Issue 14 - March 2009 O#14 YOTE CYouth Partnership Coyote theme: Participation #14C ontents Welcome to Coyote 02 02... Editorial by Jonathan Bowyer Special feature 03 th 03... 10 anniversary of the Youth Partnership: past achievements, future perspectives by Hanjo Schild Coyote Theme – Participation 06 07... Impact of Youth Participation on Euromed by Federica Demicheli and Marco Boaria Under European Light: Polish short cut and bypass phenomena. 10... How to create an environment for youth participation? by Agnieszka Pawlik 14... An exploration of participatory research with young people by Thilo Boeck and Darren Sharpe 18... Change the village, challenge yourself! You(th) can make a difference by Delme Harries 20... What role can training play in promoting, encouraging and raising standards in youth participation? by Denis Morel Youth participation in youth policy development - The case of Southeast Europe 24... by Finn Denstad 28... Participation in formal education: No false promises, please! by Rolf Gollob and Wiltrud Weidinger 31... Introducing Anacej: Children’s and youth councils in France by Nathalie Rossini 32... Stand by me! by Romina Matei 35... Youth participation as a factor in democratic values by Bernard Roudet 39... Youth Participation, globalisation and democracy by Marie Schneider and Helmut Willems 43... Who leads? Through youth participation today to the leaders of tomorrow by Bettina Schwarzmayr Institutional perspectives 47 45... European Youth Forum : Citizenship, Participation and Youth Organisations : meeting young people’s needs by Diogo Pinto 47... SALTO: “Youth Programmes”: European tools for Youth Participation by Fatima Laanan Council of Europe: And what do institutions do? The Council of Europe 51... and youth participation by Iris Bawidamann European Commission: Structured dialogue and Youth in Action: 53... instruments for active citizenship by Jutta Koenig-Georgiades Good Practice in Participation 59 55... Young people for a life without tobacco? A European Youth Manifesto! by João Salviano Carmo 57 ... Nonformal education goes world wide web... by Andreas Karsten and colleagues Examples of youth organisations reaching out to support participation 60... of young people by Klavdija Cernilogar 63... Youth campaign against violence affecting children and youth by Lillian Solheim and Adriana Armenta Coyote Spirit 66 66... Adventures in Adjara: confusions with PARTICIPATION or playing football with hands by CandyCactus Marker 70 70... Marker by Mark Taylor 73... Spiffy by Mark Taylor Editor His main responsibilities include planning, Editorial team implementing and evaluating the Partnership Jonathan Bowyer training activities, as well as coordinating the Bernard Abrignani is a consultant trainer working in a variety of Partnership educational and training publica- Klavdija Cernilogar fi elds in the UK and Europe. He has a particular tions (including Coyote!). Previously Florian interest in values-based management and was the general manager of a large European Florian Cescon partnership development for organisations. NGO organising vocational trainings for young Kathrin Groth Jonathan worked for youth NGOs for over 18 professionals. He also worked in European Annette Schneider years, most of which was with the national affairs & EU policy in Brussels, and in the fi eld Council of YMCAs in England. He was editor of organisational mana¬gement in Paris. Florian Mark Taylor of the T-Kit on Organisational management now lives in Strasbourg with his wife and three Oliver Wagner and a contributor to the T-Kit on Funding and daughters. Financial management. He lives in the beautiful English Lake District with his wife and two sons. Design & layout Lucie Missemer & Spiffy the coyote Co-ordination is the administrative assistant for the training activities and publications of the Youth- The Big Family and administration Partnership between the European Commission Coralie Cottereau Florian Cescon and the Council of Europe since September Melinda Julienne is currently working as educational advisor for 2008. Previously she worked in different the Youth-Partnership between the European Directorates of the Council of Europe and in Commission and the Council of Europe. France as a manager in the private sector. Youth-Partnership Many thanks to all those who have states or the organisations co-operating with the Council of Europe & European contributed to this issue of Coyote. institutions. Commission Published by the Council of Europe and the To receive further information about Partnership c/o Council of Europe European Commission, March 2009. Directorate of Youth and Sport projects or to subscribe to Coyote, please contact F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex, France Reproduction of texts and pictures is authorised the Partnership secretariat by e-mail : [email protected] provided the source and author are quoted. [email protected] Tel: +33 3 88 41 30 77 or 33 52 The views and opinions expressed do not neces- You can also contact the editor with your Fax: +33 3 88 41 27 78 sarily express the offi cial view of the European comments, suggestions and ideas at the same www.youth-partnership.net Commission or Council of Europe, their member address. W e l come W e l com e W e l com e W e l come W e l com e W e l com e W e l come W e l com e W e l com e Welcome to COYOTE number 14 ! Another 10 pages! That’s how much bigger this issue of Coyote is compared to last time – and we thought number 13 was big! Of course, we shouldn’t be surprised; the theme of Coyote 14 is Participation – a far reaching subject, which in various guises has been on our agendas for many years. In many ways, participation underpins much if not all of maybe we should have tried harder to fi nd those contributors. what I think of as Youth Work, and of non-formal learning. But the many articles that are included here are insights from People (young or otherwise) grow and develop when they are those who currently create the environment for participation: engaged - when they participate, and likewise, communities, Insights from people who work face to face with young peo- societies, associations and informal groups, also grow and de- ple, from those who develop or infl uence policy, from those velop when people participate in them. who research the needs and evaluate the outcomes. Given that issue 14 is so large, I do hope that you will fi nd some For me, a signifi cant experience of participation as a young articles that will inspire you, some that will develop your un- person was taking the lead in a group, heading off into the derstanding, some that will challenge you and some that will wilderness of northern Canada and learning how to deal with make you smile! challenging environments and challenging behaviour from some of my colleagues. The impact of that trip on my adult In this issue we wanted to acknowledge the tenth anniversary life was huge: Amongst other things, I learnt about decision of the fi rst Partnership (Covenant) on youth worker training making, about representation and the relationship between between the Council of Europe and the European Commis- responsibility and authority – competencies that I’ve tried sion. Hanjo Schild’s article gives us a great overview of the to use ever since. One key thing that strikes me about the history of the Partnership and the whole magazine refl ects, I experience was being trusted with the opportunity: Funders, believe, much of the work now being carried on. academics, parents all placed a level of trust in me. At the time I would have said the expedition happened because of So, as usual, I hope you enjoy the magazine and fi nd it use- our initiative – but the reality was that others provided the ful. Feedback, direct to contributors or to the editorial team, environment for that initiative to fl ourish. is always appreciated. Finally, in case you’re reading so- meone else’s copy of Coyote 14, you can always order your It is perhaps ironic that there are no articles in this issue own copy, or download it from the Partnership website at written by young people. Writing something might have been www.youth-partnership.net. perceived as a method of participation in the development of Enjoy your reading! thinking about participation (if you see what I mean!) – and Jonathan Bowyer Contact : [email protected] @ 02 ... 10t h anni versary 10th anniversary 10th anni versary 10t h anni versary 10th anniversary 10th anni versary 10t h anni versary 10th anniversary 10th anni versary By Hanjo Schild 10th anniversary • Special feature of the Youth Partnership: past achievements, future perspectives Since 1998 the Partnership between the Council of Europe and the European Commission in the youth fi eld has taken the form of consecutive agreements or “Covenants” between the two institutions focusing during a fi rst stage on “European Youth Worker and Youth Leader Trai- ning” (“Training Covenants”). In 2003, the “Training Covenant” was complemented by two burg, Jean-Claude Juncker submitted a report on the rela- further Covenants, one on “Euro-Med cooperation” and ano- tionship of the Council of Europe and the European Union. ther one on “Youth Research”. All three Covenants expired This report highlights the achievements made in various policy during spring 2005. From then on, both partners agreed to sectors and in the youth fi eld it appeals for increased coopera- strengthen cooperation, to replace the existing partnerships tion between the two partners, which already has a long tradi- by one single umbrella agreement and to sign a Framework tion. “In the youth fi eld, the Council and the EU are pursuing Partnership Agreement covering fi rst the period 2005 – 2006, almost identical policies, admittedly with different resources. followed by a second one for 2007-2009. In autumn 2008 the There are a few bridges, however.