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Youth organisations and European Social
FundMatej Cepin National Youth Council of
SloveniaJune 11 and 12, 2008, Maribor - Slovenia
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• Association of youth organisations
• Youth organisation
• 70 of members and 70 of leaders are young
  people
• 15 member organisations
• 2 scouting org.
• 5 political org.
• 3 student org.
• Others (religious, prevention, rural youth, young
  travellers, YEFF)

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Power of youthis decreasing

• Demography
• Expansion of youth period (till 35 y.o.)
• It is trendy being young

power
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Generation 68 Generation 08

• 50s integrated in building the society
• 60s demanding social changes
• 70s structures gained power defeats
• 80s forming their own world (computers, music)
• 90s individualisation, personal topics, getting
  qualifications

WAY TO PASSIVENESS ?
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Role of communication
youth
adults
experiences
experiences
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Some adults mistakes

• Demanding from youth
• Not listening them
• Listening them and giving what they ask
• Tokenism
• Being sure what they need
• DIALOGUE!

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Dialogue
Social inclusion
Participation
inclusion
participation
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Inclusion Participation

• Nothing about youth without youth!

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Youth organisations polygon of participation for
young people

• Young people are performers and users of the
  program
• Continuous personal development through
  non-formal learning
• Continuous growth of responsability

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Youth organisationsand social inclusion

• Non-formal relationships and environment
• Friendships between generations through peer
  education
• Fill the gap between private and public sphere
• Individuals gain self-confidence (one of basic
  conditions for inclusion)

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Youth organisationsand education

• Learning by doing
• Student-centered curricculum
• Oriented into practical skills(teamwork, project
  management, communication, citizenship, )
• Fulfilment of individuals potential
• Complementary to formal education

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Youth organisationsand employment

• Gaining key competences
• Encouraging creativity
• Fills the gap between educational system and
  labour market
• Y.O. present added value of employee
• Problem of assesment and validation of
  competences

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Youth organisations and ESFin Slovenia

• Nearly no dialogue decision makers young
  people
• Too low capacity of Y.O.
• Not many good practices of networking
• Marginalisation of youth field

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Thank you!