Tienen, Flanders: Local youth Policy
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Transcript of Tienen, Flanders: Local youth Policy
Seminar
Developing cross sectoral youth policy on local level
Lithuania, 21 to 25 march 2011
Local youth policy Tienen
Local Youth work
Tienen:
Number of children and adolescents <25 years: 8.129
Tienen has 24 private youth organizations:
• 10 Youth movements (for example: scouting, Chiro)
• 8 Youth organisations (for example: youth choir, youth theater )
• 1 Youth club
• 1 Playground organisation (for disabled children)
• 4 political youth associations
All these youth organizations together have ± 1600 members
All these youth organizations are run by volunteers.
Meet the local youth service
Local youth service Tienen has an enthousiastic staff of 6 people
Meet the local youth service
current youth centre future leisure centre
Local youth policy
MISSION
• starting interaction and participation with children and adolescents
• tailored to needs and requirements
• widest possible support of existing private youth initiatives
• Taking initiative in gaps, stimulate, daring to innovate but also daring to drop
• integrated with other policies
• with particular attention to disadvantaged children and young people
Local youth policy
1. Youth work support
• Financial support
• Logistic support (copy service, transport)
• Rental service
• Infrastructural support (meeting rooms,…)
• Information, communication
• Juridical support (help with administration, questions)
• Technical support (safety playgrounds)
• Courses
Local youth policy
2. Organising additional local youth initiatives, complementary to the
private youth initiatives
• Playground activities during school holidays
• Childcare (3+)
• Programming workshops during the year
• Lots of (big) events (outdoor play event, cultural event, concerts,…)
• rehearsal rooms / promoting local talent
• Youth leader course
• Specific neighbourhood activities (disadvantaged children / youngsters)
• Playing with language
Local youth policy
3. Encouraging continued involvement and participation
• Supporting the youth council
• Permanent and informal participation (in policy, renewal playground but also small talk)
• Participation in other policy areas: culture, environment, urban planning
• Feedback from decisions of the council to children and adolescents
• Informing the local government about the needs and the wants
• Youth information policy (website, mailings, introducing to local socialorganisations, facebook,…)
Local youth policy
4. Creating, promoting and controlling networks
• Knowledge of the full range of leisure activities related to children and youth in the municipality.
• Networks between different administrative services: sports services, cultural services, libraries, urban planning, ... (consultations, joint act. ...)
• Networking with local organisations concerning youth= HORIZONTAL NETWORKING
Contact with provincial level, Flemish level, VVJ, ..= VERTICAL NETWORKING
Local youth policy
5. Support and advise the council in developing and implementing a localyouth policy
• Preparing youth budget
• Preparing youth policy plan
• writing operational reports
• Implementing policy
6. Other
• Playground areas
• upbringing support
• …