Youth Research Dialogue
Youth work in motion: Evolving competences
Our Youth Research Dialogues continued on 29 April. In the episode, we presented first findings from our RAY research project on competence development for youth work through trainings in the European youth programmes. The discussion and dialogue focused on youth workers’ perspectives and their needs in a changing world and youth field. What kind of evolving competences do youth workers need in order to be able to support young people in the next years and decades by promoting meaningful values and security? What structural aspects need to be addressed in non-formal and formal education settings? How do the European youth programmes and training activities contribute to capacity building of youth workers? What other needs and trends can be determined and how might holistic and systemic approaches support them?
Moderated by Leena Suurpää and Domagoj Morić.
Live stream available
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SPEAKERS
>> Maria-Carmen Pantea, Babeș-Bolyai University
Maria-Carmen Pantea is a Professor of Sociology and Social Work at Babeș-Bolyai University (UBB), Romania, and a member of the Advisory Group of the Pool of European Youth Researchers, coordinated by the EU–Council of Europe Youth Partnership. Her research interests include career studies, youth work and civil society. Since 2008, she has been involved in the youth work community as a researcher, participant in conferences and workshops, or evaluator of grant proposals. MA with Merit in Gender Studies (CEU), MSc in Evidence-Based Social Interventions (Oxford University), PhD in Sociology (UBB).
>> Ashley Pitschmann, RAY transnational research team
Ashley Pitschmann is a researcher at Youth Policy Labs, a small research agency and think tank in the youth sector. Her work with the transnational research team of the RAY Network have focused on a number of projects including the impact of the Corona pandemic on youth work in Europe, the monitoring of the effects and outcomes of Erasmus+ Youth and the European Solidarity Corps for project participants and leaders, as well as the development and capacity building within and through the programmes.
What is RAY COMP?
The overall aim of this research project is to gain further insights into competence development through trainings in the context of the European Youth Programmes, with a special focus on potentials for improvement. More HERE.