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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voluntary organisati<strong>on</strong>s and to send them a questi<strong>on</strong>naire with<strong>in</strong> the given time frame of this<br />
project. Even though it is easier to get <strong>in</strong> c<strong>on</strong>tact with public organisati<strong>on</strong>s c<strong>on</strong>duct<strong>in</strong>g youth<br />
work, it is doubtful that they would have been able to answer all of the questi<strong>on</strong>s. In many<br />
cases they do not have more data available than what has already been published <strong>on</strong> public<br />
databases. Therefore <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> has been gathered both from exist<strong>in</strong>g statistics and from<br />
employees with<strong>in</strong> the local adm<strong>in</strong>istrati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
F<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs:<br />
It has been difficult to f<strong>in</strong>d the exact number of activities. Besides the <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> given <strong>on</strong><br />
the Nettungen websites there is little exist<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong>. When <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> is available, like<br />
<strong>in</strong> Oslo, different sources often have different figures. Lack of <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> could mean that<br />
the numbers of youth activities are underestimated. This especially true <strong>in</strong> the case of<br />
Porsgrunn, where very little <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> was found. It is very unlikely that the number of youth<br />
work is as low as the table shows. Another major difficulty is the problem of separat<strong>in</strong>g youth<br />
work from activities directed at children. Most public and voluntary organisati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong><br />
youth work also work with children. This problem is smaller <strong>in</strong> the municipalities that<br />
participated <strong>in</strong> Nettungen, as there is <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the website about what age groups the<br />
different activities are <strong>in</strong>tended for. In Oslo this is a major problem, as we know little more<br />
than the number and name of the voluntary organisati<strong>on</strong>s receiv<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>ancial support. This<br />
could mean that the estimate of youth work activities estimated <strong>in</strong> Oslo is too high, as it<br />
c<strong>on</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>s both youth and child work.<br />
The tables show that public organisati<strong>on</strong>s focus <strong>on</strong> activities for young people with problems<br />
and <strong>on</strong> open youth work and youth clubs. Voluntary organisati<strong>on</strong>s focus <strong>on</strong> sports, cultural<br />
activities, youth groups and associati<strong>on</strong>s. The borderl<strong>in</strong>e between public and voluntary<br />
organisati<strong>on</strong>s is not always obvious. Sometimes voluntary organisati<strong>on</strong>s carry out work <strong>on</strong><br />
behalf of public organisati<strong>on</strong>s such as child welfare services.<br />
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