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Presentation: Bruges Youth Departement 2010
“Whatever plays in a country, let it be the children!”
Loesje
The Youth Departement is necessary!
116.968
Inhabitants in Bruges
3-25 years old
¼ of the Bruges population are youngsters
¼ has a right to support by the City
What is Youth Departement?
(“de Jeugddienst”)
Youth Departement in Bruges:
• Providing a service for young people between 3 and 25 years old
• Its policy is based on the local ‘Youth Policy Plan’ (a 3 year strategy)
• Support for youth movements and non-organised youth.
• Produces additional activities for kids and teenagers
• Gives information to young people (by ex. Kick Off, a spare-time guide )
• Listens to them!
The Youth Departement = THE place where EVERY youngster can get information about their spare time in Bruges
How?
Organogram of the Youth Departement ‘Municipal officer of Youth’
Chief
Section 1: Supporting youth movements(= Scouts, youth houses, socio-cultural events, etc.)
Section 1: Supporting youth movements
WHAT?
To stimulate spare-time activity by giving all kinds of support to youth movements:
- financially
- logistically
- staff (personnel)
- information / knowledge
• financial support for youth movements- Giving funds to: youth houses / ‘playground’-recreation / (cultural) youth movements
- Assets for social-cultural projects / experimental youth organisations
- Support when buying sustainable equipment/tools
- Financial aid when doing education/tuiting/training
• logistical help- Young people can borrow certain materials (audio-equipment, large tents,..) from us (free)
- Service where the city provides transportation of equipment for holidays fo youth movements
• personell / staff- ¾ of salary of 3 Non Profit Organisations (RCJC Entrepot/JH Thope/JH Comma)
- Paying students for holiday-projects of the Youth Departement (“SWAP”/playground recreation,…)
• information / knowledge- giving information, providing education, assistance in difficult situations/issues
Section 1: Supporting youth movements
• financial support for people to participate in youth movements- The Youth-ACTION-cheques: a way to stimulate people with financial problems to let their children participate
in youth movements.
Section 1: Supporting youth movements
Section 2: youth movements + infrastructure
Section 2: youth movements + infrastructure
Financial + logistical support and providing knowledge for youth organisations when it concerns infrastructure/facilities.
WHAT?
Section 2: youth movements + infrastructure
• financial support for building/lodging (+ city infrastructure)- Building, constructing buying, painting, etc. shelter and infrastructure for youth organisations
• information and knowledge- Open discussion and conversation between city departements (eg. youth) and movements- Follow-up for important construction dossiers/files- Providing with information about city infrastructure
• logistical support- Youth organistions can contact us for necessary repairs
Section 3: Space for youngsters / play area
Section 3: Space for youngsters / play area
WHAT?
• Sufficient + useful space for young people
• Physical and psychological space
Section 3: Space for youngsters / play area
• Youth council- Independent
- A council for young people from Bruges (max. 35 years old)
- An official advisory board for the city
- Infrastructure and informations support by the Youth Departement
- To produce certain events (breakfast, 100-days (till graduation) party for students…)
Section 3: Space for youngsters / play area
• play areaGiving advise about:
- to develop / maintenance of playgrounds
- searching for new space
- skate-/blade- en bike space
• ‘neighbours’ project- people who live in the neighbourhoud keep an eye on the playgrounds (and notify us in case it is necessary)
Section 3: Space for youngsters / play area
• ‘Playstreet’ - The neigbourhood requests for a ‘playstreet’ (no cars allowed)
- 1 day or during the whole summer (a few hours/day)
- Purpose: to create temporty space for kids in the street (support by the Youth Departement)
Section 3: Space for youngsters / play area
• graffiti- To offer walls/space for artists to paint freely (and legally)
- To search for new spots
Section 3: Space for youngsters / play area
• party space- There is a lack of party space in Bruges -> the Youth departement tries to address this problem
- Discussion between several departements to create an enjoyable and positive partyculture
- A policy with vision and future : conversation between different partners + attention for drug/alcohol abuse and noise nuisance (too much noise/music for people in the neigbourhood)
- Simplification of forms + administration when it concerns parties, festival
• participation-> a right to speak- Attempt to give young people as much opportunity to give their opinions/ideas as possible
Section 4: Activity
Section 4: Activity
• basic principle- We support the activities of youth movements
• lacks in the program / the current offer?- the Youth Departement produces own events and
extra activities to complete the existing program offered by youth movements
WHAT?
Section 4: Activity
• activities for official youth organisations:- The ‘day of the youth movement’ (eg. scouts…)
Section 4: Activity
• activities for other kids and teenagers:- ‘Roefelland’: the children rule the Entrepot for one day (fire-extinguishing, ice-carving, pony-riding, circus, fun-cooking, comic book-drawing…)
- ‘Grabbelpas/Swap’: fun activities and visits during the holidays
- Teenspirit: activities for teenagers from a vulnerable region
- Tapas: big 1-day event for all the youngsters at the Entrepot (music, workshops, party…)
• to inform youngsters- about us = INTERN
- about youth-related issues in general = EXTERN
WHAT?
Section 5: communication and information
Section 5: Communication and information• website
- Flashy, youthful
- Inform youngsters with our newsletter
• facebook / netlog
• reception (youth-desk)
- Youngsters are allways welcome here for all kinds of information, forms…
- Try to close the gap between the youth of Bruges and our Departement
- Providing service (face to face, library with interesting information)
• publications- To edit and publish own publications (vb: partyguide, SWAP/Grabbelpas-brochures, spare-time guide)
- Providing interesting, external information to kids and teenagers
• external communication- External publicity and promotion (information in schools, mailings)
• press-relations
• the Youth Departement frequently makes an evaluation about its own policy
• Receiving more information about us and our Youth-Policyplan 2008-2010
www.jeugddienstbrugge.be
www.jeugdraadbrugge.be
www.brugge.be
• Important data:
Address: Bruges Youth Departement, Binnenweg 2, 8000 Brugge
Tel:050 44 83 33
e-mail: jeugddienst@brugge.be
Challenges 2011-2013!• volunteers (2011 – European year of volunteering)
• A forum where we can brainstorm with local youngsters and produce new ideas in the way we interact with youngsters, what kind of activities we plan, etc.
• youngsters who just hang around
• partylocations
Any questions?
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