SALTO FireWork Event - 25-28 May 2010, Paris

FireWork Publication - "A Wind of Change for the European Youth Field"

Stuck for ideas on making the links between youth policy and practice? The publication can inspire you!

You find the Firework reflections on the latest policy developments in the youth field in the publication. We hope it inspires you to turn the European policies into effective youth work practice, to create this wind of change for the young people you are working with.

Download the booklet here! (Right click the link & Save the file to your computer)

Making Youth Policy Concrete

We are celebrating 10 years of SALTO with an exciting seminar discussing the new Council Resolution on youth policy and the European Unions Strategy for Youth: "Investing & Empowering".

• Download the Council Resolution here - and a short powerpoint indicating the main messages and fields of action of this resolution.

The SALTO network selected for this FireWork event the topics of Education & Training and Employment & Entrepreneurship as important challenges for the future. The FireWork event will have a look at the adaptation and translation of these priorities into the Youth in Action Programme context. This is an important step to operationalise the new policy framework.

What can you expect?

The FireWork event will focus on the following objectives:

1. Analysing current practice and resources within the Youth in Action programme, and to reflect how they get inspired by, and contribute to youth policy (focussing on Education & Training and Employment & Entrepreneurship)
2. Reflecting and discussing different understandings of the policy fields of action: Education & Training and Employment & Entrepreneurship
3. Exploring the impact of the renewed youth policy framework on future practice within the Youth in Action programme
4. Highlighting the achievements and the role of SALTO-YOUTH within the Youth in Action programme and policy actions
5. Celebrating 10 years of SALTO-YOUTH - make sure you get your piece of birthday cake this year! Read more.

Who will be there?

The FireWork event brings together up to 170 stakeholders of the Youth in Action Programme & youth policy makers, including the European Commission, National Agencies, political authorities from different levels, YiA project beneficiaries, researchers and some further experts and partners.

• Participants should have experience in youth policy issues and the topics of the event (Education & Training and Employment & Entrepreneurship) to be able to contribute actively to the discussions in the various workshops and working groups.

There will be the following participants:

• Staff of the Youth in Action National Agencies (one per NA) who closely follow the policy developments in the youth field. (NAs are requested to cover their own travel & subsistence costs)
• Youth policy makers on national level (e.g. from authorities, ministries, youth departments, etc) and researchers knowledgeable about youth affairs and youth policy. (travel and subsistence paid by SALTO)
• Youth in Action beneficiaries who have been involved in policiy developments and projects related to the topics of the FireWork event (Education & Training and Employment & Entrepreneurship) (travel and subsistence paid by SALTO)
• International stakeholders and policy makers will be invited by SALTO directly.

What is in it for you?

• Come and learn more about the renewed policy framework
• Get ideas for putting youth policies into practice
• Get inspiration for new types of projects in line with the policy developments
• Reflect about new questions about issues related to education & training and employment & entrepreneurship and the Youth in Action programme
• Find new resources, methods, tools...
• Meet interesting people, make new useful contacts, network

Interested to participate?

Candidates are invited to contact the Youth in Action National Agency of their country. The National Agencies are invited to coordinate the delegation of their country.

Participants from the Neighbouring Regions (SEE, EECA, EuroMed) will be recruited by the respective regional SALTO Resource Centres.