Welcome onboard Jugendstiftung Baden-Württemberg!

2021

Welcome onboard Jugendstiftung Baden-Württemberg!

We are very happy to announce that Jugendstiftung Baden-Württemberg (Germany) has just joined the ERYICA network as a cooperating organisation. Founded in 1982, the Jugendstiftung Baden-Württemberg (Youth Foundation) advises, supports and documents around 140 projects every year. The focal point of these projects is to encourage young people to show initiative, volunteer, take responsibility for themselves and others and realise new ideas.

The Youth Foundation also develops its own concepts and projects either alone or together with partners. This is made possible through their funds or via third-party funding. Thanks to its own line of programmes and activities, the Youth Foundation addresses current social issues, highlights areas of innovation and sets new courses for development together with partners in youth education and with young people themselves. The Qualipass (“certificate of qualification”), the educational campaign “Mitmachen Ehrensache” (Participation a Matter of Honour) or the platform “Menschenrechte – deine Rechte” (Human Rights – Your Rights) in the youth network are just some of the many examples.

The foundation helps to establish regional and national structures in the field of youth education. It is the national coordinating body of the Demokratiezentrum Baden-Württemberg (Baden-Württemberg Democracy Centre) and ensures the transfer of innovative model projects and project ideas. The Youth Foundation’s “Servicestelle Jugend und Schule” (Youth and School Service Agency) operates at the interface between schools and extracurricular youth education. One of the most important tasks of the Service Agency is to implement the “Jugendbegleiter-Programm“ (Youth Support Programme) in over 1,900 schools across the country.

Their third focus lies in issuing publications and work materials, as well as in events and further education courses on project management, networking, transitioning from school to a career, media activities and promoting democracy. They orient their services towards volunteers and professionals from the youth education sector and have various offers aimed directly at young people, such as the “Jugendauslandsberater” (youth abroad advisers), the “Umweltmentoren” (environmental mentors) or the “Vielfaltcoaches” (diversity coaches).

Welcome to the ERYICA family!