Supporting Youth Work at the Municipality Level
Supporting Youth Work at the Municipality Level

Author(s): Violeta Toncheva-Zlatkova
Subject(s): Economy, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: Youth Participation; Social Commitment; Young People; Youth Work; Municipality Level
Summary/Abstract: The article highlights the importance and role of young people and youth work and participation. It follows and presents the ideas and implementation of national youth policies, reviews the regulatory and institutional framework governing issues related to youth participation. The main focus is the support of youth work at the municipality level and the building of strong community with engagement of youth as a decision-maker and change-keeper. In the first part it is provided an overview of youth policies at European and national level, then the initiative Europe goes local is discussed in detail. The article emphasis on the European Charter on Local Youth Work, whose goals are to contribute to the further development of local youth work and to increase awareness of local level responsibility. There are deliberated good practices and are proposed steps should be taken by all stakeholders to encourage youth participation in order to build a space to promote youth activities, to valorise the youth work and to involve the young people in community issues at municipality level.

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