2. Some of the realities: education and training of volunteer youth workers
Līva Vikmane
Policy Officer on Youth Policy
HELSINKI, 21 February 2019

3. The European Youth Forum
Platform of youth organisations: National Youth Councils and INGYOs;
More than 100 organisations;
Greater youth participation; stronger youth organisations; Increased youth autonomy and inclusion

4. When we talk about Youth Work, we say:
Centred around young people;
Focusing on interaction and activities planned with others;
Empowering young people and engaging them as partners;
Positive personal and social impact;
Voluntary and meaningful participation;
A non-formal education process;
Engaging and fun in methodology

5. youth worker volunteer youth leader trainer

6. Some of the realities: education and training of volunteer youth workers
Self-validated and established training programmes;
Delivery of state-accredited programmes;
Issue/priority based trainings;
Informal learning - learning by doing.

7. Self-validated programmes
National Scout Organisations
certification of qualification and validation;
recognition;
renewal;
badges

8. State-accredited programmes:
YMCA Germany and training for the youth leaders’ card

9. Issue/priority based trainings:
Working with migrant youth:
ECYC training on intercultural learning and working with migrant youth;
IFM-SEI “How Youth Organisations can support young refugees and migrants”.
Digital and web:
NYCI web resource and training on Web Safety in Youth Work

10. Learning by doing Importance of tools: open badges;
CoE Youth Work portfolio;

11. Other important questions
Transition from participant to volunteer;
Flexibility in training provision (less hours, more weekends?);
Importance of international cooperation and training opportunities - including CoE Youth Centres and Erasmus+

12. volunteer = non-professional

13. Get in touch! Līva Vikmane liva.vikmane@youthforum.org