6 Country Reports on Youth Work - Jugendpolitik in Europa
6 Country Reports on Youth Work - Jugendpolitik in Europa
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Table 17: <strong>Youth</strong> work <strong>in</strong> Netherlands<br />
Netherlands Survey of<br />
Dutch<br />
Municipaliti<br />
es (2003)<br />
Study <strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
of creative<br />
educati<strong>on</strong><br />
(2003)<br />
Survey of<br />
the Dutch<br />
<strong>Youth</strong><br />
Group<br />
(2002)<br />
Data base Instituti<strong>on</strong>s Activities Funds <strong>Youth</strong> workers Volunteers Participants<br />
No representative data<br />
about all <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
6,487 secti<strong>on</strong>s of youth<br />
associati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong> 2002<br />
as members of the<br />
nati<strong>on</strong>al Dutch <strong>Youth</strong><br />
Group<br />
Important facilities of<br />
youth work are for the<br />
municipalities:<br />
youth centres (85%),<br />
meet<strong>in</strong>g places for<br />
young people (71%),<br />
<strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> po<strong>in</strong>ts for<br />
young people (42%),<br />
cultural meet<strong>in</strong>g places<br />
(19%),<br />
pop centres (12%),<br />
others (12%)<br />
No<br />
representative<br />
data about all<br />
youth work<br />
activities<br />
Important forms<br />
of youth work<br />
are for the<br />
municipalities:<br />
youth work <strong>in</strong><br />
c<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong> with<br />
accommodati<strong>on</strong><br />
(76%),<br />
ambulant youth<br />
work or youth<br />
work <strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g a<br />
meet<strong>in</strong>g po<strong>in</strong>t<br />
(72%),<br />
youth<br />
participati<strong>on</strong><br />
(58%),<br />
Network 12+<br />
(45%),<br />
neighbourhoodoriented<br />
youth<br />
work (24%),<br />
other type of<br />
youth work (4%)<br />
No data about<br />
the total<br />
public budget<br />
spent for<br />
youth work.<br />
1,705 youth<br />
workers were<br />
registered <strong>in</strong><br />
the prov<strong>in</strong>ces<br />
of the<br />
Netherlands <strong>in</strong><br />
2003.<br />
Am<strong>on</strong>g them<br />
the largest<br />
groups were<br />
youth workers<br />
(55%), sociocultural<br />
workers<br />
(11%), and<br />
youth workers<br />
for teenagers<br />
(8%).<br />
40% of the 18to<br />
24-year-old<br />
males and 43%<br />
of the females<br />
do volunteer<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Am<strong>on</strong>g the<br />
male group<br />
20% are<br />
volunteers <strong>in</strong><br />
sports<br />
associati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
and 10% <strong>in</strong><br />
youth work.<br />
Other<br />
associati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
like religious or<br />
hobby<br />
associati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
reach less than<br />
5%.<br />
Am<strong>on</strong>g the<br />
female<br />
volunteers 15%<br />
are engaged <strong>in</strong><br />
sports<br />
associati<strong>on</strong>s,<br />
12% <strong>in</strong> youth<br />
associati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
and 8% <strong>in</strong><br />
religious<br />
associati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
7% of the<br />
municipalities target<br />
12- to 18-year-olds,<br />
54% 12- to 16-yearolds,<br />
15% 16- to 18-yearolds,<br />
23% other age<br />
groups<br />
In Norway the ma<strong>in</strong> resp<strong>on</strong>sibility for fund<strong>in</strong>g and provid<strong>in</strong>g public youth work lies with the<br />
municipalities, thus public spend<strong>in</strong>g at nati<strong>on</strong>al level refers to the amount allocated for youth<br />
and sports associati<strong>on</strong>s. 116 nati<strong>on</strong>al outh associati<strong>on</strong>s have received the amount of<br />
€ 26 milli<strong>on</strong>. € 22 milli<strong>on</strong> have been allocated to 49 sports associati<strong>on</strong>s. There are 450<br />
registered youth clubs <strong>in</strong> Norway and 19 youth <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> centres. Beside these two acti<strong>on</strong><br />
fields, areas where public organisati<strong>on</strong>s provide youth work are cultural activities, child<br />
welfare, social services, outreach services and career guidance. <strong>Youth</strong> sports play an<br />
important role too, as 50% of the activities provided by voluntary organisati<strong>on</strong>s refer to these<br />
activities. There is no data about the number of employees <strong>in</strong> youth work. The <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong><br />
available shows that <strong>in</strong> 70% of the youth clubs the sum of part-time and full-time employees<br />
adds up to two or less full time positi<strong>on</strong>s. Am<strong>on</strong>g youth club leaders the proporti<strong>on</strong> of youth<br />
workers with a university degree is at 81%. Data about volunteers <strong>in</strong> youth work is not<br />
available. There are 700,000 volunteers act<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> sports organisati<strong>on</strong>s. 61% of all young<br />
people aged from 13-19 years participate at least <strong>in</strong> <strong>on</strong>e voluntary organisati<strong>on</strong>. The rate for<br />
males - 64% - is higher than the rate for females (58%). About 14% of young people<br />
participate <strong>in</strong> cultural and recreati<strong>on</strong>al youth work, 9% <strong>in</strong> youth clubs.<br />
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