ERYICA NEWSLETTER - JULY 2007
Council of Europe - ERYICA Colloquy on Youth Information
"The future of youth information in Europe"
25 and 28 November 2007
European Youth Centre Budapest
25 and 28 November 2007
European Youth Centre Budapest
The Joint Co-ordinating Committee of the Partnership Agreement between ERYICA and the Council of Europe has agreed that its joint activity for 2007 should be a reflection on youth information and its place within youth policy in the context of information society. As such, a colloquy on the Council of Europe strategy on youth information policy will be organised, bringing together all actors concerned by youth information: providers, receivers, non-governmental and governmental parties, to debate the youth information-related key issues. The results of this reflection will also serve as elements for clarifying the role and place of youth information policy and work within the overall Council of Europe policy in the youth field.
12 youth information workers nominated by ERYICA will participate in the Colloquy.
Please applying in writing to director@eryica.org by September 20th, attaching CV and a short motivational statement.
The Governing Board will select the participants amongst all application received.
The final list of participants will be drawn on September 30th.
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ERYICA Moves to Luxembourg
On July 20th 2007 the Secretariat of ERYICA moved to new premises, with the support of the Government of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. The new address of the Agency isERYICA asbl
Place de la Gare, 26
L-1616 Luxembourg
Tel.: +352 24.87.39.92
Fax: +352 26.29.32.15
Email.: secgen@eryica.org
We thank all those who helped us in this challenging period of change.
New Director for ERYICA
ERYICA welcomes Davide Capecchi as its new head of secretariat.
On June 30th, and after many years of service for the Agency, Jon Alexander left his post of Secretary General and retired from work. Consequently, Davide Capecchi took over the position under the title of Director.
Davide Capecchi was President of Erasmus Student Network (the broadest international organisation concerned with youth mobility) in the period March 2005 – March 2007. From the headquarters of this organisation, in Brussels, he worked with the European Commission and other institutional and private stakeholders on ameliorating policies in the field of mobility in higher education. Particularly, he worked on planning and managing the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of Erasmus Programme in 2006/07.
He studied philosophy and art history as well as, at master-of-arts level, international project management in the fields of arts and culture, in Salzburg and Chicago. As he puts in:
"By serving at my best the Agency in fulfilling its mission, I will challenge myself in displaying all my enthusiasm and creativity. As I had the chance to experience myself in my previous work commitments, there is much work to do in youth information field and for strengthening ERYICA's leading position in this area. I am keen on dedicating to ERYICA as a mean for giving my very little contribution to enhancing European young people’s lives. Furthermore, I am excited at getting acquainted to youth information workers throughout Europe and at all that I can and will learn from them".
Davide can be reached at the Agency Monday to Friday 9.00-18.00, or at the email address director@eryica.org.
Good luck Davide, and Thank you Jon !
On June 30th, and after many years of service for the Agency, Jon Alexander left his post of Secretary General and retired from work. Consequently, Davide Capecchi took over the position under the title of Director.
Davide Capecchi was President of Erasmus Student Network (the broadest international organisation concerned with youth mobility) in the period March 2005 – March 2007. From the headquarters of this organisation, in Brussels, he worked with the European Commission and other institutional and private stakeholders on ameliorating policies in the field of mobility in higher education. Particularly, he worked on planning and managing the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of Erasmus Programme in 2006/07.
He studied philosophy and art history as well as, at master-of-arts level, international project management in the fields of arts and culture, in Salzburg and Chicago. As he puts in:
"By serving at my best the Agency in fulfilling its mission, I will challenge myself in displaying all my enthusiasm and creativity. As I had the chance to experience myself in my previous work commitments, there is much work to do in youth information field and for strengthening ERYICA's leading position in this area. I am keen on dedicating to ERYICA as a mean for giving my very little contribution to enhancing European young people’s lives. Furthermore, I am excited at getting acquainted to youth information workers throughout Europe and at all that I can and will learn from them".
Davide can be reached at the Agency Monday to Friday 9.00-18.00, or at the email address director@eryica.org.
Good luck Davide, and Thank you Jon !
MBTC "Train the Trainers" Event, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
The current high profile of Youth Information Work within Youth Work and our research amongst associated support agencies has led to the identification by youth services across Europe of a lack of quality assured training available in this important area.
ERYICA has long recognised that there is a need for a practitioner's course and has developed the MBTC in order to meet the needs identified by inexperienced workers.
The "Train the Trainers" event in Cardiff, Wales is being hosted by Wales' National Information Project, Canllaw Online in partnership with ERYICA, and we have signed up experienced trainers from 12 countries to take part, with each country agreeing to deliver the MBTC course to workers in their own national networks after being trained in the delivery of the course whilst in Cardiff.
Mick Conroy
ERYICA has long recognised that there is a need for a practitioner's course and has developed the MBTC in order to meet the needs identified by inexperienced workers.
The "Train the Trainers" event in Cardiff, Wales is being hosted by Wales' National Information Project, Canllaw Online in partnership with ERYICA, and we have signed up experienced trainers from 12 countries to take part, with each country agreeing to deliver the MBTC course to workers in their own national networks after being trained in the delivery of the course whilst in Cardiff.
Mick Conroy
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Study Visit to Flanders, Belgium
On 15-18 March, a group of 12 youth workers (4 from Bosnia-Herzegovina, 4 from Croatia and 4 from Slovenia) participated in a study visit to Flanders, organised by In Petto and supported by the E.U. Youth Programme.Some In Petto people participated in the programme that focused not only on visits to youth work bodies, but also on the exchange of experience and building links for future co-operation. Fons Verhelst, a Flemish student doing an internship at MISSS in Ljubljana, also took part in the activity.
By Johan Bertels
