Perspectives from the field: European youth cooperation schemes through the lenses of young people in the Arab Mediterranean countries

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Özgehan Şenyuva ◽  
◽  
Asuman Göksel ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Mediterranean Countries ◽  
European Youth

scholarly journals European Youth Work Policy and Young People’s Experience of Open Access Youth Work

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
JON ORD ◽  
MARC CARLETTI ◽  
DANIELE MORCIANO ◽  
LASSE SIURALA ◽  
CHRISTOPHE DANSAC ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Young People ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Youth Work ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Policy Goals ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
European Youth

Abstract This article examines young people’s experiences of open access youth work in settings in the UK, Finland, Estonia, Italy and France. It analyses 844 individual narratives from young people, which communicate the impact of youthwork on their lives. These accounts are then analysed in the light of the European youth work policy goals. It concludes that it is encouraging that what young people identify as the positive impact of youth work are broadly consistent with many of these goals. There are however some disparities which require attention. These include the importance young people place on the social context of youth work, such as friendship, which is largely absent in EU youth work policy; as well as the importance placed on experiential learning. The paper also highlights a tension between ‘top down’ policy formulation and the ‘youth centric’ practices of youth work. It concludes with a reminder to policy makers that for youth work to remain successful the spaces and places for young people must remain meaningful to them ‘on their terms’.

Social consequences of mass access in Europe

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenza Antonucci
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
European Policies ◽  
Mass Expansion ◽  
European Youth ◽  
Expansion Of Higher Education

The chapter discusses the causes and consequences of having 50% of the current European youth cohort in university. The chapter discusses the paradox behind the democratisation of higher education, which has not addressed pre-existing inequalities. While European policies have focussed on access and destination, the chapter stresses the importance of focussing on the politics of living in university. The mass expansion of higher education has resulted in a protraction of the phase of young adulthood. In this context, it is crucial to look at young people in university as individuals who live a protracted phase of semi-dependence.

scholarly journals From the Mosque to the Town Square: Some Reflections on Islam, Youth, Social Movements and Citizenship

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salvatore Madonia ◽  
Ana I. Planet Contreras
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Children Of Immigrants ◽  
International Terrorism ◽  
Cultural Identification ◽  
Immigrant Communities ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
New Association ◽  
The Town ◽  
European Youth

An observation of the dynamics of the citizen participation of young people defined as Muslims who frequent Madrid’s mosques and squares raises the possibility that these young Spanish Muslims are developing their own civic/political participation as citizens and natives. This indicates a particular religious/cultural identification disassociated from the predefined religious view that characterizes them as actors in a process born out of their aspirations as citizens. For the most part, children of immigrants share an everyday experience in which they are defined by their religion, while also expressing their desire to break away from labels and distance themselves from the identification of Islam as experienced in immigrant communities, institutionalized Islam in mosques, associations and cultural centres, and the Islam of convert activism. The journey from the mosque to the town square is one taken time and again by these young people—followed during a multisited ethnography involving six years of research—that clears the way for a religiosity that is closely tied to the everyday experiences of young people continuously hearing about other situations (e.g., the war in Syria, the protests during the so-called Arab Spring, the 15 May Movement). In the process of differentiation and confrontation with Islamic people in the Spanish context, new association-building and new activism have emerged, with some connections to European youth associations and a growing commitment to global causes like the fight against Islamophobia and against international terrorism (the ‘Je suis Charlie’ movement) and feminist causes (#MeToo).

scholarly journals Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Francesca Helm ◽  
Ana Beaven
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Experience ◽  
Mediterranean Countries ◽  
Southern Mediterranean

This volume brings together a series of case studies which illustrate how VE projects have been developed and implemented in a range of different settings. Most of the case studies presented were developed in the context of the Erasmus+VE project (2018-2020), a pilot project funded by the European Commission. The aims of the project are to offer young people in Europe and in Southern Mediterranean countries opportunities to engage in a meaningful cross-cultural experience, as part of their formal or non-formal education.

scholarly journals Aspects associated with waterpipe smoking in Iranian youths: a qualitative study

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Jafaralilou ◽  
Arman Latifi ◽  
Mehdi Khezeli ◽  
Atefeh Afshari ◽  
Farahnaz Zare
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Waterpipe Smoking ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Mediterranean Countries ◽  
Second Category

Abstract Background Waterpipe is one of the oldest methods of tobacco smoking, which has become the public health challenge, especially in the Eastern Mediterranean countries such as Iran. This study aimed to investigate the waterpipe smoking (WPS) in the young people of Kermanshah in 2020, using a qualitative method. Methods This was a qualitative study conducted with the approach of content analysis. Participants were young waterpipe user aged 17 to 25 years selected by purposeful sampling method in Kermanshah city, located in the west of Iran. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews in face-to-face and audio-recorded methods based on an interview guideline during June to August 2020. Then researchers transcribed verbatim and analyzed the content of the interviews thematically. Results In this study, 23 young people who were waterpipe users at the time of the study participated. The results showed that social aspects in three sub-categories were involved in WPS including “socio-cultural aspects”, “socio-environmental aspects”, and “social relations”. Individual aspects of waterpipe use as second category also consisted of two sub-categories including “motivational aspects” and “lack of psycho-protective aspects”. Conclusions It seems that the implementation of the policy of reducing access to waterpipe in public environments is effective in reducing waterpipe consumption. It is suggested that educational and interventions, based on targeted models and theories be implemented in order to increase young people’s belief and perception on dangers of WPS, and to improve their self-efficacy to smoking cessation.

scholarly journals Topicality of the Spiritual Heritage and Theology of Brother Roger of Taizé

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-167
Author(s):  
Jacek Froniewski
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Original Form ◽  
Christian Life ◽  
Christian Churches ◽  
Concrete Experience ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Life Context ◽  
European Youth ◽  
The Church

This year in Wroclaw we experienced the European Youth Meeting organized by the Taizé Community. This great spiritual event is an opportunity to reflect more deeply on the importance of the heritage of Brother Roger of Taizé for the contemporary Church. As a starting point for this analysis, author took the biographical background, which will allow the reader to grasp the life context of Roger Schutz’s ecumenical research. Then, in the following points, he describes three essential elements of Brother Roger’s legacy, which are an ever-inspiring gift to the Church on the path of building unity. Firstly, it is a fully original form of Christian life in a monastic ecumenical community. Secondly, on the basis of this concrete experience of the Taizé Community, Brother Roger indicated a deeply existential way of building the unity of divided Christians. And thirdly, in his teaching he outlined a theology of forgiving love as the key to building reconciliation between the Churches. Undoubtedly the most spectacular fruit of his evangelical life are the crowds of young people from various Christian Churches that have invariably gathered around the Taizé Community for decades.

Youth and Crisis

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Félix Krawatzek
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Actor ◽  
Future Expectations ◽  
Democratic Regimes ◽  
Past Experiences ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Twentieth Century Europe ◽  
European Youth

This chapter draws the findings of the case studies together and ties them to the historical context of European youth mobilization. It identifies key differences and similarities of discourse about youth and mobilization of young people between authoritarian and democratic regimes, and compares the evolution of the political and public meaning of youth in twentieth-century Europe. The shifting patterns of the meaning of youth challenge homogenizing views which treat it as a purely disruptive or idealistic political actor. Conceptual value also lies in rethinking the term generation. This concept’s prevailing past-boundedness is misleading as a future-oriented horizon of expectation plays a fundamental role in generational language. Crises are characterized by a changing relation to time and a heightened perception of possibilities. This combination leads to a differently experienced present, which updates past experiences and future expectations and simultaneously changes the relationship a society expresses to its present.

“Our Dreams Are Not Different from Yours”

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 654-660
Author(s):  
Marta Bellingreri
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Migration Policies ◽  
Freedom Of Movement ◽  
The World ◽  
International Audience ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
And Migration ◽  
European Youth

Migration and revolution in the Mediterranean area are inextricably connected. In this paper, I bring the stories of young Tunisian and Syrian revolutionaries of the 2008 and 2011 uprisings who were later forced into displacement and migration and who—both in their countries of origin and at European borders—demand freedom from their regimes’ oppression and freedom of movement. As European youth can mostly move freely in the world, Arab youth share the dream of doing the same. Both local tyrannies and their international allies, as well as unjust socioeconomic and migration policies, prevent these young people from living in dignity, from choosing where they live, and from being actors of change. The letters they share and the movement they found address an international audience and it to listen to their demands.

scholarly journals Súčasné výzvy v oblasti mládeže

2020 ◽  
pp. 276-288
Author(s):  
Natália Mulinová
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Young People ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Pilot Survey ◽  
Critical Areas ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
Increasing Risk ◽  
The Individual ◽  
European Youth

The main aim of the paper is to detect current youth challenges in the context of modern Europe, based on the new European Union Strategy for Youth, which will be a source document fot the years 2019 to 2027. An integral part of the Strategy are the European goals and challenges of the current generation of young people, determined by youth across Europe, as a result of the sixth cycle of the European Youth Dialogue, entitled 'Youth in Europe: What is next? In view of eleven European goals and challenges for young Europeans, we initiated a pilot survey in the form of a questionnaire with students at University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava. The aim of the pilot survey was to obtain relevant data, information from the student's perspective, capturing the attitudes and opinions on the individual areas that the European objectives accurately define. On the basis of the research results, students know most about the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. They know the least about the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Council. In general, however, they are skeptical of the European Union and its institutions, although, as the survey has shown, students rarely seek information about its activities. Gender equality is one of the other cross-sectoral areas incorporated in the European Youth Goals and Challenges. Students (61.9%) realize that in the conditions of the Slovak Republic discriminatory tendencies prevail over the issue of equal employment opportunities for men and women, which most often result from stereotyped beliefs. One of the most critical areas that European youth has defined is the mental health of young people, which is currently stigmatized. Increasing risk of mental disorders is also recognized by the students involved in our survey (79.9%). Social networks, pressures from society, increased demands of employers or discriminatory manifestations are the most cited causes by students.

THE OPPORTUNITIES OF TOURISM IN SOLVING UNEMPLOYMENT

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 21-36
Author(s):  
Branko Blažević ◽  
Tanja Vuković
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Critical Groups ◽  
Employment Rate ◽  
Unemployment Rates ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Mediterranean Countries ◽  
Employment Of Women ◽  
Employment Potential ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Eu

Although tourism does not have the same priority throughout the EU countries, it can help to improve the employment rate of critical groups such as women, young people, the long-term unemployed, ethnic minorities, etc. in almost all of the countries. Part-time and temporary jobs, which are frequent forms of employment in tourism, can have special significance in stimulating the employment of women and young people. Encouraging tourism in certain regions can have favourable impact on the employment rate in these areas. In countries where unemployment is not a large problem, tourism represents additional export. Portugal and Austria, two pronounced tourist destinations, together with Ireland, have recognized the employment potential that tourism has to offer, and they are using tourism to decrease their unemployment rates. Unfortunately, the majority of Mediterranean countries, where tourism is often one of the most important economic branches, has not grasped this opportunity, and still suffers high unemployment rates. In Croatia, tourism is a sector that can significantly contribute to accelerating economic development. Croatia possesses a great potential for increasing its tourism activities, which would in turn generate a large number of jobs in tourism, as well as in the adjoining economic branches. The positive experience of the EU countries in this respect can serve as an example to Croatia in successfully overcoming the issue of unemployment through tourism.

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