My Generation & the Youth competence centres in Antwerp

El Hassan Aouraghe

 My Generation

Youth competence centres

 My Generation

Youth competence centres

measures and policies addressing those hard to reach

measures and policies addressing those hard to reach

measures and policies addressing those hard to reach

ACTIVE INCLUSION CITYSCAPE

Youth Policy CITYSCAPE is a

synoptic view to explore and develop policies and measures of activation MY GENERATION cities have mapped and developed good practices across the cityscape

ACTIVE INCLUSION CITYSCAPE

measures and policies addressing those hard to reach

ACTIVE INCLUSION CITYSCAPE

Outreach = Transforming measures and policies addressing those hard to reach Education = Transforming education to address better individual needs and tap better into informal learning Transition to Working Life = Transforming connections and transition to working life

education addresses better individual needs and taps better into informal learning

ACTIVE INCLUSION CITYSCAPE

Outreach = Transforming measures and policies addressing those hard to reach Education = Transforming education to address better individual needs and tap better into informal learning Transition to Working Life = Transforming connections and transition to working life

ACTIVE INCLUSION CITYSCAPE

interconnected policies and measures in all the city regions

ACTIVE TRANSITIONS IN THE CITYSCAPE

Formal education TRANSFORMING EDUCATION AND CAPABILITY BUILDING TRANSFORMING TRANSITION TO WORKING LIFE

TRANSFORMING OUTREACH

Informal Life based learning From inactivity and exclusion via mediation and cocreation to active life and self reliance

MY GENERATION CITYSCAPE

OUTREACH EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT

IS ABOUT A

CULTURAL CHANGE

FROM TARGET GROUP THINKING VIA TRANSFORMING OUR ECOLOGY OF ENGAGEMENT

TAPPING ALSO TO INFORMAL KNOWLEDGE

..TO ENABLE CO-CREATION

OF POSITIVE FUTURES

With the support of a holistic city youth policy & with good practices everywhere in the cityscape

WHERE ARE WE STRONG? WEAK? WHERE SHOULD IMPROVE?

OVERALL COORDINATION? BUSINESS CONNECTED TO THE YOUNG?

SEAMLESS NEXT STEPS?

GOOD OUTREACH PRACTICES?

YOUNG AS COCREATORS, ROLE MODELS, COACHES? EDUCATION CONNECTED TO THE YOUNG?

TAPPING INTO INFORMAL KNOWLEDGE?

MY GENERATION YOUTH POLICY CITYSCAPE

YOUTH COUNCILS GUIDANCE AND COMPETENCE CENTRES COMMUNITY SCHOOLS WORLD WORTH LIVING
PREVENTIONDIVERSIONOFFENDING

YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS YOUR NAVIGATOR DYNAMIC DUOS

VOLUNTEER CERTIFICATE

Hi5
C-STICK CULTURE EVENTS SKATE PARK

GO2GUY G2 GIRL ROLE MODELS

STREET GAMES

Youth competence centres

 My Generation

Youth competence centres

The City of Antwerp

The City of Antwerp

Almost 500.000 inhabitants

The City of Antwerp

Almost 500.000 inhabitants Population trends: growing, rejuvenating & diversifying

The City of Antwerp

Almost 500.000 inhabitants Population trends: growing, rejuvenating & diversifying Nine districts

The City of Antwerp

Almost 500.000 inhabitants Population trends: growing, rejuvenating & diversifying Nine districts Most important economic sectors: Industry Port Distribution

Flanders Antwerp District Antwerp Foreign nationality Foreign origins School delay in secondary school Unemployment rate

District Deurne

District Borgerhout

6% 16,7% 24,4% 13% 21,4% City of Antwerp: facts and figures / / 7,1% 30, 7% 51,5% 14,6% 41,8% 56,9% / 25,8% 53,0% / 44,5% 62,3% /

Unemployment pressure Belgian nationality Unemployment pressure non-EU

9,6%

12,4%

8,8%

12,3%

19,2%

19,2%

20,0%

20,6%

Flanders Antwerp District Antwerp Foreign nationality Foreign origins School delay in secondary school Unemployment rate

District Deurne

District Borgerhout

6% 16,7% 24,4% 13% 21,4% City of Antwerp: facts and figures / / 7,1% 30, 7% 51,5% 14,6% 41,8% 56,9% / 25,8% 53,0% / 44,5% 62,3% /

Unemployment pressure Belgian nationality Unemployment pressure non-EU

9,6%

12,4%

8,8%

12,3%

19,2%

19,2%

20,0%

20,6%

Flanders Antwerp District Antwerp Foreign nationality Foreign origins School delay in secondary school Unemployment rate

District Deurne

District Borgerhout

6% 16,7% 24,4% 13% 21,4% City of Antwerp: facts and figures / / 7,1% 30, 7% 51,5% 14,6% 41,8% 56,9% / 25,8% 53,0% / 44,5% 62,3% /

Unemployment pressure Belgian nationality Unemployment pressure non-EU

9,6%

12,4%

8,8%

12,3%

19,2%

19,2%

20,0%

20,6%

Flanders Antwerp District Antwerp Foreign nationality Foreign origins School delay in secondary school Unemployment rate

District Deurne

District Borgerhout

6% 16,7% 24,4% 13% 21,4% City of Antwerp: facts and figures / / 7,1% 30, 7% 51,5% 14,6% 41,8% 56,9% / 25,8% 53,0% / 44,5% 62,3% /

Unemployment pressure Belgian nationality Unemployment pressure non-EU

9,6%

12,4%

8,8%

12,3%

19,2%

19,2%

20,0%

20,6%

Flanders Antwerp District Antwerp Foreign nationality Foreign origins School delay in secondary school Unemployment rate

District Deurne

District Borgerhout

6% 16,7% 24,4% 13% 21,4% City of Antwerp: facts and figures / / 7,1% 30, 7% 51,5% 14,6% 41,8% 56,9% / 25,8% 53,0% / 44,5% 62,3% /

Unemployment pressure Belgian nationality Unemployment pressure non-EU

9,6%

12,4%

8,8%

12,3%

19,2%

19,2%

20,0%

20,6%

Leads to
negative experiences with social institutions
(school, work,VDAB - the Flemish public employment service, police, ) no believe in oneself reproach about the lack of appropriate competences or attitudes negative spiral

Objective
Let (unskilled) young people develop a more positive self image so that they can form part of the community and enhance their position. Achieve this by describing their competences in a positive way and give them the opportunity to develop these competences.

Priority target group

Less privileged young people between 16 and 25 years old. Recognition of competences: not so easy for the target group (and for many other young people). YCC is open to all young people and organizations that work with young people.

What is a Ycc ?

What is a Ycc ?
Low-threshold centre for young people with an integrated operation based on 3 elements: 1. leisure: youth centre 2. competence development: recognize, determine and develop competences RAC counsellors 3. work and training: WAC counsellors

What is a Ycc ?
Apart from a specific offer per element, the YCCs work on the internal referral between the pillars and referral to external partners. Young people voluntarily take part.

The WAC
W Work (related) A Acquired C Competences Mostafa: youth worker from 2000 until 2009, a local (from the neighbourhood). Since 2009: stepstone between the street and work.

The priority target group WAC

The priority target group of our WACcounsellor: * +18 and qualified * +18 unqualified (MOST) * +18 economic crisis unemployed School dropout, unemployed, vulnerable

How ?
* outreaching

* networking * streets and squares !!! Accents on competence development

outreaching

JES RAC and WAC counsellors?

YCC Deurne 1 RAC-counsellor 1 WAC-counsellor Youth workers and other employees YCC Zappa 1 WAC 1 RAC (Zappa) All other employees by Zappa YCC De Branderij 1 RAC - counsellor 1 WAC counsellor All employees

RAC and WAC

empowerment positive active holistic competence development

C-stick
To gather and to develop useful methods to work on competences with lowly skilled youngsters : Become acquainted with terminology (What is a competence? Which competences exist?) Discover their own competences and be able to talk about them Translate this in a (digital) personal development plan

C-stick
A digital portfolio (on a USB flash drive) Easy to handle for young people Possibility to update Possibility to integrate in other web-applications like the website of the Flemish employment service, vacature.com,

Questions?

El Hassan Aouraghe Francis Wellesplein 1 | 2018 Antwerpen Tel +32 3 338 68 61 | GSM +32 492 74 84 69 Elhassan.aouraghe@stad.antwerpen.be www.antwerpen.be