PANEL
Youth work – work with youth and for youth

Eliza Bujalska – Ambassador of the European Charter of Local Youth Work, Europe Goes Local (Poland)
Imre Simon – expert in professional development in youth information and counselling from ERYICA – Youth Information Network in Europe [on-line]
Mario Zulicek – Representative from Grad za Mlade (Croatia)
Ingrid Aspelund – Head of Youth Section, The European Wergeland Centre (Norway)

Moderator:
Aleksandra Kulik – President of the Sempre a Frente Foundation (Poland)

Youth Work is a notion that dates back to the beginning of the 20th century. In many European countries, it has maintained a steadfast position, professional awareness, education path and financial support. Poland currently holds neither a youth strategy nor a youth work structured organisation namely working with youth. Despite this, young people can rely on people defined as youth workers in a number of institutions, social organisations and other units. And for that reason, we get together in the European Youth Capital that currently shapes its youth policy, with experts on building Youth-Friendly Cities, Youth Information and Youth Work from Poland and Europe, to discuss the role of people working with youth in a present-day society. What questions are included in their daily challenges? Is their professional bottom-up recognition crucial? And what best practices can we implement to support youth development and engagement hence they reach adulthood as delighted, informed and active members of civil society?

The action is organised under the Bilateral Initiative “Youth for the City, City for Youth – projects and initiatives involving and including local communities” supported by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, through the EEA and Norway Grants 2014-2021.

Simultaneous translation into PL-EN-UA;
live broadcast on a streaming platform