EUROPEAN UNION’S EUROPEAN UNION’S NEW STRATEGY FOR YOUTH: NEW STRATEGY FOR YOUTH: INVESTING & EMPOWERINGINVESTING & EMPOWERING

VOLUNTARYACTIVITIES

SOCIAL INCLUSION

CREATIVITY &CULTURE

YOUTH & THE WORLD

EMPLOYMENT &ENTREPRENEURSHIP

HEALTH &WELL-BEING

PARTICIPATION

EDUCATION &TRAINING

EVIDENCE BASED POLICY MAKING

STRUCTUREDDIALOGUE

CROSS-SECTORALCOOPERATION

YOUTH WORK

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A NEW STRATEGYYOUTH – INVESTING &

EMPOWERING

A long term strategy (9 years) with a short term impact (3 years)!A priority of the EU social agendaMobilizing all the 8 key policies in all Member StatesPutting greater resources in these policy areas Promoting the potential of ALL young people

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Health & Well being

Paragraph on youth health in the Communication on promoting young people's full participation in education, employment and society (2007)Council Resolution on Health and Well-being of Young people adopted on 20 November 2008 ( French Presidency)Youth Health Initiative launched by DG SANCO on 10 July 2009Health and Well-being of Young People = one of the eight action fields of the renewed framework for European cooperation in the youth field (2010 – 2018)Chapter on Health and Well-being in the European Youth Report.

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Evidence: the EU Youth Report20% of

young people suffer from

mental disorders

17 % of people aged 15-24 are

overweight, 9% are underweight

In 2006, 7341 young people

died bysuicide

3 million young people aged 15-34

use cannabis daily These are causes or

outcomes of chronic illnesses

that can be PREVENTED!

HEALTH & WELL-BEING

INITIATIVES

Mobilise all stakeholders at local level to detect and help young people at risk

Promote training for youth workers and youth leaders on health issues

Encourage healthy lifestyles

Mentalhealth

Sexualhealth

SportHealty Life style

Injuries

Eatingdisorders

Addictions

Substanceabuse

PROMOTE

PREVENT

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Youth workNon-formal learning and well-beingSoft skills Creativity

EntrepreneurshipIntercultural learning =>Employability and

Social inclusion

Emotional skillsSocial skills

Critical thinkingRisk awareness

=> Health

Learning to learnICT skills

Financial literacy Media literacy=> Education

Development of skills through

non-formal and informallearning

Well-beingFOR ALL

Youth in Action Programme

5 actions

886 Mio € (2007-2013)130 000 participants each year5 application deadlines per year1728 projects related to health for 2007-2009

Youth exchanges

European Voluntary Service

Youth InitiativesDemocracy projects

Youth worker supportYouth policy cooperation

Youth in Action ProgrammeInclusion of young people with fewer opportunities

-disability and health issues- is a priority of the programme

Inclusion projects get priority over projects of equal qualityCoverage of exceptional costs – flexible procedures

multi measure agreements

What do young people get out of it?

mobility, foreign languages, intercultural learning, social skills,

personal development

Youth pass: recognition of non formal learning

YiA Projects for young people with

health issues and disability Groups of young patients from Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, GermanyHungary, Italy, Portugal, Romania and Slovakia meet in Hungary to do

creativework on identity, culture and their position in society. At the end of the

week they perform street theatre about the situation they face and show creative solutions.

Hungary national patient platform sets up an international partnership building seminar to do exchanges or EVS afterwards. This gives the chance to discuss with youth workers from different countries dealing with young patients, get to know each other and see how to develop projects together.

Youth Exchanges

Training and

Networking

YiA Projects for young people with

health issues and disability

Domenico, 30, Italian, physical disability due to asphylaxia at birth

EVS volunteer in Malta with NGO Razett tal-Hibberija helping people with disabilities

Cleaning the animal park-welcoming visitors-help in therapeutic swimming sessions

Eva, 28, Flemish, Usher’s Syndrome (deaf and almost blind)

EVS volunteer in Greece in a rehabilitation centre Taking care of disabled children organizing free

time activities

European VoluntaryService

Resources

National Agencies of the Youth in Action programme http://ec.europa.eu/youth/youth/doc152_en.htm#sectNAS

SALTO Inclusion - working with people with fewer opportunities

http://www.salto-youth.net/rc/inclusion/

SALTO Inclusion bookletsSALTO Inclusion newsletterToolbox for Youth work and Trainingtrainings for Youth workers  

Evidence basedyouthhealth policy making

Studies on:- Youth indicators on health- EU Youth Report 2012

EU-CoE youth partnership -European Knowledge Centre for Youth Policy

webpage on Young people's health:http://youth-partnership-eu.coe.int/youth partnership/ekcyp/BGKNGE/Health.html

December 2008 Research Seminar on Health and Well Being of Young people:

http://youth-partnership-eu.coe.int/youth-partnership/documents/Publications/Newsletter/Youth_Partnership_march09.pdf

End of 2010 publication on Youth health and well-being

Participation of young people in health policy making

Youth health Conference 2009 –interaction with young people and youth organizations from all over EuropeInvolvement of young people and a youth event during the 5th Ministerial Conference on Environment and HealthYouth health event in Torino, European Youth capital 2010 Event on youth health inequalities at the European Parliament in Brussels, in cooperation with the European Youth Forum Youth health website and Facebook:

http://ec.europa.eu/health-eu/youth/index_en.htm

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=62728639670

Key message

Get skills through YiA projectsParticipate to health policy making

EU wants to include ALL young people and hear also your

voice!

THANK YOU!MORE INFORMATION:

http://ec.europa.eu/youth/index_en.htm