organisations (10-15%) • Community planning • Private expressions/artistic actions • Online participation
Non-formal learning • Non-formal learning is purposive but voluntary learning that takes place in a diverse range of environments and situations, for which teaching/training and learning is not necessarily their sole or main activity (Chrisholm 2005)
Recommendations 1 • Employment • Quality employment • Internships • Individualised counselling - PES • Promoting entrepreneurial activity • Promoting women participation in the labour market
Recommendations 2 • Promoting volunteering • As a part of curricula • As a tool for social inclusion • Of an intercultural/international character • Strengthening NGO’s capacity
Recommendations 3 • Strenghtening youth participation • Strenghtening local participation • Finding you ways to involve young people e.g. online • Appreciate alternative participation by listening actively to its results • Empoweringyoungpeople as leaders
Recommendations 4 • Non-formal learning • Recognition of diverseforms of non-formal learning • Investments into youth workers competences • Widen access to intercultural encounters • PLUS: V4 collaborationshould be encouraged!
Thank you! • EwaKrzaklewska • ewa.krzaklewska@uj.edu.pl