What is the role of signal spotters? What to observe? What is the mindset needed for being a signal spotter? How to think about the future? These questions were discussed at the Onboarding sessions for signal spotters last week! Within the “Futures of Youth Work” project, we held the Onboarding sessions for signal spotters,…
We are looking for three facilitators (including a digital facilitator) and a rapporteur for the 3rd edition of the EAYW. The third EAYW event will deal with the topic of future developments and their impact on youth work. As a member of the EAYW team, you will have the opportunity to contribute to preparing…
What will youth work look like in 2050? What role will youth workers have? What competencies will they hold? What infrastructures will need to be created to support them? These are the questions that our research team (Aleksandra Szymczyk, Gisele Evrard-Marković, Ozgehan Senyuva and Darko Marković) is trying to answer – and we need your…
What should be the role of the EAYW in the youth work field? What are needs and trends that the Academy should respond to? What are the limits of the Academy’s role? How can the Academy best support quality youth work? These questions were discussed at the joint meeting of the EAYW Steering Group and Advisory…
Are you curious to find out more about the second EAYW event, which was held in May 2022 in Slovenia, and the outcomes of the discussions among the 150 participants related to various aspects of innovation in youth work? We invite you to take a look at the event report that has just been published!…
We are excited to share with you a short outlook to what is coming next in the framework of the European Academy on Youth Work! Good news: The Academy continues and the 3rd edition of the EAYW is confirmed. It will take place in May 2024 in Slovenia! Of course, the EAYW stays a…
Interested to find out how was it at the second residential EAYW? And want to catch up on some of the important sessions implemented during the programme? We have good news! The second #EAYW was successfuly implemented from May 31 to June 3, 2022 in Kranjska Gora and it gathered 150 practitioners from the…
The last day of the Academy started a bit differently. Not only did people arrive for the morning plenary opening, but with them their suitcases and backpacks, reminding everybody that it was slowly time to say goodbye. But before the final hugs and wishes for safe (preferably green) travels, there were a few more moments…
We thought the second day was full of questions, but with the old school method we used during the day (reflection), we realised – after a good night’s sleep – it actually also provided quite a lot of answers. In the morning of the third day of the Academy, we were welcomed with the topic…
For inspiration, we opened the day with a little quiz, tackling the questions of accidental innovations. Did you know that roller skaters, teddy bears, frisbee and stethoscopes were invented by a happy accident? If you want to know more, we invite you to do your own research and get into the spirit of the second…