"The outreach youth work proposes an approach based in the trusting relationship between the youth worker and youngster. Using a set of non-formal educational activities on the street the youth worker use the public space as a place of socialization of the vulnerable youngsters in difficulties. These difficulties could be a family breakdown situation, a school dropout or facing legal problems. The youth workers surveyed street public space and, because his proximity and availability, is the missing link between the youngster and the formals structures, from where he is excluded or removed. The socio-educational activities rise all its meaning and its effectiveness when applied in contexts where all other socialization structures have failed (marginalization, untrained and unemployed youth, homelessness, stigma, risks prostitution, drug use or alcohol, risk of radicalization, problems with the authorities or with theirs families). The reduction of social protection and educational services related to the economic crisis and austerities measures are became the youngsters the first victims of the economic recession. They are isolated and far of the welfare system and in lack of rights. The inclusion of young people in difficulty, however, is a major challenge globally in ours days. This inclusion must be a political priority a two levels one level is to changed Youth politics recognising special measures for this target group and other level is to advocate for the application of the existing laws that recognised youth politics that already faced that situation. The project “Strengthening Exchanges Advocacy Training for Outreach Youth Workers – STREAT” the partners belonging to the consortium want to enhance the support for these vulnerable youngsters trough the methodology of outreach youth work, looking to meet young people in their place of living ("" go to ""), specifically for building an educational relationship based on trust, ensuring that the young is able to express their needs and define their life project.This methodology, which is particularly suited to the most acute problems faced by young people in situations of exclusion from the world, however, has a very worldwide variable recognition both the tool to fight against and the status of the professionals that use it (named by outreach or street Youth Workers) by the youth politics.All partners of the project are members of ""Dynamo International - Street Workers Network"" which currently includes the youth workers from 50 different countries. In the past, members were able to participate actively in the work related to youth policies under the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union from July to December 2010, in highlighting the importance of adapting the youth policies to the street reality."

The project addresses the social economic impact of the l COVID-19 pandemic on young people in Europe, focusing on those socially excluded. A consequence of lockdown is that the number of young people disconnected from employment, education and training supports will increase. In Ireland, for example, young people have been disproportionately affected by Covid 19 unemployment (ESRI, 2020). Lockdown has caused discontinuity of service for youth. Those young people previously facing challenges are likely to have experienced a complete disconnect from services and supports and will now need new supports to transition back into services. MethodologyWe adopt a view of a continuum of inclusion/exclusion and focus on young people who are most highly excluded and least likely to transition successfully from lockdown. At this end of the continuum we expect to find social issues such as radicalisation, anti-authority behaviour, and rejection of prosocial norms, which will be addressed in the project findings. Radicalisation, be it far-right or faith-based, has been an issue of growing concern for the EU for a number of years, in particular in relation to marginalised, hard to reach young people. This can only be expected to rise with the recession that COVID-19 has triggered, leading to further reduction in education and employment opportunities, the collapse of some civic society organisations, and broader damage to the societal fabric.Also in the context of the COVID-19 crisis we note a growth in less usual types of radicalisation and the emergence of new types of extremist ideas and networks based on conspiracy theories and fake news, much of which will be exploited by radical recruiting groups.We are also seeing a rapid rise in anti-authority behaviour.The timing of this project is such that we will be ready to examine, as soon as it occurs after the summer of 2020, the new landscape created by the lockdown situation for hard-to-reach young people (isolation, lessening of usual connections, increased exposure to negative home or online influences - potentially radical/ violent). This window of time is ideal as all young people, even NEETS are tied to the school year cycle. September will be the commencement of the next transition in the lives of young people and their failure or success in this transition will emerge fully at this time.The expertise within the consortium allows us to engage with this new landscape to include both traditional street work, online work, anti-radicalisation work, youth information etc ResultsOur objectives are to work with partners to:Understand the emerging needs of young people experiencing social exclusion, and the interventions to effectively connect them Research and document adaptations and best practices in Detached work relevant to the new situation and evidence for effectiveness and challenges in this workPublish a case study collection to capture the experience of young people, youth workers and service managers in effectively connecting young people who were previously socially excludedCreate a Detached Youth Work Practice Framework Disseminate this work as widely as possible among the Detached Youth workers profession as well as any related organizations, agencies, networks, policy makers etcParticipants The partners from Sweden, Ireland, Finland, Austria and Belgium, were chosen based on relevant specialist expertise, to bring together a complementary set of skills and experience; together we can produce resources that will be applicable across Europe. The partners are varied in size, specialisation and ways of working; this will help us to distill what is essential to good Detached Work.As well as the staff directly involved in the project (10 in total), this project will consult and inform the wider profession of Detached workers through our research and through the dissemination of the published results via our local, national and European networks. Impact and longer term benefitsThere are three outcome objectives planned, which will respectively achieve the following impacts and longer term benefits:RESEARCH EVIDENCE of EMERGING needs, effective interventions and a CASE FOR SUPPORT will ensure that youth service providers, planners and commissioners will be better able to provide services for socially excluded young people because their knowledge of emerging needs will inform their plans and policies The evidence of these needs will allow them to acquire the support of their stakeholders. ACTIONABLE KNOWLEDGE at the service and policy design level will help youth service providers, providers, planners and commissioners to implement actionable strategies to support socially excluded young people.Practice support resources will increase effective practice by providing ACTIONABLE KNOWLEDGE and continuous improvement at the practice level resulting in improved ability to connect with and meet the needs of socially excluded young people.

CAMMINI MINIMI is a project co-financed by the Erasmus Plus - Capacity Building in the Field of Youth program, which saw 6 partners involved in strengthening relations between European and African non-profit youth organizations. For two years, partners from Italy, Belgium, Kenya, Mozambique, Turkey and the Democratic Republic of Congo have worked to build strategic capacities, an e-learning platform and an innovative network of young people and non-profit organizations in the North and the South of the world, active in the youth sector within which to create synergies and social innovation, as well as strategies for decentralization of policies designed and implemented by young people.CAMMINI MINIMI project aimed to promote the cooperation between Europe and Africa in the field of youth and explore the potential of youth work in order to enhance youth organizations’capacity to implement development programs by establishing effective management and administrative system. In order to promote this objective, CAMMINI MINIMI project aimed to:- strengthen networking, designing and building a new network organization, a development virtual office in which the human resources of partner organizations will collaborate in the definition and management of development projects with a view to filiera.- promote the social recognition of the interventions made by young people and their reference organizations- strengthen the management and technical expertise of staff and non-profit organizations active in the youth field- accompany the organizational and managerial growth of such organizations- develop the capacity of youth organizations to generate functional economic resources for institutional activity- producing educational content that can be disclosed to third sector organizations in the youth field on a larger scale.Were involved youth workers participants with few opportunity in the activities of the project both through the participation in the transnational training events and through their participation in the e-learning course that the project developed. These youth workers applied the knowledge obtained through their participation in the training events with their activities organizations. The consortium was coordinated by PASSI Società Cooperativa. The partners from the African Countries were youth organizations that were willing to build their capacity to support youth exchanges and also to support the youth in their local community. The European partners include youth organizations who want design and implement global projects and who have experience in project management, communication campaigns and fundraising as well as the management and selection of volunteers. In line with the objectives the following activities were realized: 1 transnational seminar in Italy, 3 capacity building training courses (Mozambique, RDC and Kenya), 1 Capacity Building Toolkit (an handbook and a digital platform that promotes virtual collaboration and hosts an e-learning course) and 1 Mobility of Youth Worker in Italy. The participants were involved in different training on: Project Management and Design, Financial Management, Volunteer Management, Fundraising strategy, Communication and social media, Multicultural and M&E, using different approaches and method like Theater of the oppressed techniques, theater-dance technique, focus group, energiser, role play, group challenge, learning by doing, GOPP method).

An experience in European or international mobility is an asset for any young person. The skills gained through this type of experience are very important and valuable for his future life as a person, a professional, and a citizen. This statement matches even more the public of young people with fewer opportunities. Contrarly to what is generally thought, young people with a low level of qualification, few financial ressources, social/personnal issues, or disabled, etc, could benefit from a mobility experience, should they access a professional guidance, support and proper preparation. In France and in Europe, several organisations share the same values and work in favor of this public. The field of international mobility has evolved in France as in Europe in the past few years, with new programs; but mostly with the development of a wide approach on international mobility. With employment, training and volunteering opportunities, with project in group or for individuals, mobility comes in all shapes and forms. This project is created with the aim to work extensivly on the subject, with a consortium of 8 partners, including 3 French (Jeunes à Travers le Monde, UNAREC, et Itinéraire International), 4 European (Cesavo en Italie, Institute for United Europe et Eduq en Pologne, Dynamo en Belgique), and a European network (Volonteurope), who would gather around this subject and these values, emphasizing strongly on the essential role of guidance and mentoring of young people with fewer opportunities. Public of youngsters we are dealing with is composed of young people with fewer opportunities, or Netts, or vulnerable adults aged between 18 and 30.The project coordinator is a French organisation amed Itinéraire International. The organisation has the opportunity to cooperate with each organisation, most of which already know each other. All of them share the same observation and motives. The projects offers to the partenrs to cooperate together for:- the promotion at EU level, of a proper trade on mentoring young people with fewer oppotunities, and the creation of new training tools for professionals or future professionals. - the development of a common advocacy speech and create a formal cooperation network that will disseminate the speech and will act to make mobility more accessible and inclusive in the future. The end of the project will drive us to 2017, when the partners will be able to participate to the dialogues around the future Europea programmes in 2020. Activities of the project will be carried around workshops and between groundwork professionals who will exchange on their (best) practices, develop and experiment new working methods. The project also includes 2 seminars, one is organised during the project to invite a wide number of new partners to join the formal network, and one that will be the closing event to present and disseminate the results at the end of the project. Among various dissemination and communication activities, a website will be created to share information with any person or organisation interested.

"BACKGROUNDResearch shows that young people living below the poverty line face multiple barriers to access education, employment, housing, etc. To be poor is a very stigmatizing experience, which affects self-esteem, confidence and personal security. Thus, low income is a strong predictor of low educational performance, lower aspirations for the future and finally social exclusion. The 2013 Annual Growth Survey showed that poverty and social exclusion are major obstacles to the achievement of the Europe 2020 objective of inclusive growth. There is a lack of extensive knowledge on how young people experience poverty in the different member states and much to learn about how the dynamic nature of poverty and youth intertwine. A better understanding is urgently needed for achieving the Europe 2020 goal of “at least 20 million fewer people in or at risk of poverty and social exclusion"". OBJECTIVES, NUMBER AND PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTSYES Forum, the European network of organizations working with and for disadvantaged young people, having members and affiliates in 18 EU member states, led the strategic partnership “Our life. Our voice. Young people and poverty”. We placed young people’s views at the heart of this project to explore their attitudes to poverty and what it means for them to live in families struggling to make ends meet from day to day. By listening to the young people experiencing poverty we wanted to bridge the gap between policy and practice. We provided fresh ideas for both actors in the field of youth services and youth work as well as policy makers on what real support should look like and how to better target resources to disadvantaged young people’s needs.The project partnership involved 6 partners and the YES Forum, as the coordinating organization. We implemented the project in 5 countries, different with regard to welfare system, historical development, and economic performance. We collaborated with partners coming from the UK, Italy, Germany, Finland and Romania, covering different regions of the EU. All participating organizations have had strong experience in delivering services for those experiencing poverty, listening to young people and influencing policy to improve the lives of those in or at risk of poverty. To reach a large audience ranging from youth work organizations, service providers, policy makers and public authorities, we involved another strong European network, active in the field of street work, Dynamo International. Through the activities of the partner organisation in the life-time of the project, we have reached 1.700 young people. Through extensive dissemination activities, as described in detail in the section ‘dissemination’, we reached around 6.500 multipliers across Europe. ACTIVITIES AND METHODOS USEDThis strategic partnership was built on a model established by The Children’s Society, a YES Forum member from the UK. We transferred this method and applied it within the strategic partnership by setting groups of young people with an interest to explore poverty. These groups of 12-15 young people were accompanied by youth workers applying interactive and participatory methods to get an insight into the experience of young people in poverty (IO1). The young people themselves created discussions on different perceptions of poverty and as a result formulated their recommendations against poverty and what real support should look like (IO2). At regional and national events, they met with representatives from youth organizations, service providers, local authorities, and policy makers to discuss their suggestions. The methodology used for engaging those young people who might be hard to reach was also published in a tool-kit for practitioners (IO3). The activities then culminated in the final international conference organized by the YES Forum together with Dynamo International. This event was held in Brussels, presenting the project findings in creative and interactive ways, devised by the young people to reach the various actors working with disadvantaged young people across Europe, ranging from professionals of youth and social work to decision- and policy-makers at EU level.RESULTS, IMPACT, LONGER TERM BENEFITSBy applying this participatory approach the project filled a gap in the discourse around poverty, where often the focus at national and EU level is on statistics and the definition of poverty rather than the day to day experience of young people. Local authorities and those responsible for developing services and policies for young people benefited from our substantial knowhow in including those young people who may not otherwise be engaged in established platforms for policymaking in the youth field (e.g. youth councils, youth organizations)."