TRANSNATIONAL CONFERENCE: Young people’s role in Europe, Youth Policies and the importance of the Youth Worker

This conference is implemented in the framework of the transnational seminar with the title “Europe 2020 strategy - Youth Policies and Public Consultation on the Importance of the Recognition of Non-Formal Learning” , in which will participate 50 young people from 6 different countries (Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Croatia, Bulgaria and Turkey).

The seminar will take place from the 22nd to the 27th of April 2014, is implemented under action 5.1.(Meetings of Young People and those responsible for Youth Policy) of the European Youth in Action programme and aims on the one hand to conduct a comparative analysis of Youth Policies in different European countries and of the relationship of the young people in Europe with the democratic processes, especially in view of the May 2014 European Elections, and on the other hand to promote the recognition of Youth Work, emphasizing its importance for supporting young people, and especially young people with fewer opportunities, and its contribution to the personal as well as professional development of the young people.

The specific objectives of this project are:

• To analyze how young people in these different countries understand and view European Union issues and policies.
• To promote the recognition of Youth Work and non-formal learning.
• To raise awareness on EU and national Youth Policies.
• To familiarize the participants with the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy.
• To raise awareness on the role that the young people can play as active European Citizens and promote. 
• The importance of the participation in the 2014 European Elections. 

What is non formal learning?

During all your live you learn in formal (like school, university), non-formal (courses, sports club) and informal (from parents and friends) settings. But what does this mean? What is behind this terms? We want to present you definitions of formal, non-formal and informal learning are based on Lynne Chisholm, who is a professor in Innsbruck/Austria and who has a lot of expereince in the youth field:.