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Focus: European Developments
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European Election Results 2019Did you vote in the EU elections? We hope you did and used your voice to strengthen the topics you are passionate about on a European level. Voter turnout overall was higher than in the years before - meaning more EU citizen's voices were heard! That's great news. The surge of right-wing parties on the other hand is a reason for concern and we should be vigilant to what this tells us about frustration, inequalities and fear in the societies we live in.
The challenges we face as societies directly influence young people across Europe. Find out how young people voted in a great overview here. For overall election results, check here. |
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YES Forum’s activities and members’ activities
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Many ideas on Gender in Youth Work at 2nd TPM in AeginaProject partners in the "Towards more Gender-Sensitivity in Youth Work" project came together from 24-25 April in Aegina, Greece to discuss their common ground of working on the topic of gender with young people, and to share ideas for gender-sensitive youth work which will be presented at the project's first training in Munich, Germany in June 2019 (see here for further details!). Read on in our website article. |
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PROMISE publications illustrate research"What's Stopping Us?" is the title of the PROMISE research project's newest reflective series. They combine thoughts from the young participants and research results in an engaging format. Each publication ends with five recommendations for change. The topics covered are Engagement, Systems, Labels and Inequality. You can download each publication by clicking on the name. |
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E-Learning modules for family members of persons with intellectual disabilityThe IB Südwest, a YES Forum member, is partner in the European project ELPIDA (E-learning platform for intellectual disability awareness). Aim is to provide family members of persons with intellectual disability with the necessary skills and knowledge in order for them to feel more confident to provide support and empowerment to children of all ages. Six interactive educational modules have been developped in cooperation with affected families. The key areas are Human Rights, Communication, Stress Management, Transition to Adulthood, Sexual Health and Ageing. The training material is available for free in six languages (Danish, English, German, Greek, Norwegian and Portuguese). Everyone can participate. Download the educational materials here.
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Calls for Proposals, Conferences and Training
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Save the Date: Planning The Future: European Youth & VolunteeringThe YES Forum invites the YeToVo project partners as well as all YES Forum members to its meeting on “Planning the future: European youth and volunteering” in Stuttgart, Germany. The meeting combines the “Yes To Volunteering” Partner Meeting with our annual Project Planning Meeting.
On 17 October morning, we will focus on YeToVo itself before opening the meeting for all interested individuals in the afternoon and on 18 October.
The detailed programme as well as information on how to register will be made available to you together with the formal invitation soon. For now, check out the Save the Date here for further information! |
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Journal Article on YES Forum publishedThe current issue of the German youth social work journal "dreizehn" features several articles that include the YES Forum! In a first article, the YES Forum is presented as well as two of its recent projects, YourEP and Our Life Our Voice. Furthermore, voices across our network give their opinion on what YES Forum means to them and why the work YES Forum is doing is so important. The article shows the different ways you can get involved in the network. Read on here (unfortunately only available in German).
Would you like to read more? Check out the article on our Gender project (page 45), and the European Play Day, which was facilitated in a cooperation between our member BAG KJS and the YES Forum Secretariat (page 42)! The full journal can be viewed online here. |
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