6 Country Reports on Youth Work - Jugendpolitik in Europa
6 Country Reports on Youth Work - Jugendpolitik in Europa
6 Country Reports on Youth Work - Jugendpolitik in Europa
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Differences between nati<strong>on</strong>al and local level<br />
The picture that can be drawn from the local level <strong>in</strong> Ireland is that there are isolated<br />
activities provided by youth associati<strong>on</strong>s try<strong>in</strong>g to establish a m<strong>in</strong>imal sett<strong>in</strong>g of youth work.<br />
At local level <strong>on</strong>ly <strong>on</strong>e youth centre exists. Thus the ma<strong>in</strong> objective of the youth associati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
operat<strong>in</strong>g at local level is the establishment of meet<strong>in</strong>g places for youngsters. There is little<br />
professi<strong>on</strong>al support for the given project as <strong>on</strong>ly five youth workers were identified as<br />
employed staff. <strong>Youth</strong> work is based above all <strong>on</strong> voluntary commitment. The lack of<br />
professi<strong>on</strong>als is strik<strong>in</strong>g as the exist<strong>in</strong>g local <strong>in</strong>itiatives address to disadvantaged youngsters<br />
that need <strong>in</strong>tensive development support.<br />
In c<strong>on</strong>trast to the data given at nati<strong>on</strong>al level, it can be stated that there are many more<br />
projects than youth centres.<br />
10.6 Italy<br />
Data base:<br />
It Italy the attempt to run local surveys was not practicable due to the n<strong>on</strong>-existence of<br />
offices, <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> desks or resp<strong>on</strong>sible <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s that could provide basic <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Each city has several <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> youth work:<br />
Instituti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> youth work:<br />
� voluntary associati<strong>on</strong>s;<br />
� NGOs provid<strong>in</strong>g social services;<br />
� sport groups;<br />
� church groups;<br />
� schools;<br />
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� <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
educati<strong>on</strong>;<br />
for extracurricular youth<br />
� <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> desks from private and public<br />
<strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s;<br />
� employment centres run by the<br />
Department of Labour.<br />
Nevertheless, <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> about the youth work provided with<strong>in</strong> these <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s or<br />
associati<strong>on</strong>s and groups has to be collected <strong>in</strong> each of the organisati<strong>on</strong>s, and even there,<br />
there is no adequate report<strong>in</strong>g structure. The <strong>Youth</strong> Council of Caltanissetta, for example,<br />
was not able to <strong>in</strong>form researchers about the youth work activities <strong>in</strong> its area, even though it<br />
is a proper and resp<strong>on</strong>sible provider of youth work.<br />
The scarce <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> gathered <strong>in</strong> Italy comes from the municipalities of Enna and<br />
Caltanissetta, which are both located <strong>in</strong> Sicily. In Enna the Eurodesk and the local<br />
employment centre were able to c<strong>on</strong>tribute some data about their youth work activities and<br />
the number of young people benefit<strong>in</strong>g from employment services.