Digital youth work comes, undoubtedly, with many benefits. It was even perceived as a beautiful, pink balloon, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic when all youth work had to be done online. However, very quickly it turned out, it also comes with many costs. In this episode, we are discussing the limits of digital youth work based on the research paper published by the EU-Council of Europe Youth Partnership on "Technology and the new power dynamics: limitations of digital youth work" by Alicj...
Mar 10, 2022•32 min•Ep. 24
The year 2022 is full of new initiatives in the youth sector: the European Year of Youth , announced by the European Commission, the Council of Europe's campaign Democracy Here, Democracy Now and the 50th anniversary of the youth sector in the Council of Europe. In this episode, we are discussing these initiatives with Antje Rothemund , the Head of the Youth Department in the Council of Europe and Ioannis Malekos , the Head of Unit for Youth, Volunteer Solidarity and Traineeships Office at the D...
Feb 24, 2022•34 min•Ep. 23
All of us can contribute to the development of the youth work environment! What needs to change? Do I need to be a superhero and do everything on my own? Where do I start? The EU-Council of Europe Youth Partnership's upcoming publication can support you in starting a change. In this episode, we are talking with Ajša Hadžibegović and Bastian Küntzel, the two authors of Thinking Together and Levelling Up: a thinking and action kit for the continuous development, improvement and strengthening of th...
Feb 10, 2022•31 min•Ep. 22
The EU-Council of Europe Youth Partnership has recently published a research paper “European youth work policy goals analysed” written by Ilona-Evelyn Rannala, Jelena Stojanovic and Marko Kovacic. The goal of this analysis is to showcase, examine and compare youth work policy goals/objectives of the European Union and the Council of Europe. Where do they meet? What is different? What tools do they propose to reach the youth work policy goals? In this episode, we are discussing these questions wi...
Jan 20, 2022•28 min•Ep. 21
The impact of learning mobility projects is quite well known, it is well researched, mainly when it comes to the impact on the individual level. We think about it when we develop project ideas - what impact will the project have on the participants. But the impact does not end with the individuals, it also extends to a community - people who are sometimes intentionally or unintentionally affected by the project actions. Recent developments in European youth policies and programmes show that more...
Dec 09, 2021•31 min•Ep. 20
About time! is a new reference manual for youth policy from a European perspective published by the Youth Partnership. The manual is a reference tool for initiating youth policy and learning about the diversity of national and international governance and about the infrastructure available for youth policy, its implementation, review and evaluation. Thematically, it focuses very specifically on those areas of youth policy that have been formulated and developed through European consensus-buildin...
Nov 25, 2021•29 min•Ep. 19
In this podcast series, we have discussed many times the impact of the pandemic and all related restrictions on the lives of young people. Some time ago, we also had an episode on the Covid-19 Knowledge Hub developed by the Youth Partnership. The Hub has been there for a year now, and since it was officially launched at the Youth Knowledge Forum in October 2021 it has been filled with new information, research papers and other relevant materials. In this episode, we take a closer look at how the...
Nov 04, 2021•25 min•Ep. 18
In today’s episode we are discussing two European Youth Strategies, the EU youth Strategy and the Council of Europe youth sector strategy, looking at what they have in common and where they differ but also how relevant they are now in the COVID or post-COVID period. Both strategies are institutional reactions to the situation of young people in Europe. The reason for our discussion is the paper written by Frederike Hofmann-van de Poll and Howard Williamson who are reflecting on and analysing bot...
Oct 14, 2021•35 min•Ep. 17
The EU-Council of Europe Youth Partnership has recently published a study “Young people in rural areas: diverse, ignored and unfulfilled” co-authored by Adina Marina Șerban and Rūta Brazienė. One of the most striking findings is that rural policies ignore young people and youth policies ignore rural youth. Generally, there is little understanding and acceptance in policy that young people in rural areas represent a diversity of groups, interests, needs and aspirations. Hosts: Dariusz Grzemny and...
Sep 23, 2021•33 min•Ep. 16
The issue of climate change and its impact on all of us has been discussed in many activities implemented both by the European Union and the Council of Europe. It also appears in many policy papers issued by both institutions. It is also present in many initiatives undertaken by youth organisations and youth movements. How can we, in the youth sector, be more environmentally conscious? How can we mainstream environmentally responsible practices? How can we make the youth sector greener? Recently...
Sep 02, 2021•28 min•Ep. 15
In previous episodes of our podcast, we have explored different topics covered in the latest Youth Knowledge Book on Young People, social inclusion and digitalisation. With this episode, we would like to focus on another topic you can find in the Knowledge book - digitalisation and social inclusion of youth people with disabilities. This topic is explored in two articles, which you can find in chapter 3 and 4 of the book. Today we are having two authors of these chapters: Roman Banari who wrote ...
Aug 12, 2021•24 min•Ep. 14
This is another episode, in which we do deeper into different topics explored in the Youth Knowledge Book on Young People, social inclusion and digitalisation. This time we look into two chapters that discuss how digitalisation is affecting young people’s mental health and well-being. Our guest, Cathy Street wrote a chapter, in which she looks into young people’s digital well-being outlining current research findings about both positive and negative effects of digitalisation, including problemat...
Jul 20, 2021•28 min•Ep. 13
This time we are talking with two guests - Daniel Briggs , who wrote an article on the use of WhatsApp by newly arrived refugees in Europe and Antía Pérez-Caramés , who reflected on the virtual communities created and used by young Spanish migrants in Europe. Both articles were published in the Youth Knowledge Book on Young people, social inclusion and digitalisation [ LINK ]. Hosts: Dariusz Grzemny and Lana Pasic. The transcript is available HERE...
Jul 01, 2021•24 min•Ep. 12
This episode is one of the few ones, in which we will talk with different authors who contributed to the latest Youth Knowledge Book on Young people, social inclusion and digitalisation. Dariusz Grzemny and Lana Pasic are talking with two guests who wrote the chapter on Power, participation and geographical isolation exploring the impact of a digital project run with young people in the Scottish Highlands: John Taylor - Area Youth Officer from High Life Highland and Anja Johnston - an assistant ...
Jun 10, 2021•27 min•Ep. 11
Guests: Adina Serban, Ekaterina Sherer, Snezana Baclija Knoch and Dariusz Grzemny Host: Marietta Balazs, project officer, EU-Council of Europe youth partnership Join the MOOC on Essentials of Youth Work here: [ LINK ] More information about the course: [ LINK ] The transcript of this episode [ LINK ]...
May 17, 2021•18 min•Ep. 10
The EU-Council of Europe youth partnership has done research on the topic of young people, social inclusion and digitalisation in 2019 and has recently published the youth knowledge book on “Young people, social inclusion and digitalisation”. In 16 chapters, the authors critically examine if and how digitalisation can support the quest for social inclusion, ranging from the exploration of policies, tools and platforms available to young people and youth workers in Europe, supporting young people...
May 07, 2021•29 min•Ep. 9
Welcome to Under 30, the podcast series by the youth partnership that brings the research results, explores trends in young people's lives and themes relevant for youth policy and practice. The issue of young people’s mental health and psychological well-being appeared in some of the previous episodes of our podcast when we were discussing the impact of COVID-19 on the lives of young people and on the youth services. It was also discussed during the 3rd European Youth Work Convention and the fin...
Apr 15, 2021•30 min•Ep. 8
Welcome to Under 30, the podcast series by the Youth Partnership that brings the research results, explores trends in young people's lives and themes relevant for youth policy and practice. Young people across Europe are increasingly experiencing challenges to accessing their rights. Even more so nowadays in times of COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode we are discussing some of these challenges, related with accessing the right to free and peaceful assembly and association and freedom from discri...
Mar 25, 2021•30 min•Ep. 7
The transcript of this podcast is available HERE ---------- COVID-19 had an impact on practically all aspects of young people’s lives. Learning mobility of young people is one of them. Borders were closed, people were not able to move freely, students’ dormitories were turned into places for people in quarantine, students were losing their jobs, youth exchanges were cancelled, youth work moved online. How big was the impact of COVID-19 on learning mobility of young people? How did the youth orga...
Feb 25, 2021•29 min•Ep. 6
The audio file with the transcript is also available HERE Youth organisations experience a shrinking space for civil society in a variety of ways and on many different levels. Space can start to shrink when governments see civil society as a threat. As a result, they employ tactics to discredit and weaken them, thereby shrinking the space in which they can work. In this episode, we are discussing how the space for civil society is changing, particularly for young people. We also reflect on the m...
Feb 04, 2021•29 min•Ep. 5
See the transcript of this episode HERE How is youth work done? Who does it? Is it recognised? And if yes, how? How does one become a youth worker? What are the trends and developments in youth work and youth policy? How will the results of the latest European Youth Work Convention impact youth work and how youth work can contribute to the Bonn Process? These are just a few questions we are discussing in this episode, with the geographical focus on Eastern and Southeast Europe. In order to talk ...
Dec 27, 2020•29 min•Ep. 4
The transcript of this episode is available HERE ----- The COVID-19 pandemic and all measures that were implemented by the European countries to control the spread of the coronavirus had a huge impact on young people's lives and the youth services. The youth partnership developed a Knowledge HUB to highlight the research and knowledge gathering initiatives that look at the two sides of the pandemic impact: challenges for the youth sector and positive initiatives. In this episode, we are talking ...
Dec 22, 2020•29 min•Ep. 3
The transcript of the podcast is available HERE __________________________________________________ Technology and digitalization have become an integral part of our lives, but particularly the lives of young people. What are the new challenges of digitalization for young people? What can youth work do to address these challenges? These are just a few questions we are discussing with: Lasse Siurala - a former Director of Youth Services at the City of Helsinki (1995-1999, 2001-2012) and Director o...
Dec 09, 2020•29 min•Ep. 2
The transcript of the podcast is available HERE ______________________________________________________ In 2017, the youth partnership initiated the research project on educational and career paths of youth workers in Europe. After three years, a lot of materials were collected and recently the youth partnership has published a book within its Youth Knowledge Book series called "Youth worker education in Europe". In this podcast, we are talking about the research and the book together with Tanya ...
Dec 09, 2020•28 min•Ep. 1
