Study Visit on Talent Development of Young People in Disadvantaged Urban Areas

Introduction Current youth work is more and more focused on talent development to stimulate social participation, empowerment and active citizenship among young people with less opportunities.. Youth in Action projects offers young people and youth workers plenty of opportunities to acquire new competences and to develop their talents. But.. does talent development has a positive effect on young people. Does it contribute to inclusion and participation in society? What’s the value of talent development? How can it look like and how does it work? What are the challenges? What do young people gain? Under which conditions? In this study visit we will gather 25 youth workers from all around Europe to exchange practices in talent development and to give an insight in how talent development is being used in the Netherlands. We will visit several organizations that work with talent development in disadvantaged urban areas. Various methods for developing talent and its value for youth work will be shown. Aim To give European youth workers insight in how talent development is implemented in Dutch youth work. Objectives • To exchange good (and bad) practices of using talent development in Europe. • To get insight in various methods of talent development with young people in disadvantaged urban areas • To visit and meet diverse organizations that work in this field. • To get introduced in the theory of talent development • To explore the possible results of talent development • To inspire and stimulate further (international) cooperation within the framework of Youth in Action. • To contribute to the development of talent development in your local work with young people Target group • Youth workers involved in talent development with young people in disadvantaged urban areas or those who want to start working on talent development. • Youth workers should be directly working with young people • Both professional and voluntary youth workers are welcome (nonprofit organizations) • Committed and in the position to implement the results of the study visit in their own organization or work field. • Willing to share the outcomes and information with their colleagues. • Youth workers that want to involve Youth in Action or are making plans to do so have preference. • We aim to gather a diverse group of participants to increase the learning dimension. • Participants must be 18+ and able to work in English. • Maximum number of participants is 25. During the study visit we will stay in Fort aan de Klop in Utrecht . Lodging in shared rooms.