1. And all it’s mysteries… Reinhilde Hagymasi Bart Vandewiele

2.  Definition 1. Youth = broad VS narrow sense 2. Policy = measures => effect 1+2 => Youth policy = ‘All actions of policy which have an influence on children, adolescents and/or their clubs’

3.  Differentation: organised VS non-organised youth

4. Unitary state 589 municipalities

6.  Languages! Flanders or Flanders ?

7.  First ‘youth house’ <= new forms of youth culture (‘problematic’)  1997: first Flemish ‘Minister of Youth’  A few stunning facts…

8.  Children’s rights: three kinds of rights (‘3 P’s’)

9.  Working as as student worker  Scholarship  Organising a party

10.  Earlier: 46 days a year - maximum 23 days during summer - maximum 23 days during the year  Since 1 January 2012: several measures 1) Length of labour: 50 days throughout the year

11. 2) Reduced social contributions 3) Contract of 12 months = possible 4) Application

12.  Conditions - Age: 15/16 - Signing a student agreement => protection (rights and obligations)

13.  How to request a scholarship?  Many conditions: - Fill in the official forms - Deadline! - File in order => scholarship or not? > Disagreement with the result: raise objections

14. > All conditions fulfilled: scholarship + reduced registration fee to educational institution

15.  Costs (K.U. Leuven, 2011-2012)  STUDY: - Registration fee: 1) full time student (€ 578.70) 2) student: almost entitled scholarship (€340.00) 3) scholarship: (€ 80)

16. - Course material (€ 300-500) - Computer (€ 350)  COSTS OF LIVING - renting a room 1) subsidized student accomodation (€970-2130/10 months) 2) private room (€2500-3000) > meals (€350) + bike rental (€35) + travel costs?

17.  Cost reduction - family allowance - Tax Reduction - scholarship [€ 234.07- € 2174.15 (min.) / € 3622.42 (max.)]  alternative: - student loan: practical, but… => social service of institution (cfr. Katho)

18. The law  “The presence in dance halls and pubs is prohibited for minors under 16 years if they are not accompanied by a parent or another adult. "An exception is made for "dance venues which do not mind a spirit of trade."

19. => When you want to organise a party, you have to deal with … NOT BREAKIN’ THE LAW! NOT BREAKIN’ THE LAW!

20.  Not only a flyer, some spotslights and a dj of course…  But also: - An appropriate location - Safety and security - Paying the music (SABAM) - Responsibility - Noise standards

21. - Integrated plan - Many licenses (traffic, publicity, garbage, …) - Financial affairs - some usefool tools (e.g. ‘relief maps’)

22.  Festival Novarock (Kortrijk) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJJ6MMwT53o - Safe Party Zone - Silent disco room http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRKhWipunPc - ‘Indoor field’ - Sustainable Dance Floor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf5fihc2GOY

23.  Like the Beastie Boys said: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ1GL1zgcU4&feature=fvst

24. The practice…

25.  School  Diversity  Mobility  Space in the community  Work  Culture  Arts  Parties  Welfare  Youth work  Youth information

26.  A feeling of being comfortable, healthy, and happy.  Someone's welfare is their health and happiness.

27. school prevention alcohol Youth court Persons with a disability health Institutions relations Physical health drugs Play truant Drive behavior assistance Poverty reduction rights

28.  Flemish and local Policy  1. Coordination Prevention Policy Steering committee  Create actions and initatives  construct a policy note  Evaluation of the policy note

29.  2. Information and sensibilisation Reporting point for prevention  Prevention workers  Exposure of information about different themes (alcohol, drugs, vandalism…)  Newspapers online  Organisations  School

30.  3. Stimulation and support of initiatives New ideas Questions

31. Environment Medium Person  It’s a policy for everyone and especially for risk group

32. Where do you think prevention initiatives are necessary in Belgium?  Suicide  Alcohol and Drive behaviour

33.  Everyday 3 persons commit suicide in Flanders. In Belgium that’s 5/6 a day!  More than 10 times this rate try to do it.  Above the European average  Minister Jo Vandeurzen is to decrease the number of suicide with 20% in 2020.

35.  1. To stimulate mental health of people in the society (e.g. Fit in je hoofd)  2. Easy accessible phone institutions (e.g. zelfmoordlijn)  3. Quality of the service and optimise different networks  4. To avoid the provoking of suicide  5. Attention for specific target groups

36.  10 steps to make you feel allright 1 find yourself ok 2 talk about it 3 move 4 try something new 5 count on your friends 6 dare saying ‘no’ 7 go for it 8 ask for help 9 give yourself rest 10 keep it cool

37.  Nok nok (12-16)  information I know myself My limits Count on others Time for myself  Instructions and tasks It’s knocking in my head

38. Gi ovanni Wojtkowiak (15) and Ylenia Garlisi (16) created their own site: http://stopzelfmoord.tk/

39.  General:  Three phenomena in car accidents with victims:  driving under influence of alcohol  bad drive behaviour  don’t wearing the belt  ¼ of traffic victims are due to alcohol  Youth:  Driving under influence of alcohol is the biggest problem, especially in the weekend nights  Traffic accidents are the most common cause of death for the youth! => Prevention is necessary!

41.  Integrated plan Context Prevention Initiatives  School  Bob Campaign  Responsible young drivers

43.  Age: 17-29

44.  Prevention can’t help everything, but that may not be the reason why we could not think about it.

45. Any Questions?

46. - CJSM. Jeugd. Websites Vlaamse Overheid. Consulted the 1th of February 2012 on: http://www.cjsm.vlaanderen.be/jeugd/index.shtml - De kracht van je stem. De educatieve dienst van het Vlaamse Parlement. Consulted the 7th of March 2012 on http://www.dekrachtvanjestem.be/kvjss/jongeren/images/besturen.gif - Departement Leefmilieu, Natuur en Energie. Samenvatting voor geluidsnormen muziekactiviteiten. Consulted the 6th of March 2012 on: http://www.lne.be/themas/hinder-en-risicos/geluidshinder/beleid/muziek/regeling-voor-geluidsnormen-muziekactiviteiten - Fuifpunt. Organisaties en tips. Consulted the 6th of March 2012 on: http://www.fuifpunt.be/thema/organisatie-en-tips - Goes, K. (16/11/2009). Ver-kijker. Consulted the 16th of February 2012 on: http://www.jeugdwerknet.be/nieuws/item/10-jaar-jeugd-bert-anciaux-blikt-terug-1 - Jeugdbeleidsplan. Welzijn. Consulted the 1th of February 2012 on http://www.jeugdbeleidsplan.be/pagina/waarover_gaat_een_plan/thema%E2%80%99s/welzijn - Jobat. Versoepelde regeling voor jobstudenten vanaf 2012. Consulted the 5th of March 2012 on: http://www.jobat.be/nl/artikels/versoepelde-regeling-voor-jobstudenten-vanaf-2012/ - Jongerengids (2010). Hoe betaal ik mijn studie. Consulted the 6th of March 2012 on: http://www.jongerengids.be/large/meer-lezen/hoe-betaal-ik-mijn-studie-74.aspx

47. - Onderwijskiezer (July 2011). Het prijskaartje van een jaar hoger onderwijs. Consulted the 12th of March 2012 on http://www.google.be/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=3&cts=1331635053918&ved=0CC8QFjAC&url=http% 3A%2F%2Fwww.onderwijskiezer.be%2Fdoc%2FHet%2520prijskaartje%2520van%2520een%2520jaar%2520hoger%2520onderwijs.pdf&ei=bCNfT5WRH8Wc8gO0w-WiBw&usg=AFQjCNGVy1YkXmpAwTOLXgU7Y5APmRpxlQ - Redactie HLN. Novarock in Kortrijk pakt uit met duurzame dansvloer (16/03/2010). Het Laatste Nieuws. Consulted the 7th of March on: http://www.hln.be - Rijksdienst voor Sociale Zekerheid. Student @ work. Consulted the 6th of March 2012 on: https://www.mysocialsecurity.be/student/nl/index.html - Stad Kortrijk. Safe Party Zone. Consulted the 7th of March 2012 on: http://www.kortrijk.be/safepartyzone - Steunpunt Jeugd. Definities. Consulted the 6th of February 2012 on: http://www.steunpuntjeugd.be/situering/definities - Tegenbos, G. (06 februari 2012). Provincies behouden toch welzijnstaken. De Standaard, p. 9. - Van Gaens, J. et al., De Coninck, S. (red.) (2011). Het jeugdbeleid in Vlaanderen. Wegwijzer door het beleid. Antwerpen: Kluwer

48. I’m S.P.I.C.Y. and I know it!