DJS/Enter! Eval Sem (2011) 4 Strasbourg, 15 June 2011 Long Term Training Course Access to Social Rights for Young People from Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods Report of the online learning units and the 3 rd residential seminar (evaluation seminar) 30 April – 8 May 2011 European Youth Centre Strasbourg By Tony Geudens Introduction Key-word summary of this report – by wordle.net 2 LTTC Enter! Evaluation Seminar – 30 April-8 May 2011 – European Youth Centre Strasbourg Contents Introduction (English version) .............................................................. 4 Introduction (version française) ........................................................... 9 LTTC ENTER! > A long term training course about Social Rights................... 14 Have a look around Europe ...............................................................14 The Council of Europe’s response........................................................14 A Long Term Training Course (LTTC) ....................................................15 Overview of the LTTC course flow.......................................................16 Project evaluation & follow-up > The story of the third seminar ................. 18 What this seminar aimed at… ............................................................18 Flow of the programme ...................................................................19 Preparing the future > Outcomes of the third seminar.............................. 22 Evaluation of the third seminar ..........................................................22 Participants’ projects harvest............................................................25 Quality criteria for good projects........................................................90 Conclusions of the third seminar.........................................................92 Ask the experts > Input of the speakers................................................ 94 Sustainability – by Paul Boylan ...........................................................94 A bit more detail > Session outlines....................................................104 Online e-learning units (October 2010-May 2011) ................................... 104 Quality criteria for Enter! projects ................................................. 104 Youth Policy Recommendations ..................................................... 106 Combating Exclusion, Discrimination & Violence ................................. 107 Getting prepared for the evaluation seminar ..................................... 108 Sessions of the evaluation seminar .................................................... 111 Welcome evening...................................................................... 111 Re-connecting the group & introduction ........................................... 112 Quality criteria-based evaluation of the projects ................................ 114 Workshops on violence, exclusion & discrimination .............................. 116 Youth policy recommendations...................................................... 128 Meeting with the expert group ...................................................... 130 Input on sustainability - Paul Boylan................................................ 132 Working with institutional stakeholders & sustaining project results ......... 135 Resource-sharing evening ............................................................ 140 Evaluation of learning through mentoring and e-learning....................... 141 Conclusions: Youth work in disadvantaged neighbourhoods..................... 144 Follow up of the LTTC and Enter!................................................... 147 Evaluation of the final seminar...................................................... 150 You want more? > Annexes ..............................................................152 Resources & references ................................................................. 152 List of participants, speakers & organisations ....................................... 156 Day-by-day programme.................................................................. 161 LTTC Enter! – Access to Social Rights for Young People from Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods 3 Introduction Introduction (English version) Today, migration flows and urban concentration in a globalised Europe have very often resulted in a growing number of multicultural communities and neighbourhoods. In and around many cities, the social and economic imbalances associated with migrant and minority communities have led to the development of disadvantaged neighbourhoods, where diversity is also accompanied by poverty and often with marginalisation or exclusion. This is sometimes combined with different forms and levels of de facto social segregation, discrimination and violence. Disadvantaged neighbourhoods across Europe are not mainly or exclusively a result of migration, in the same way that all our societies are deeply multicultural regardless of the number of migrants. Social segregation, poverty and the lack of perspectives for social mobility are a reality for most of our societies; discriminatory phenomena are not targeted at migrants only. At times of economic and social crisis, the feelings of powerlessness and anxiety about the future risk deepening local tensions and underlying conflicts. Young people are often at the centre of these tensions, because they are more vulnerable and more insecure, and because they are more directly affected by the uncertainties regarding their real possibility of participating in society, contributing to its development and developing their autonomy. In the 47 member states of the Council of Europe, realities are very different from country to country and from city to city; the responses of local and national authorities are also diverse. Rarely, however, are the root causes adequately addressed; at best, policy responses seem to address epiphenomena (e.g. youth violence or delinquency) at times of critical events or media focus. Repressive measures often draw more attention than preventive approaches. The problems faced by many young people in these situations are often complex and multi-dimensional, sometimes resulting in a spiral, or a vicious circle, of discrimination , violence and exclusion. Responses, therefore, need to be inter- sectorial and consider the whole social context – the neighbourhood. This complexity, however, cannot justify a lack of action or response. On the contrary, it should stimulate co-operation, creativity and determination in order to prevent the escalation of conflicts and, essentially, to make sure that the social (human) rights of the young people concerned are not denied or violated. Why Enter!? The youth policy of the Council of Europe aims at “…providing young people, i.e. girls and boys, young women and men, with equal opportunities and experience which enable them to develop knowledge, skills and competencies to play a full part in all aspects of society” 1. The Enter! project on the access to social rights for young people from disadvantaged neighbourhoods was set up in response to the growing concern and attention of the European Steering Group on Youth (CDEJ) and the Advisory Council 1 Committee of Ministers Resolution CM/Res(2008)23 on the youth policy of the Council of Europe 4 LTTC Enter! Evaluation Seminar – 30 April-8 May 2011 – European Youth Centre Strasbourg Introduction on Youth (CCJ), the governmental and non-governmental partners of the youth sector of the Council of Europe, to matters of social cohesion and inclusion of young people. The chosen name ‘Enter!’ was chosen by the preparatory group of the long term training course after a long process of brainstorming on what this project should include. Enter! means ‘come in’, ‘include’, it can be an action and an invitation. Enter! is also a button on the keyboard, thus linking it to the e-learning dimension of the course. Aims and objectives of Enter! The Enter! project aims at developing youth policy responses to exclusion, discrimination and violence affecting young people in multicultural disadvantaged neighbourhoods. The objectives of the project have been defined as: • to address situations of conflict and exclusion of young people living in multicultural environments through non-formal education and youth work projects; • to develop conceptual and practical means of translating intercultural dialogue into the realities of youth work; • to explore and identify means for innovative youth work projects with young people at risk of exclusion and violence; • to initiate, support and evaluate up to thirty innovative pilot projects with a high multiplier effect across Europe; • to address situations of exclusion, conflict and violence affecting young people through partnerships between youth work, youth policy and local authorities; • to consolidate results of the All Different – All Equal European youth campaign in relation to diversity, participation and human rights. What is in Enter!? Enter! combines different types of activities and youth interventions which, while rooted in the realities of young people and based on youth work practice, seek to influence youth policies in Europe from the local to the national level. A preparatory seminar was held at the beginning of March 2009 in Budapest to set a clearer framework for the project, review the current needs and issues related to the project’s aims, take stock of already existing initiatives, define the overall approach and develop an operational model for its planning