Main Activities
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3rd Residential EAYW Event
The third residential EAYW event for around 180 professionals from European youth work, youth policy and research was held from 14 – 17 May 2024 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.
Programme
Key features included:
- Workshops based on presentations of innovative practices, which will be selected in the frame of a public call;
- Inspiring inputs and discussions of key questions related to innovation, current and future trends and developments, which should help to address the needs of youth work in different environments and build the capacities for innovative approaches of the participants and their organisations;
- Presentation of the EAYW research: Futures of Youth Work – Potential Future Scenarios and validation of the research outcomes by the participants;
- Inviting spaces for community-building, networking and joint reflection about futures of youth work;
- Useful outcomes of the discussions and suggestions for follow up that can help to build the knowledge and capacities of the youth work field to respond to new needs and developments.
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3rd European Academy on Youth Work 2024 ONLINE
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Webinar 3: Looking Forward, Together (12 September 2024)
After two webinars and a very lively residential EAYW event in May, the Academy team shared the outcomes and key insights from the 3rd European Academy on Youth Work event that took place in May 2024 in Slovenia. We also looked into the strategies proposed by the Futures of Youth Work research team to deal with the unknown and use future-thinking in our daily work.
Seven strategies for future-readiness (webinar presentation)
Visual summary of webinar 3
Article about webinar 3
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Webinar 2: How Future-Ready Are You? (18 April 2024)
In this webinar, we looked into our relationship with the future and our current strategies to deal with the unknown.
Visual summary of webinar 2
Video recording of webinar 2
Article about webinar 2
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Webinar 1: Futures of Youth Work (21 March 2024)
The first online event of the 3rd European Academy on Youth Work gathered actors in the youth field to hear about and discuss the first outcomes of the EAYW future foresight research, which started in autumn 2023 and explores the Futures of Youth Work.
Visual summary of webinar 1
Video recording of webinar 1
Article about webinar 1
#EAYW Goes Online!
Streaming is available on our YouTube channel and posted on our Facebook and Instagram.
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Creating New Futures
Wednesday, 15th May, 9:30 – 11:00 CEST
Input by Adanna Shallowe about futures foresight. What is futures foresight, how is it being used, and why is this approach important? How can it help us take meaningful decisions and develop strategies in different fields today? Who decides on our future, and how can we get engaged with it?
Adanna Shallowe is an international affairs analyst, a skilled network weaver and facilitator. As a foresight practitioner, Adanna co-authored a research report entitled A Stitch in Time: Realising the value of futures & foresight. She is passionate about employing foresight tools to empower everyone to create more just and equitable futures for their communities and societies.
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Futures of Youth Work
Thursday, 16th May, 11:30 – 13:00 CEST
Presentation by Özgehan Şenyuva and Aleksandra Szymczyk of the outcomes of the Futures of Youth Work research project that was undertaken by the EAYW over the past ten months. You can hear about the different scenarios of youth work in different time horizons until 2050 that have come out of this collaborative research. How will youth work develop in the coming years? What emerging trends and developments can we already see or sense today? The session also offered the opportunity to reflect on the connections between the possible futures and the present realities of youth work.
Özgehan Şenyuva is an Associate Professor in the International Relations Department at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, where he works extensively on youth, public opinion, Turkey-European relations and the politics of European football.
Aleksandra Szymczyk is a Research Associate at Policy Evaluation and Research Unit at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has been conducting research and co-authored publications on topics related to child and youth well-being.
Gisele Evrard is a professional in Gestalt therapy, systemic and family constellations, with extensive experience in the field of European youth work and training, focusing on teams and organisations development processes, training and coaching and facilitation of learning.
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