Young people’s needs in a post-pandemic Europe: The role of youth information and counselling
+ Webinars
2021
Young people’s needs in a post-pandemic Europe
The role of youth information and counselling
april 14, 15:00- 17:00 CET
Topic
Covid-19 pandemic
Facilitator
Anna Nesladek, ERYICA
The pandemic has certainly marked our lives. In a way or another, we have all been affected by it. However, research has demonstrated that young people have experienced the consequences in a tougher way and are impacted more profoundly.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, youth information has proved to be more important than ever; its role and format changed and adapted to an increasingly online environment. Once all of this has come to an end, what will be young people’s needs? What youth information will look like, and what its role will be?
This webinar aims to offer an overview of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on young people, whose generation can be defined as the "viral generation". The term refers to an age group that experiences a double vital circumstance: on the one hand, exposure to the coronavirus as a generational brand; and on the other hand, the speed of the transmission of information over the internet.
The role of youth information during the pandemic will be analysed, starting from its function during the lockdown, including some good practice examples from ERYICA members. We will try to understand how the role of youth information can change in post-pandemic Europe.
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15.00 – 15.05
Opening
15:05 – 15:10
Poll: youth information during the pandemic
15.10 – 15.30
Carles Feixa will analyse the impact of confinement caused by Covid-19 among adolescents, on the one hand; on the other hand, he will treat how deconfinement is affecting young people.
15.30 – 15.35
Poll: Youth information in a post-pandemic future
15:35 – 15.55
Lauren Pluss will analyse the role of youth information and counselling during confinement, and the possible scenarios for
youth information and counselling in the post-covid era.
15.55 – 16:10
Q&A
16.10 – 16.25
Good practice examples from ERYICA Members
• Practical tips for youth and youth workers during confinement – A guide by ACJ (Catalan Youth Agency, Spain)
•FAQs on mental health support on our website (De Ambrassade, Belgium), tbc
16.25 – 16.55
Networking and good practice sharing
16.55 – 17.00
Conclusion: ERYICA campaign on young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
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Carles Feixa is a social anthropology professor at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Catalonia, Spain). He has investigated youth cultures and has conducted fieldwork in Spain and Latin America. He is the author or co-author of several books like De jóvenes, bandas y tribus (1998), Global Youth? (2006), Youth, Space and Time (2016) and Adolescentes confinad@s (2020). He has been an advisor for youth policies of the United Nations and Vice President of the International Sociological Association Research Committee “Sociology of Youth”.
Lauren Pluss is Digital Information Manager at ERYICA Member Young Scot and has worked with the Content Team and young people over the pandemic to provide up to date, quality-assured information about COVID-19. Lauren has previously worked in the third sector for over ten years, working for a range of organisations with experience in digital marketing, digital evolution, digital youth work and communications. She is a trustee for a national charity in Scotland and co-organiser of the Scottish Women's Network.
