Youth work advocacy practices by AYWA

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﻿﻿Several national youth work associations established the Alliance of Youth Workers Associations (AYWA).The Alliance of National Associations of Youth Workers and Youth Work Providers advocates for youth work recognition, development and quality youth work in Europe.
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Olga Kyriakidou is involved in a team producing advocacy tools for youth work development. Olga provided a sneak peek preview of the advocacy toolkit and shared her experiences in youth work advocacy at national and European levels. 
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The following checklists can help you to develop your advocacy campaign:
Advocacy focus identifier
Advocacy starting point﻿﻿
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Inspiring resources:
﻿Mapping of best practices for the recognition of youth work﻿
﻿Youth Workers Associations: the state of play﻿
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Awero organisation created this educational resource and activity for the youth worker training course on networking and advocating.
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This activity supports youth workers' competence development in the "Networking and Advocating" area. Activity content and badge issuing criteria aligned with the European Training Strategy (ETS) competence model for youth workers to work internationally:
Willingness to collaborate with other actors and stakeholders;
Ability to network with a variety of external systems and actors;
Appreciation of the added value of new partnership and collaboration opportunities;
Knowledge of youth policy and youth work in one’s own context;
Readiness to accept compromise while guaranteeing young people’s interests and rights;
Knowledge of advocacy approaches and methods in a youth work context;
Knowledge about youth rights.
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﻿﻿Badge earner learned about establishing the Alliance of Youth Workers Associations (AYWA), which advocates for youth work recognition, development, and quality youth work in Europe. The youth worker explored and familiarised themself with two youth work advocacy examples by AYWA.
Badge earner had a sneak peek preview of the advocacy toolkit and learned about advocacy experiences in youth work advocacy at national and European levels. 
This badge recognises youth workers' competence development in the "Networking and Advocating" area.

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Explore and familiarise yourself with youth work advocacy examples by AYWA. For the badge evidence:
Share your impressions and learning points from AYWA advocacy examples.
How can you advocate for youth work and youth workers in your country or internationally?

Skills

#Willingness to collaborate with other actors and stakeholders

#Ability to network with a variety of external systems and actors

#Appreciation of the added value of new partnership and collaboration opportunities

#Knowledge of youth policy and youth work in one’s own context

#Readiness to accept compromise while guaranteeing young people’s interests and rights

#Knowledge of advocacy approaches and methods in a youth work context

#Knowledge about youth rights

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