6 Country Reports on Youth Work - Jugendpolitik in Europa

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Comments: Differences between national and local level In Romania the local survey was able to trace youth work activities provided at local level, the funds allocated, and the number of youth workers employed in the County Youth Departments. It was not possible to make all activities and structures provided by youth associations or non-governmental association visible. The data provided at local level shows that Romania also offers a variety of youth work at local level. As the municipalities fund youth work, subsidiarity is put into practice. Unfortunately it is not possible to highlight the contribution of youth associations to the youth work practice, as no data is available regarding youth workers and members. The reason for this is that youth worker is not a recognised profession. Differences at local level The youth work activities traced for the four counties represent the local structures of youth work in the other 36 counties of Romania, as local bodies merely promote the youth policy shaped at national level. The NGO sector is more flexible, as local NGOs can nowadays have a greater influence on their services. 10.10Spain Data base: In Spain fifteen questionnaires were sent to different local organisations and associations in different rural and urban areas in different regions. However only five of these questionnaires were sent back, since in a Spanish context the questionnaire was difficult to understand due to the lack of specific definitions and the overlapping of categories. This is mainly due to the lack of a tradition in youth work and associations in Spanish society, along with the limited role of youth trainers and youth policies in the Spanish welfare state. The questionnaires collected were from: 108 • the Segovia City Council • the Valladolid City Council • the Cuéllar City Council • JIS (Youth for Equality and Solidarity) • AFS Intercultura
Findings: There were differences in types of youth work documented between regions as well as between rural and urban areas. For example in Segovia, a city with a population of around 20,000, they did not have a Youth Council until 2003, when they created the “Casa Joven” following the election of the socialist party into the city council. This demonstrates the lack of focus on youth in urban areas. In rural areas the difficulties are greater, and the limited youth programmes and activities play an even smaller role. Depopulation and ageing of the population in rural Spain must be mentioned as factors partly explaining the reduced youth activities in rural environments. For Segovia the activities mentioned were mainly extracurricular educational and leisure activities. There is also a focus on information and consultancy on employment and sports. In all cases activities relating to international youth exchanges were limited or non-existent. In a mid-sized city council like Valladolid, the youth work map is similar to that of a city like Segovia. In any case, both budgets are quite meagre relative to the population. The associations studied work with public and private budgets and are organised within social networks to carry out cultural and exchange activities, while on an autonomous level they carry out activities with immigrant youth. In this last case, the main activities are cultural as well as in the area of non-formal education and consultancy. In both cases the budget is relatively reduced, denoting limited institutional support for associations that work with young people. Table 62: Youth work activities in Spanish municipalities YOUTH WORK Scope Type of Asociation Number of activities by category of youth work Budget Cultural Extracurricular and fomal education Segovia City Hall Local - Urban Public 8 100 200 20 AW* 20 N/A 5 50 90% 10% 177.000 € Cuellar Town Hall Local - Rural Public-Rural 10 0 21 2 0 3 0 0 6 100% 0% 60.000 € Jovenes por la Igualdad y la Solidaridad Regional Private 20 20 10 5 5 25 10 2 15 80% 20% 230.000 € AFS Intercultura National Public-Private 20 3 5 N/A N/A 15 3 1 1 4% 96% 630.000 € Valladolid City Hall Local-Urban Public 20 20 100 50 10 100 N/A N/A 40 100% 0% 1.400.000 € * AW = All weekends Source: Local Survey for Spain, 2007 For councils in rural areas, the activities performed concern youth and childhood leisure consultancy. In rural environments the lack of activities, budgets and personnel are even greater than in urban environments. The data gathered about youth workers indicates that the majority of workers have a higher education, either as teachers, social workers or socio-cultural leaders. It can also be noted that the percentage of women youth workers is slightly greater than that of male youth workers, which shows that youth work is characterised as female work in recreation Youth associations Street work Advised and employment International Open youth work Sports Public Private Total amount 109
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10.11 Comparative Overview of local
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The money and time invested in yout
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countries like Austria, Germany, Es
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pleasure, and desire, by strengthen
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young people, such as the Internet,
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Volunteering has always been crucia
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and straddles the fields of educati
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young people through local planning
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