3rd European Academy on Youth Work - Webinar 3: Looking Forward, Together

In the European Academy on Youth, we want to support the professional development of youth workers and other professionals in youth work practice, policy and research.

For this reason, we are excited to invite you to the last webinar of our series of three webinars on the topic of “Emerging trends and developments and their impact on youth work in Europe”. The webinars are organised as part of the 3rd European Academy on Youth Work.

The main questions that the 3rd EAYW has been exploring are:

• Which emerging trends and developments can we expect to have an impact on youth work?
• What will youth work look like in the future?
• How can we get ready for futures thinking?
• How can we act, plan and envision for a future of youth work we don’t know?

The webinars are 2-hour long dynamic online sessions where you will explore aspects related to futures thinking in youth work with other colleagues from different parts of Europe. During these sessions you can expect: short and inspiring inputs by experts and interesting conversations with colleagues from other countries.

Our third and last webinar will take place on 12 September 2024, from 10:00 - 12:00 CET.

This webinar will focus on "Looking Forward, Together".

Description:

After two webinars and a very lively residential Academy event in May, get ready for the final online meeting where we will share strategies to move towards the future, together.

In this webinar, we will share the outcomes and key insights from the 3rd European Academy on Youth Work event that took place in May 2024 in Slovenia. We will also look into the strategies proposed by the Futures of Youth Work research team to deal with the unknown and use future-thinking in our daily work. This webinar is relevant for all those interested in the future of youth work, whether you are new to the Academy, attended the event, or participated in previous webinars. Everyone is welcome.

Objectives:

• Share the results and key takeaways from the 3rd European Academy on Youth Work event;
• Explore strategies for youth workers to effectively deal with the future;
• Discuss the principles for having good conversations about the future;
• Engage with the EAYW community in preparation for future events and collaborations.

The webinar will be facilitated by Darko Markovic, Anita Silva and Sabrina Apitz.

We welcome all participants that are professionals (including volunteers) in youth work or in a field related to it from across Europe and beyond. Please register by filling in the attached application form in order to receive the link for the webinar.

If you would like to know what happened at the first two webinars, you can watch the videos, take a look at the webinar visuals or read the articles.

Webinar 1: Futures of Youth Work (21 March 2024)

The first online event of the 3rd European Academy on Youth Work gathered actors in the youth field to explore the futures of youth work.  In this interactive webinar we discussed the draft outcomes of the future foresight research, which started in September 2023.

Webinar 2: How Future-Ready Are You? (18 April 2024)

In this webinar, we looked into our relationship with the future and our current strategies to deal with the unknown.

More information about the EAYW event and the webinars: www.eayw.net