10 from Europe, an opportunity to influence the development of their city. More at: https://opens2019.rs The term ‘youth worker’ throughout the text is applied to all persons who are working directly and indirectly with the young people in the youth organisation. The aim of The Wonderful Wizards of Youth Work was to “To rethink what is quality youth work and non-formal education for YEU and its youth work providers”. The objectives were as follows: – To map the strengths and weaknesses, impact and capacities of youth work and non-formal education in YEU and member/partner organisations and create a common ground for understanding our good practices and models; – To define a set of core competencies for practicing youth work in YEU universe (member organisations, pool of trainers and organisers, work on international level) and serving better young people and their needs; – To build capacities of youth work providers in order to be reactive to the needs of young people and adapt their practices and methods in line with quality youth work and non-formal education principles; – To disseminate quality youth work principles and practices by raising awareness about the Youth Work recommendations of the Council of Europe and advocating for their implementation on local/national levels. The project provided three residential meetings in Belgium, Serbia and Spain which gathered the participants from the YEU member organisations (MOs). This group was involved throughout the whole process from the research of their own youth work realities, to reaching out to European youth work institutions, to interviewing and meeting experts, researchers, politicians and youth workers from different countries. They analysed all the gathered data, created the structure of the publication and were involved in both writing and editing the publication. A team of eight experienced youth workers and trainers were co-opted to support the process and to develop the text provided by the participants between the residential meetings.
YEU Quality Label for Youth Work and Non-Formal Education
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