Explore the Resources of Europe Goes Local: The European Charter and Changemakers Kit

0:00 welcome to the charter and the change 0:02 makers kit 0:03 the aim of the charter is to contribute 0:05 to the further development of local 0:07 youth work 0:08 it does so by stating which principles 0:10 should guide youth work 0:11 and how different aspects of it should 0:13 be designed in order to meet these 0:15 principles 0:16 it states what is needed but not how and 0:19 by whom this should be achieved 0:21 this needs to be discussed by you at the 0:24 local level 0:25 different starting points in terms of 0:27 traditions organization 0:29 and resources will ask for different 0:31 solutions in order to make local youth 0:34 work 0:34 meet its requirements therefore the 0:37 charter is designed 0:39 as a checklist in which stakeholders can 0:41 gather and discuss 0:42 what measures are needed for the further 0:45 development of local youth work 0:47 it is a common european platform and 0:49 framework for the necessary dialogue 0:52 on how all young people should get equal 0:54 access to quality youth work 0:57 the key word is dialogue sometimes this 0:59 dialogue will be clear and easy 1:01 sometimes it will be a bit more 1:03 complicated and hard 1:04 the basic idea of the change makers kit 1:07 is therefore to promote 1:08 inspire and facilitate this dialogue to 1:11 help you get started 1:12 have good discussions draw conclusions 1:14 and make real change 1:16 one of the added values of the charter 1:18 is also that it contributes to a common 1:20 european understanding of youth work 1:23 thus facilitating international 1:25 cooperation 1:26 an exchange of experiences and good 1:28 practices so 1:30 what's in the change makers kit and how 1:32 can you start to use it as you can see 1:33 on the start page 1:35 it contains many different features 1:37 offering different kinds of support and 1:39 information 1:40 you can of course download the charter 1:42 in your own language 1:44 you can read about the background of the 1:46 charter why it was developed and how 1:48 you can do an on-spot assessment of your 1:51 own youth work reality 1:52 you can get new ideas and inspiration 1:55 through good practices and tools 1:57 you can facilitate your discussions by 1:59 using the guiding questions 2:01 you can go to the library to find 2:03 reference material and interesting reads 2:06 you can get suggestions on how to use 2:09 the changemakers kit 2:10 and how to get started you will also 2:12 find all of these different features 2:14 as links under the different sections 2:16 and bullet points 2:17 just click on one of the sections and 2:19 you will see 2:21 all these features including the good 2:23 practices and the tools 2:25 will be continuously updated so don't 2:27 forget to subscribe to our newsletter to 2:29 get the latest information 2:31 the charter points of direction and how 2:34 fast and how long we will go will surely 2:36 vary 2:37 going in the same direction is however a 2:40 big step 2:41 have a nice process go for change 2:51 [Music] 2:54 you