Potočnik, Dunja and Drosopulos, Mary (2024) Youth work in South-East Europe. Other. Council of Europe, Strasbourg.
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The main goal of this study is to identify pivotal components of youth work, the sector’s accomplishments, and obstacles to youth work in 12 countries of South-East Europe. Following this, the study makes recommendations on how to advocate for better positions for youth workers and youth work in national and international contexts. The 12 countries included in this study are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo1, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Türkiye. To gain a comprehensive insight into the challenges, potential and perspectives of youth work in South-East Europe, two methods of analysis were applied: desk research and in-depth, semi-structured interviews with selected national-level experts on youth and national-level youth workers. The desk research focused on literature published on youth work in South-East Europe since 2015, along with analysis of the youth policies on the national level, while the in-depth interviews had four main thematic areas: i. the context of youth work; ii. youth workers’ skills and competences, and validation and professionalisation of their roles; iii. the potential for growth and innovation; and iv. examples of practice that resulted in improvements in youth work at the national or local level. The analyses indicate that all the countries observed struggle with similar obto sudden social changes, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. The innovation and inner strength displayed by the youth civic sector in South-East Europe are foundations for growth and development; this should be recognised and supported by genuine cross-sectoral co-operation. In support of this, this study concludes with recommendations directed at three main groups of stakeholders in the youth field in South-East Europe: policy makers, practitioners and researchers. stacles to planning and executing their activities, namely outdated legal frameworks for youth work – often linked with inefficient policy implementation – inadequate structures to support youth work, a paucity of structured educational opportunities for youth workers, a lack of recognition and validation for youth work, and scarce, irregular funding for youth work. At the same time, civil society organisations working in the youth sector and youth workers have both demonstrated resilience and adaptability
| Item Type: | Monograph (Other) |
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| Additional Information: | Language: English. - Editors: Lana Pašić, Tanya Basarab. - Second publisher: European Commission. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Youth, youth work, South East Europe, Covid-19 pandemic |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Depositing User: | Karolina |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Dec 2024 14:03 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Dec 2024 14:32 |
| URI: | http://idiprints.knjiznica.idi.hr/id/eprint/1183 |
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