The organisation and practice of local youth work needs …

to be set up in dialogue between all relevant stakeholders.

Besides young people, youth workers and persons responsible for youth work provision, fruitful discussions might also ask for input also from stakeholders that youth work is supposed to cooperate with (e.g. school and social services) and from, for example, civil society organisations, local business, etc. This will at the same time help to make youth work organisation and practice known and well-founded in the local community where it is supposed to act.

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Do you agree on to what degree youth work meets this bullet point?
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If you start a development process related to this bullet point you will find the below questions also under the page “Discuss and assess”. There you will also be able to take notes.

Questions to discuss

Is the organisation and practice of local youth work regularly evaluated and discussed?
Is the organisation and practice well known among other stakeholders?
Are all relevant stakeholders, especially young people, invited to discuss the organisation and practice of local youth work?
What are the risks in not inviting other stakeholders, e.g. school and local business, to give their ideas, opinions and eventual contributions to the provision of youth work?

References & tips

“Taking into account the diversity of youth work across and within member States, special attention should be paid to the need for strategies, frameworks, legislation, sustainable structures and resources, effective co-ordination with other sectors, as well as to related policies that promote equal access to youth work for all young people. Youth workers and young people should be actively engaged in any planned measures for implementation;”
Council of Europe, Recommendation CM/Rec(2017)4 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on youth work, 2017