How can youth information services support young refugees? - 2nd Online Café

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2022

How can youth information services support young refugees?

2nd Online Café

30 September, 11:00- 13:00 CET

Format
Online open discussion on Zoom

Moderator
Eleni Stamouli

In the partnership framework between ERYICA and the Council of Europe, in April this year, we started a discussion with young refugees and youth information providers to better understand their situation and needs, especially regarding information and counselling.

The second part of the Online Café, "How can youth information services support young refugees?" will introduce the results of the survey, which was conducted by ERYICA, in cooperation with the Association of Ukrainians "Dzherelo" (Spain). This survey aimed to understand the information needs, expectations, and interests of young refugees from Ukraine displaced due to the current war in their home country.

Good practices of working with refugees and an open brainstorming session will follow the report results. The combination of both inputs from the speakers and open discussion will help youth (information) workers grasp ways of adapting youth information and counselling services to the needs of young refugees across Europe and supporting their involvement and integration in the hosting communities.

Like the first part, the session will be an informal discussion open to youth information workers, youth workers, young people and anybody willing to understand and improve the situation of young refugees in Europe.

• Agenda

  11:00 – 11:10

  Welcome by Eva Reina, ERYICA Director

  11:10 – 11:30

  Report on ERYICA survey by Mariana Sorochuk, Association of Ukrainians “Dzherelo”

  11:30 – 11:45

  Discussion on the survey outcomes

  11:45 – 11:50

  Break

  11:50 – 12:20

  Inspiring initiatives from the youth sector:

  Juan Rayon, Erasmus Student Network.

  Kadri Koort, Harno (Education and Youth Board of Estonia).

  Gina Halpin, Youth Work Ireland.

  12:20 – 12:55

  Open discussion

  12:55 – 13:00

  Closing thoughts

• speakers

  Mariana Sorochuk is the deputy president of the Association of Ukrainians "Djerelo" in Barcelona and the executive director of the Ukrainian Center in Barcelona.  She has eight years of experience in the public sector in Ukraine as a head of an NGO and a project manager.  For the past three years, Mariana worked in consulting and helped Ukrainian communities in matters of local economic development and building cooperation between the government and the community.  Last year, she conducted a scientific study on smart specialisation policies of cities and regions in Poland.  Currently, she is developing projects to help Ukrainian refugees in Spain. Her specialisation is project management of local initiatives, gender policy and local economic development. 

  Juan Rayon is the president of the Erasmus Student Network (ESN). ESN is the biggest interdisciplinary European youth and student organisation in the field of learning mobility. ESN is a non-political, non-profit and non-religious organisation with over 15,000 volunteer members from local student groups (so-called sections) in more than 1,000 Higher Education Institutions in 41 countries. As president, Juan is responsible for the general coordination of the organisation, external relations, policy, and advocacy. His main priorities include increasing participation in learning mobility and fostering civic engagement and participation of young people in democratic life through the Erasmus programme and other mobility programmes. 

  Kadri Koort works as a Head of the Youth Information Area at Harno (Education and Youth Board of Estonia). She studied youth work and education management. She has been working in the youth sector for around 15 years and in the field of youth information for over five years. Her focus is to develop and coordinate national-level web-based youth information services and support youth information workers' self-development and knowledge in the area of youth information. She is a national coordinator of the European Year of Youth.

  Gina Halpin is Head of Information and Inclusion with Youth Work Ireland. Her work focuses on practice and resource development in inclusive youth work, including young refugees, LGBT+ young people, climate justice, sexual health and mental health. She also develops and leads advocacy, communications and information campaigns with and for youth people and youth services within the Youth Work Ireland Federation.