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The Role of Information and Counselling in Young People's Social Inclusion and Access to Rights

The symposium identified t hree crucial areas that need improve ment in order to a chieve meaningful and efficient youth information and counse lling in the SEE region : I) recognition of efforts and achiev e ments of non - governmental sector in youth information and counselling ; II) implementation of the European policy gui delines and III) intersectoral cooperation. Stakeholders c urrently active in youth information and counselling have to be recognised for their contribution and provided with infrastructure and means for performing their activities. At the symposium , we lea rned about tre mendous efforts of many NGOs that achieved significant results without much help from the public sphere. National and local governmental instituti ons and funding agencies should acknowledge the results these NGOs are achie ving and provide the m with all infrastruct ural and financial support for their activities. European policy and the pool of practice offer a good basis for the establishment of well - functioning frameworks of youth inf ormation and counselling in SE E. It is important to ensure a real c ommitment of all stakeholders th at wou l d support the creation of a comprehensive scene in which competent and active network s of youth workers would provide youth information and counselling in all areas described by "genera list information". Moreov er, tools that have been used at the European level for enhancing young people ’s opportunities for participation in society and upgrading their educati onal and employment status, such as the Structured Dialogue and Youthpass , should equally be used. C ross - sectoral dialogue in the youth sector should be promoted through more inclusive and transparent commu nication between authorities, youth associati ons and the general public. Equally - co ordination and co - management – should be widely applied at the nation al and at the regional and local level s . Another element that is a functional prerequisite of intersectoral cooperation is related to the operation and implementation of the set of plans and strategies at all levels of the system . Youth policy normative i n SEE follows European strategies, but they are very often not fully implemented at the national level. Moreover, there is no clear feedback on the implementation of certain plans and programs, which is accompanied by the lack of evaluation of these same p lans. We could say that a system which woul d involve all stakeholders in the design and implementation of youth policy is still not function ing as a coherent unit, and that there are very often ad - ho c actions at work, instead of committed and efficient fun ctioning. Therefore, the system of regular reporting and evaluation of each step in youth policies and actions should be established, followed by continuous revision of the implementation plans and programmes.

South-east Europe; youth; social inclusion; information

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