The organisation and practice of local youth work needs …

to counsel and give young people access to a wide range of adapted information regarding their rights as well as their possibilities to take part in different kinds of local, national and international activities.

Spreading information is an important way to widen young people’s horizons and make them aware of their rights and possibilities. Internet has made it much easier to both spread and have access to information. This will, however, only benefit young people if they know that the information actually exists and knows where to look for it. Providing information is therefore a central task for youth work, especially in relation to those young people that are living in deprived areas and/or are not exposed to this kind of information in other ways.

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  1. Discuss & assess
    Here you find the questions you need to ask yourself to know if you need to develop and the assessment function
  2. Set objectives
    Here you describe what you want to achieve.
  3. Needs
    Here you describe what you need to acquire, develop or change.
  4. Actions to take
    Here you describe the actions you plan to take.

Remember! Development is far from always a linear process! It needs to start with discussions,​ but the first ‘Action to take’ might be to gather more knowledge before setting aims for development and deciding on further actions to take. Dare to be both flexible and to take one step back before taking two steps forward!

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