DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES
Mission is to inspire, to create environment for learning and discovering; to find new possibilities and to make society changes.
Mission is to inspire, to create environment for learning and discovering; to find new possibilities and to make society changes.
We would like to offer our partnership for Erasmus+ projects.
Every individual in our organisation has a lot of experience and expertise in different fields. We also practise fun working environment.
We are looking for youth that would like to join our good cause, that would like to volunteer or participate in projects.
Youth Exchanges – 2017 year SAFE was applicant organisation in The Netherlands for youth exchanges project which was successfully implemented in Lithuania.
Youth leaders trainings – 2018 year partner organization “Stop violence” trainings for youth leaders in Austria
The project aims is to empower youth and youth workers, teachers, social workers to fight cyberbullying (especially online body shaming) by using visual storytelling. We have
analysed anti-bullying programs and couldn’t find visual storytelling examples focused for youth, youth workers, parents. Visual storytelling helping to understand easier text and
situation. Storytelling and visuals are two of the most powerful tools content marketers have.
Partners of this project agreed that youth in general, youth leaders, workers and representatives of civil society have to play an important role in European Green Deal implementation
and their potential has to be strengthened. That is how idea of Strategic Partnership ‘Urban Garden 2.0’ between the youth organisations from Hungary, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands and Sweden was born.
We are currently working on developing our ideas in to the new project, searching and collaborating with our partners.
The project aims to solve the most significant issues that prevent young people from starting any endeavour – fear
of failure, which has roots in shame culture. The project will equip youth workers, leaders and young adults with
methods, tools, and guidance to be able to plan their future and apply it into reality without fear of failure.
The Covid-19 crisis is leading to a global economic depression with a pronounced negative effect on the lives of young people in terms of employment, education and mental
wellbeing. Even before that, they were already facing a challenging transition into the labour market and were 2 to 3 times more likely than adults to be un- or underemployed. Now,
with the tremendously challenging socio-economic situation created by Covid-19 and the changing world of work, young people’s career chances become insecure and vague.
Dominykas for the last seven years has been participating in all kind of projects: youth exchanges, trainings, seminars and volunteering work. He has experience in collaborating with others international organisations.
Lars is studying the BSc International Land and Water Management at Wageningen University. His role within this organisation is giving his insights gained from his study and experiences from committees at different associations. Moreover, he will help out with getting our projects as sustainable as possible.
SOCIAL INCLUSION
Well-being of young people in the Netherlands
Young adults in the age category 18 to 24 years are generally happy. However, the
share has declined somewhat over the past 20 years, from 91 percent reporting that
they were happy in 1997 down to 86 percent in 2018. Young men and women are
more or less equally happy, and there are few differences in relation to the highest
level of education achieved. However, there are differences in relation to migration
background and housing situation. Among young people with a native Dutch
background, 90 percent were happy, while for those with a western or non-western
migration background, the share was 80 percent. Young people who live with a
partner are most often happy. Personal well-being was also often high among young
people, with 70 percent of them enjoying a high degree of personal well-being
in 2018. Young people relatively frequently gave themselves a score of 7 or higher
for their education or profession, their health and their social life. They were also
often satisfied with their safety and their neighbourhood, but less satisfied with their
financial future and trust in institutions. The majority of young people also thought
that the Netherlands was heading in the right direction and they did not see issues
such as crime, the multicultural society, population density and the mentality in the Netherlands as major problems. However, environmental pollution was relatively
often felt to be a big problem. (Annual Report Youth Monitor 2019 – Summary)
Youth population in the Netherlands
At the beginning of 2019, there were nearly 4.9 million young people under the age
of 25 years in the Netherlands. This represents 28 percent of the population, a share
that is projected to decline to 27 percent in 2029. Among other reasons, this is
because elderly people are living longer. Among the young people, 27 percent had a
migration background, of whom two-thirds had a non-western origin. Nearly 8 out
of 10 young people with a non-western migration background were born in the
Netherlands and therefore belong to the second generation. Among young people
with a western migration background, 64 percent were born in the Netherlands.
According to the population forecast, the number of young people with a migration
background will continue to grow over the coming decade, although it is projected
that the number of second-generation young people with a non-western
background will decline after 2022. In 2018, more babies were born to mothers
aged 35 or over than was the case 20 years ago. People in their twenties in particular
are currently less likely to have a child. The number of children born to teenage
mothers also fell. Furthermore, it is increasingly common for children to have parents
who do not live together. In 2017, this applied to 21 percent of all minors. Two-thirds
of them had no stepparents. (Annual Report Youth Monitor 2019 – Summary)