Programme DG-MeetingThe DG-meeting will be preceded by the Youth conference. For those of you participating in that conference, there will be a separate briefing / kick-off meeting on April 4th in the Volkshotel (17:00 - 18:00, Betonnenzaal).

7th of April: Cross sectoral peer-learning strengthening participation by young people with mental health issues

12.00 – 13.30 Registration & Lunch

13.30 – 14.30 Plenary session:

Word of welcome and opening address by chairperson Bonita Kleefkens

Well-being and mental health in young people: the role of participation and youth work Erik Jan de Wilde (the Netherlands)

Experiences from young people with mental health problems (film Dutch Youth Council)

Introduction working sessions

14.45 – 16.30 Working sessions:

1. Peer-to-peer support and the role of social media This session will focus on the importance of peer support, how young people can organize and recognize each other’s strengths, empowerment and social networks. In the present time, social media has an important role to play in supporting this empowerment and lift the stigma. Presentations:

o The role of social media (Júlia Ditteová, Ipcko Slovakia )

o Project YoungMinds (Laurie Oliva, UK)o Peer education methodology (Anne Struik,

Diversion, the Netherlands) Discussion and formulating questions for peer-

learning Feedback from youth reporters

2. Youth work and mental health issues Youth work has an important role to play in involving and including young people with mental health issues. Youth work can contribute to a positive environment and can be a linking pin to other domains such as school and access to the labour market

Presentations:

o Youth work change lives (Judith Metz, Professor Urban Youth Work - Amsterdam University of Applied Science)

o Mental health support in Limerick Youth Services (Maurice Walsh, Ireland)

o Supporting youth workers to promote mental health (Elina Marjamaki, FAMH, Finland)

Discussion and formulating questions for peer-learning

Feedback from youth reporters

3. The role of school and the transition to the labour market School and work are important sectors where young people with mental health issues often struggle with being included, often with long-term consequences. How can these barriers be overcome? Also the focus will be on the importance of how school dropout or long term exclusion from the labour market effects young people’s mental health negatively. Presentations:

o Helping youth with mental health problems successfully into education and employment: Lessons from ten OECD country reviews (Christopher Prinz, OECD)

o Young People in the Nordic Countries: Mental Health, Employment and Education.(Lidija Kolouh-Söderlund, Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social Issues, Sweden)

Discussion and formulating questions for peer-learning

Feedback from youth reporters

17.00 – 17.30 Plenary session: report workshops & guiding questions for peer learning

17.30 – 22.30 Evening program, diner in Fifteen (Jamie Oliver)

8th of April:An integrated approach in the prevention of violent radicalisation

09.30– 13.00 Plenary session:

Communications of the European Commission

Three Different Pathways in and out of Violent Extremism: some results and policy-implications from the Formers & Families research project

Micha de Winter (the Netherlands)

Youth work and radicalisation - Assan Ali (UK)

A discussion focusing on the cooperation on prevention of violent radicalisation:o Exchange of knowledge on the backgrounds and

causes of violent radicalisation;o Exchange of good practices of cooperation on

generic and more targeted prevention of violent radicalisation;

o Discussion on the dilemma’s in the cooperation with other actors within the social domain in the prevention of radicalisation.

Take home message

AOB

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch

14.30 – 16.30 Optional cultural visit in Amsterdam (City tour and visit to the Van Gogh museum)