6 Country Reports on Youth Work - Jugendpolitik in Europa
6 Country Reports on Youth Work - Jugendpolitik in Europa
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Table 13: <strong>Youth</strong> work <strong>in</strong> Germany<br />
Data base Instituti<strong>on</strong>s Activities Funds <strong>Youth</strong> workers Volunteers Participants<br />
Germany Representative<br />
report for publicly<br />
funded youth<br />
work. Data from<br />
2002, 2004 and<br />
for sports from<br />
2006<br />
Study of the<br />
University of<br />
Dortmund <strong>in</strong> 2004<br />
17,372<br />
<strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
prov<strong>in</strong>g youth<br />
work. Am<strong>on</strong>g<br />
them:<br />
82% youth<br />
centres/clubs<br />
6% youth<br />
cultural<br />
educati<strong>on</strong><br />
centres<br />
10% recreati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
or vacati<strong>on</strong><br />
services<br />
5% youth social<br />
work <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
37% are public,<br />
63% n<strong>on</strong>-public<br />
<strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
86,000 youth<br />
sports units<br />
45,937 child and<br />
youth<br />
recreati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
activities (44%)<br />
36,955 activities<br />
<strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
extracurricular<br />
youth educati<strong>on</strong><br />
(35%)<br />
3,677 activities<br />
<strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong>ternati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
youth work (4%)<br />
18,280 activities<br />
<strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
voluntary social<br />
services (18%)<br />
82% of the<br />
activities<br />
realised are put<br />
<strong>in</strong>to practice by<br />
n<strong>on</strong>-public<br />
associati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
50% of the<br />
extracurricular<br />
youth educati<strong>on</strong><br />
activities <strong>on</strong><br />
offer are<br />
realised by<br />
youth <strong>in</strong>itiatives,<br />
youth groups<br />
and youth<br />
associati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
The ratio of<br />
youth<br />
<strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s per<br />
100,000 children<br />
aged 6 to 18 is<br />
164.<br />
The total amount of<br />
public spend<strong>in</strong>g for<br />
youth work <strong>in</strong> 2003<br />
was<br />
€ 1,387,141,000.<br />
€ 1,221,311,000<br />
was spent <strong>in</strong> 2006<br />
for youth sports<br />
activities.<br />
70% of the public<br />
budget was spent to<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ance <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
30% to f<strong>in</strong>ance<br />
targeted measures.<br />
75% of the public<br />
budget for youth<br />
work is procured by<br />
the municipalities,<br />
16% by the federal<br />
states and 8% by<br />
the federal m<strong>in</strong>istry.<br />
7% of the total<br />
public budget for<br />
child and youth<br />
assistance was<br />
spent for youth<br />
work, 27% for child<br />
care services and<br />
54% for f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the day care<br />
centres.<br />
The public budget<br />
spent for youth work<br />
is equivalent to<br />
€ 150 per s<strong>in</strong>gle<br />
young pers<strong>on</strong> aged<br />
from 12 to 21 years.<br />
The budget for the<br />
formal educati<strong>on</strong><br />
system (schools) is<br />
€ 47,627,000,000.<br />
53213 registered<br />
youth workers:<br />
53% employed <strong>in</strong><br />
youth centres or<br />
clubs<br />
16% <strong>in</strong><br />
recreati<strong>on</strong>al or<br />
vacati<strong>on</strong> services<br />
15% <strong>in</strong> youth<br />
educati<strong>on</strong> and<br />
meet<strong>in</strong>g centres<br />
12% <strong>in</strong> youth<br />
social work<br />
<strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
2% <strong>in</strong> youth<br />
counsell<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
58% of youth<br />
workers are<br />
female, 42%<br />
male. The highest<br />
percentage of<br />
female youth<br />
workers can be<br />
found <strong>in</strong> youth<br />
counsell<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s (67%).<br />
67% of youth<br />
workers are<br />
employed <strong>in</strong> n<strong>on</strong>public<br />
<strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
34% of youth<br />
workers <strong>on</strong><br />
average have a<br />
university degree,<br />
17% a<br />
professi<strong>on</strong>al<br />
school diploma,<br />
1% other forms of<br />
qualificati<strong>on</strong> and<br />
11% no formal<br />
qualificati<strong>on</strong>. The<br />
highest rate of<br />
employees with a<br />
university degree<br />
– 65% - is <strong>in</strong> youth<br />
counsell<strong>in</strong>g<br />
services. Most<br />
n<strong>on</strong>-qualified<br />
employees – 25%<br />
- work <strong>in</strong> the<br />
recreati<strong>on</strong>al and<br />
vacati<strong>on</strong> services<br />
area.<br />
49% of youth<br />
workers work fulltime,<br />
34% parttime,<br />
and for 17%<br />
the work is a<br />
spare-time job.<br />
No<br />
representa<br />
tive data<br />
available<br />
about the<br />
volunteers<br />
In NRW it<br />
is reported<br />
that youth<br />
clubs<br />
employed<br />
3770<br />
youth<br />
workers<br />
and<br />
25,500<br />
volunteers.<br />
Around 3.5<br />
milli<strong>on</strong> children<br />
and young<br />
people<br />
participate <strong>in</strong><br />
youth work, 4.3<br />
milli<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> youth<br />
sports.<br />
59% are male,<br />
41% female. The<br />
highest rate of<br />
female<br />
participants is <strong>in</strong><br />
the youth<br />
counsell<strong>in</strong>g<br />
services. Most<br />
male participants<br />
- 63% - are<br />
<strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> sports<br />
activities.<br />
88% of youth<br />
work participants<br />
can be found <strong>in</strong><br />
n<strong>on</strong>-public<br />
associati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
Ratios of<br />
participants per<br />
10,000 children<br />
and young<br />
people (0 to 27<br />
years):<br />
826 for youth<br />
recreati<strong>on</strong><br />
services<br />
587 for<br />
extracurricular<br />
youth educati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
services<br />
53 for<br />
<strong>in</strong>ternati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
youth work and<br />
4,913 for youth<br />
sports<br />
267,207 young<br />
people<br />
participated <strong>in</strong><br />
special activities<br />
for orientati<strong>on</strong><br />
and vocati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g.<br />
In Greece the available data at nati<strong>on</strong>al level is too scarce to draw a quantitative picture.<br />
There are about 270 NGOs active <strong>in</strong> child and youth work. However, the actual number may<br />
be larger s<strong>in</strong>ce many NGO´s offer certa<strong>in</strong> services to children and young people even though<br />
they do not specialise <strong>in</strong> youth work. There are 50 youth <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> centres. In 2005, they<br />
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