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Strengthening Exchanges Advocacy and Training for Outreach Youth Workers
Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2016 PROJECT  FINISHED 

The outreach youth work proposes an approach based in the trusting relationship between the youth worker and youngster. Using a set of non-formal educational activities on the street the youth worker use the public space as a place of socialization of the vulnerable youngsters in difficulties. These difficulties could be a family breakdown situation, a school dropout or facing legal problems. The youth workers surveyed street public space and, because his proximity and availability, is the missing link between the youngster and the formals structures, from where he is excluded or removed. The socio-educational activities rise all its meaning and its effectiveness when applied in contexts where all other socialization structures have failed (marginalization, untrained and unemployed youth, homelessness, stigma, risks prostitution, drug use or alcohol, risk of radicalization, problems with the authorities or with theirs families). The reduction of social protection and educational services related to the economic crisis and austerities measures are became the youngsters the first victims of the economic recession. They are isolated and far of the welfare system and in lack of rights. The inclusion of young people in difficulty, however, is a major challenge globally in ours days. This inclusion must be a political priority a two levels one level is to changed Youth politics recognising special measures for this target group and other level is to advocate for the application of the existing laws that recognised youth politics that already faced that situation. The project “Strengthening Exchanges Advocacy Training for Outreach Youth Workers – STREAT” the partners belonging to the consortium want to enhance the support for these vulnerable youngsters trough the methodology of outreach youth work, looking to meet young people in their place of living (" go to "), specifically for building an educational relationship based on trust, ensuring that the young is able to express their needs and define their life project.This methodology, which is particularly suited to the most acute problems faced by young people in situations of exclusion from the world, however, has a very worldwide variable recognition both the tool to fight against and the status of the professionals that use it (named by outreach or street Youth Workers) by the youth politics.All partners of the project are members of "Dynamo International - Street Workers Network" which currently includes the youth workers from 50 different countries. In the past, members were able to participate actively in the work related to youth policies under the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union from July to December 2010, in highlighting the importance of adapting the youth policies to the street reality.

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