Urban Youth Seminar - SALTO Inclusion/INJEP France Dec 2007

Aims & Objectives * Explore and analyse how international youth projects can be used to work with young people in disadvantaged (sub)urban areas More concretely: * present good practices of previous urban youth projects and deduce principles for working effectively with this target group * develop how the Youth in Action projects can contribute to change in young people's lives living in disadvantaged (sub)urban areas Target Group There will be places for 60 participants at the seminar, selected according to the criteria below: * directly working with youth in difficult or disadvantaged (sub)urban areas - this can be (volontary or paid) youth workers, social workers, educators, peers and others who are working with/organising projects for the target group in these areas. * having organised/implemented international youth projects and cooperation activities in (sub)urban areas - either within the YOUTH programme or other programmes or initiatives. * having a good working knowledge of (international :-) English, the working language of the seminar * available to actively attend the full duration of the course * willing to participate into a follow-up questionnaire 6 months after the training course. Methodology * the programme will be a mix between presentation of participants projects, working group discussions and common analysis as well as project visits in the field. There will also some inputs about resources that can be used in (sub)urban youth work. * The work will be facilitated and documented by the Team (with contributions from the participants) Programme Elements * Overview of the situation of young people in (sub)urban areas in different countries - commonalities and differences * Presentation of former youth projects in disadvantaged (sub)urban areas - analysis of challenges encountered and ways/methods to overcome them * Project visits in French sub-urban area - questions and answers - distilling principles of good practice * Presentation/sharing of existing resources (programmes, funding, methods, approaches,...) relevant for working with young people in disadvantaged (sub)urban areas * Next steps, action plans, recommendations for the Youth in Action programme and SALTO publication on Urban youth