The Evolution of NGO Engagement in Youth Culture: Navigating Challenges for the Future

1. Introduction to External Factors

2. The Organization – Why do we start NGO’s? • The Members – Why do people get involved in NGO’s? • Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement? • Young adults – Assessments and attitudes to involvement and leadership. • Youth Culture – What’s happening? • NGO’s – Where are they heading? • Conclusions – Challenges for the future

3. The Organization – Why do we start NGO’s?

4. 1. The Organization – Why do we start NGO’s? Answer to human needs and interests

5. 1. The Organization – Why do we start NGO’s? The tasks and goals of an organization

6. 1. The Organization – Why do we start NGO’s? Multidimentional vs. One-dimentional Interests vs. Ideas Four areas: Seperatism, Activism, Altruism and Advocacy

7. 1. The Organization – Why do we start NGO’s? The organizational lifecycle Where are our organization?

8. 2. The Members – Why do people get involved in NGO’s?

9. 2. The Members – Why do people get involved in NGO’s? • Ideological advantages • Emotional advantages • Functional advantages

10. 2. The Members – Why do people get involved in NGO’s? SOCIETY VALUES PERSONALITY NEED Welfare Internal Inner control Self-realization Industrial External Outer control Belonging Agrarian Providing Basic needs Safety/survival

11. 3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement?

12. 3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement? First we must scout…

13. 3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement? New life phases Before:Child – Adult – Old Now:Child – Youth – Adult – Senior - Old

14. 3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement? Changes: From NEED to DESIRE

15. 3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement? Homo ZAPPIENS More frequent and faster changes between identities, information and places.

16. 3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement? The REAL thing Counter-reaction Result orientated Core values

17. 3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement? Explotion of possibilities • Pick and choose • To choose or Not to choose, That’s the question • ”What Am I missing?” • Desire for clarity

18. 3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement? Time crunch Needs and desireseconomical, functional, physical, social and psychological Risk-minimization-filter

19. 3. Changes in the world we live in – how do they affect the involvement? How does technology affect us? 90-99 % has their own mobile phone. 84-96 % has access to Internet at home More and more are using social networks on the Internet.

20. 4. Young adults – Assessments and attitudes to involvement and leadership.

21. 4. Young adults – Assessments and attitudes to involvement and leadership. From ME generation

22. 4. Young adults – Assessments and attitudes to involvement and leadership. To WE generation

23. 4. Young adults – Assessments and attitudes to involvement and leadership. Most young people would like to get involved in an organization. • More women than men. • No long-term commitment. (time-limit) • The social context is important

24. 4. Young adults – Assessments and attitudes to involvement and leadership. Continued: • Concrete missions where you can se the direct benefit, is preferred. • A lot of people think that NGO-work is good for their résumé. • An increasing number want to be paid for their effort.

25. 4. Young adults – Assessments and attitudes to involvement and leadership. Perfectionism

26. 5. Youth Culture – What’s happening?

27. 5. Youth Culture – What’s happening? Participation in sports: Boys Girls Difference 10 year olds: 70 61 9 19 year olds: 36 24 12

28. 5. Youth Culture – What’s happening? Participation in the scout movement: Boys Girls 10 year olds: 6 4 19 year olds: 2 1

29. 5. Youth Culture – What’s happening? What used to be “in”: 2003 2007 Inline skating: 20 8 Climbing: 8 4

30. 5. Youth Culture – What’s happening? What’s “in” now: Boys Girls The Gym 75 25 Aerobics 10 90 Golf 75 25

31. 5. Youth Culture – What’s happening? What are their trademarks? • High status • Individual • Can do it anytime

32. 5. Youth Culture – What’s happening? What in your life gives your life meaning?

33. 5. Youth Culture – What’s happening? School 2 School and leisure, but school most 10 School and leisure 29 School and leisure, but leisure most 32 Leisure 27

34. 5. Youth Culture – What’s happening? What do you want to be as an adult? • Professional in sports • Professional in culture • Lawyer or Entrepreneur • Doctor

35. 5. Youth Culture – What’s happening? • Lord of the Clock • Friends

36. 5. Youth Culture – What’s happening? Do we plan the fun stuff?

37. 6. NGO’s – Where are they heading?

38. 6. NGO’s – Where are they heading? • There are more organizations today than for only twenty years ago. • There are more social arenas. Cafés and chat rooms beats the old clubhouse. • Rent a volunteer. Direct responsibility without total responsibility

39. 6. NGO’s – Where are they heading? • There is a trend that people chooses organizations that focuses on single issues and interests, and leave organizations that has a holistic focus. • From formal organizations to informal networks. The fire souls gets involved in their own projects.

40. 6. NGO’s – Where are they heading? • The flight from responsibility • Consequences for the involvement and commitment: “It must be fun if I’m going to get involved”.

41. 7. Conclusions – Challenges for the future

42. 7. Conclusions – Challenges for the future Professionalization vs. Grass-root

43. 7. Conclusions – Challenges for the future How to deal with a new reality? Choose to be a winner or a looser.

44. 7. Conclusions – Challenges for the future What are the needs of today’s youth?

45. 7. Conclusions – Challenges for the future Questions?