WHAT IS MY GENERATION ABOUT?

1. WHAT IS MY GENERATION ABOUT? … it is about promoting the positive potential and aspirations of the young … as a resource and a future of the cities

2. MY GENERATION – A CULTURAL CHANGE ON FIVE ACCOUNTS: • Young as co-creators – and not as a “target group” • Tapping into both informal and formal skills and knowledge – and not just formal • Transforming the way we interact – not just text but picture, film, music, dance… • Connecting local communities, education and business – not just being “boxed in in silos” • Sustaining all this with holistic youth policies, youth councils, action plans and strategies – not just the young as an “add on”

3. Three themes in MY GENERATION ”landscape” TRANSFORMING EDUCATION– TO BECOME BETTER CONNECTED TO NEEDS OF YOUNG AND BUSINESS Formal education TRANSFORMING TRANSITION TO WORKING LIFE – TO BOTH SALARIED AND ENTREPRENEURIAL CAREERS TRANSFORMING OUTREACH – REACHING THOSE ”HARD TO REACH” Informal” Life-based learning

4. Coordination – Youth Policies – Youth Councils – City Strategies TRANSFORMING EDUCATION AND CAPABILITY BUILDING Formal education TRANSFORMING TRANSITION TO WORKING LIFE TRANSFORMING OUTREACH Informal” Life-based learning

5. THERE IS ALREADY A WEALTH OF PRACTICES IN BOTH MY GENERATION… but nobody has it all.. TRANSFORMING EDUCATION AND CAPABILITY BUILDING Formal education FOLLOW UP COACHING TRANSFORMING TRANSITION TO WORKING LIFE INCUBATORS ENTREPRENEURS IN SCHOOLS ”COMMUNITY SCHOOLS” HANDS-ON-COUNCELLING TRANSFORMING OUTREACH ”C-STICK” ”WORLD WORTH LIVING” ”STREET GAMES” Informal” Life based learning Frominactivity and exclusion via mediation and co-creation…… …to active life and self reliance

6. MY GENERATION WANTS TO • challenge perspectives on youth • invite cities to enrich their practices in outreach, education and transition to work • to strive towards a comprehensive approach with active transitions • and sustain this with local policies and networks

7. TASK FOR ALL CITY GROUPS • PREPARE TO REPORT ON FRIDAY: • THE MOST IMPORTANT POINTS YOU TAKE BACK HOME FROM VALENCIA TO YOUR LAP AND LSG • WHERE DO YOU NEED SUPPORT/INFORMATION/LEARNING FOR THE LAST STRECH?

8. Community activities Education Employment Building effective strategies and sustainable local action Educational community Learning and exchange The Young Promoting positive potential, image, lifestyles and choices Local community Business community

9. ACTIVE TRANSITIONS AND ”BORDERLANDS” TRANSFORMING EDUCATION AND CAPABILITY BUILDING Formal education TRANSFORMING TRANSITION TO WORKING LIFE Borderland of formal and informalskills and and learning and moving into positiveactivity Borderland of formal and informal and moving into selfreliance and employment TRANSFORMING OUTREACH Informal” Life based learning Frominactivity and exclusion via mediation and co-creation…… …to active life and self reliance

10. FOR THE YOUNG: SUPPORT, FACILITATION, RESOURCES, EXPERIENCE, IDEAS WITH THE YOUNG: CO-CREATION OF PRACTICES, PRODUCTS, POLICIES – FROM DAY ONE BY THE YOUNG: BUILDING THEIR OWN LIVES AND FUTURE OF THE CITIES

11. USING A ”LANDSCAPE” IN POLICY AND COORDINATION DEVELOPMENT • AND TRANSFORMING OUR ”PRODUCT AND ACTION ECOLOGY”

12. ACTIVE INCLUSION LANDSCAPE • Active Inclusion Landscape is a tool to explore policies and measures of activation • It provides a quick synoptic view of the overall coverage of polcies and measures • MY GENERATION aims at a comprehensive coverage of activation policies and measures

13. In the landscape there are three ”subregions” • Outreach = Transforming measures and policies addressing those ”hard to reach” • Education = Transforming education to address better individual needs and informal knowledge • Transition to Working Life = Transforming connections and transition to working life • MY GENERATION wants to develop interconnected policies and measures in all these ”regions”

14. The landscape has two zones: below and above • Below: Informal learning = spontaneous, ”life-based” learning and skills development • Above: Formal education = Learning and skills development in different educational institutions • MY GENERATION wants to develop measures that use and promote BOTH forms of learning

15. Promoting Active Transitions • MY GENERATION wants to develop policies and measures that promote active transitions in life – from inactivity and negative activity to positive activites, capability building and self-reliance • MY GENERATION emphasises co-creation of all stakeholders • MY GENERATION wants to promote a ”policy landscape” of active transitions

16. ACTIVE TRANSITIONS IN THE LANDSCAPE TRANSFORMING EDUCATION AND CAPABILITY BUILDING Formal education TRANSFORMING TRANSITION TO WORKING LIFE TRANSFORMING OUTREACH Informal” Life based learning Frominactivity and exclusion via mediation and co-creation…… …to active life and self reliance

17. Examples of Good Practices in the different regions and zones of the Landscape • There is already a wealth of practices addressing Outreach, Education and Transition to Working Life in URBACT cities • Many practices have addressed also both informal and formal learning and made informal learning and skills more visible and used • MY GENERATION wants to promote a comprehensive coverage and interlinks of such practices underpinned by city policies

18. USING THE LANDSCAPE The landscape can be used to review the existing practices and policies, to identify ”missing links” and to map out good practices and learn from others Do we have good coverage of the different ”regions” and borderlands ? Formal education Education Transition to working life Outreach Informal learning Are the practicesinterconnected? Areweaddressingbothformal and informallearning? Frominactivity and exclusion via mediation and co-creation…… …to active life and self reliance

19. TRANSFORMING OUR ”PRODUCT AND ACTION ECOLOGY”

20. Product Ecology Matrix

24. Product Ecology Matrix

25. ACTIVE INCLUSION LANDSCAPE Mainstream, Formal knowledge TRANSFORMING EDUCATION AND CAPABILITY BUILDING Connections to working life TRANSFORMING TRANSITION TO WORKING LIFE One-stopshops Challenges for prevailingpractices and structures TRANSFORMING OUTREACH Training and healthmeasures Generativeideas to transformexistingpractices and structures Communityactivities New arenas, platforms and events of engagement Reaching out in homes and streets Informal” Life based learning Frominactivity and exclusion via mediation and co-creation…… …to active life and self reliance

27. 2009 2010 2011… Network Sept 09 (with empl.) Gothenb. Steering group 09 May 09 (with Outreach) Glasgow Network ”halfway house” Jan 10 Riga Network closure Feb 11 Antwerp Network Jan 2009 Patras MG network level: the whole/ good practice of coordination (built around overall reflection) COORDINATION LESSONS Youth event April 2009 Rotterdam Employment review Sept 09 + hosting peer ws + network Gothenburg Employment report Oct 10 +hosting peer ws Valencia EDU-EMPLOYMENT LESSONS, case reports, methods Thematic level: good practices in Outreach and Edu-Empl. (built around peer reviews & task visits Outreach review May 2009 + hosting peer ws + steering group Glasgow Outreach report May 10 + hosting ws Gdansk OUTREACH LESSONS, case reports, methods 1. City Progress report Final City Report, with LAP-draft + final Nov-Dec 10 Operational level: City projects (built around LSG+network+ LAP FUTURE WORKSHOPS JAN- MARCH 09 2. City Progress report CITY PROJECTS LSG meetings LSG meetings LSG meetings LSG meetings

28. THE MG WORKING MATRIX 

29. Educational community and actors The Young Promoting positive potential, image, lifestyles and choices New contact New contact New contact New contact New contact Business and employment community and actors Local community and actors New contact Providing holistic, seamless support

30. Coordinating the whole, establishing new contacts, making good practice known and influencial Educational community and actors Connection to demand and business, providing perspectives, hands-on counselling, guidance and drop out prevention, enhancing employability The Young Promoting positive potential, image, lifestyles and choices Business and employment community and actors Local community and actors Real input in design, execution and evaluation of activities, making the positive input of young visible Upstream involvement, providing perpectives to demand, engaging in enhancing employability, providing practice Providing ”doors” to positive activity, recreation & community engagement, champions, role models… Inactivity > positive activity > capability building > training/ education/practice > employment

31. Educational community and actors Training, professional capabilities, employability Business and employment community and actors Practice, further training, employment Local community and actors Community activities, recreation, volunteers Citizen capabilities, Employ-ability In collabo- ration with… In collabo- ration with… Inactivity > positive activity > capability building > training/ education/practice > employment Active transitions Active transitions Active transitions

32. Coordinating the whole, establishing new contacts, making good practice known and influencial Educational community and actors The Young Promoting positive potential, image, lifestyles and choices Business and employment community and actors Local community and actors Inactivity > positive activity > capability building > training/ education/practice > employment