This conference will present and discuss results of a partnership among four major European cities on young people and youth work in public urban space, carried out by practitioners with researchers support. It includes policy and practise recommendations
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About the project
This conference will present and discuss results of a partnership among four major European cities on young people and youth work in public urban space, carried out by practitioners with researchers support. It includes policy and practise recommendations
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Association of Viennese Youth Centres is a Non-Governmental Organisation, but mainly supported financially by the municipality of Vienna and runs 40 units (youth centres, detached youth work).
The Association employs app. 300 persons (about 100 fulltime), most of them as youth-workers directly in the field, hence it is the main professional youth work provider in Vienna and Austria.
The range of activities is:
Open youth work in youth-centres and youth clubs
Detached youth work
Training courses, especially in creativity (drama, dance, music)
Counselling
Organising events, especially in the fields of music and sport
Special programs during holiday seasons, such as camps and international exchanges
Target group of the Association is youngsters in the age from 6-21. Depending on the needs of the surroundings there is often a difference in the main focus of the project. Usually we define “Children” (6-9) “Juniors” (10-14) and “Youth” (15-19), “Young Adults (20-24) and “Adults” (25+).
All participation on every activity is on a voluntary basis!
The activities are mainly developed and planned by the structures directly situated in the field. The main office takes care about financial questions, supervising, monitoring and training for employees.
The social environment has to be thoroughly assessed before appropriate measures can be taken. Each unit develops its program based on this analyses (“Sozialraumanalyse”), the Association’s “Impact driven Youthwork Concept” and the quality criteria of VJZ
Teams represent a diverse range in terms of personal background, education and are gender balanced
💼 What the programme involves
In February 2021 Organisations from Vienna, Milano, Stuttgart and Helsinki joined forces in an Erasmus+ „Youth“ found Strategic partnership on Youth in urban public space.
Several dozen youth worker took almost two years’ time to research on questions of public space in big cities concerning its usability for youth, how this has changed over time and how offerings of open Youthwork could be adapted in those four cities. The University for Continuing Education in Krems, Austria was leading research partner. Of course, this project also dealt with the effects of the Covid19 pandemic, though it had originally been planned before that.
Both quantitative and qualitative methods came into use. More than 2000 youth and more than 400 youth worker were questioned. 24 one-week observation visits gave intense insights, Focus group interviews both with young people and youth worker were conducted among other methods. Data was analysed both on regional and international level. Besides a study, he project will deliver city specific brochures in the respective countries languages. Short videos by and with youth are in production.
Key questions for the project were:
Which changes in young people’s usage and perception of public space can be observed?
Which general developments, political decisions and local strategies have an influence on this topic?
In which way are observations of the recent year influenced by the impact of the Corona Crisis?
What are possible European and local strategic approaches to gain influence on these factors?
What are the consequences regarding our lobbying activities for the interest of young people?
What are proper structural and methodological answer Open Youth Work can offer?
In which way activities and offerings of Open Youth Work in public urban space need to be adapted?
An international conference in Vienna, on 23.January 2023 will present and discuss results, policy and practitioner recommendations
Organizer: Verein Wiener Jugendzentren (Association of Viennese Youth Centres
Partner: Commune di Milano, Stuttgart Jugendhaus GGmbh, Helsinki Youth Department, Tempo per l’Infanzia, Universität für Weiterbildung Krems
Working language English
Participation is free of charge; pre-registration is required.
🏠 Accommodation on site
lunch at the conference included
accommodation must be organised by participants
🍲 Food
lunch at the conference included
accommodation must be organised by participants
📍 About the location
🎒 Leisure activities
ℹ️ Additional information
Costs
Participation fee
no participation fee
Accommodation and food
lunch at the conference included
accommodation must be organised by participants
Travel reimbursement
no travel reimbursement
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SALTO-AT
23/01/2023 at 00:00 → 23/01/2023 at 00:00
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
0.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz 1, 1010 Wien, Austria
Austria
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Central European Standard Time
Local time: 22:22 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken