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This animation centre is funded by the Mairie de Paris and gains other money by charging people from the local neighbourhood for participation in activities. These range from pottery to judo classes. The centre employs 12.5 animateurs to cater to a public ranging in age from 3 to 99 years. Currently around 1700 people subscribe to classes. The centre has a relatively small outreach programme, targeting young people (15-25 years old) to participate in visits and other activities. The area has a problem with gangs and traffic in soft drugs. hence the proposed activities are intended to distract attention from these unsocial behaviours. Around 300 young people have participated in the activities this year.

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Municipalities represented in this Study Visit

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Municipalities represented in this Study Visit

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11 countries

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This is an international project funded through the Erasmus+ Programme. The core aim of the project is to raise the quality of local youth work in particular through enhanced cooperation between various stakeholders that are active at the municipal level. ThePartnership currently involves about 200 members who represent around 120 municipalities from 22 participating countries.

The Partnership also intends to have a multiplying effect by connecting to various activities of the partners and spreading project results to a wide range of stakeholders. This Strategic Partnership is a platform for multi-level initiatives. Large-scale events, mapping exercises and network-wide actions are coordinated at the European level while National Agencies develop national plans to respond to the needs of their partners and create different types of learning opportunities with a transnational dimension.

This Study Visit, as part of Europe Goes Local, will be a transnational peer-learning activities responding to stakeholder needs in the participating countries and will contribute to the development of a knowledge-base in relation to municipal level youth work.

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Europe Goes Local European Charter on Local Youth Work Changemakers kit

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The young leaders spent the afternoon on the importance of group building and dynamics, and how to use non-formal education through sports.

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EGL Paris Study Visit July 2019_EvaluationMentimeter

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Au revoir et good luck with your projects!

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Au revoir et good luck with your projects!

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1)    UK – Cheaper student accommodation, linking to volunteering activity

2)    France – Accessible sport facilities for NEETs

3)    Iceland – Support and information for recently-arrived refugees

4)    Slovenia – Safe house for LGBT+

5)    Romania – working with NEETs

6)    Austria – boat between Brazil and Europe for intercultural connection

7)    Poland – photography project on street art

8)    Germany – spreading the message about this study visit

9)    Greece – Inclusion café for students in Thessaloniki – integration with stakeholders

10) Czech – Information centre of youth in small town about international opportunities

11) Portugal – student volunteer ideas, sponsored by local businesses, channelled through support of the municipality of Porto

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Learning and reflection on the different visits

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Learning and reflection on the different visits

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Lots of discovering the metro and transport systems of Paris

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Lots of discovering the metro and transport systems of Paris

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And the dancing of the light...

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Jérémy Trémolières from the French National Agency introduced the funding available for different kinds of actions:

Individual Volunteering (2-12 months, or 2 weeks to 2 months for those who need more support).

Team Volunteering (10 - 40 people in a team, 2 weeks to 2 months, up to 75% of the group can be from host country)

Solidarity projects - initiated, developed and implemented over a period of 2 to 12 months by at least five young people who want to make a positive change in their local community. Can have a coach to support them.

Jobs & Traineeships - between 2 months and 12 months, from same country, or from abroad.

See the Resource Centre for all information and resources: https://www.salto-youth.net/rc/euscrc/

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...came together for this Study Visit in July 2019 to discuss, share and learn about social inclusion. Visits in Paris were organised to give the opportunity for new perspectives and new initiatives to be realised in municipalities around Europe.

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District project, opened in 2015.  Social residence: students and volunteer residence (cheaper accommodation compared to expensive Paris) as well as a hotel.

Volunteering and mobility opportunities for young people and local community. Information, access to opportunities and organisations.

Aims:
1) Encourage mobility, commitment and empowerment of young volunteers thanks to cheap accommodation;
2) inform and support young people, organisations and youth workers about mobility opportunities through expertise and tools;
3) promote orgs, projects, volunteers to general public through events to show what volunteering is.

Host 42 volunteers from France, Europe, the world. Hub, Fab Lab, space for events, disseminate results of projects etc.

Local exchange of services: 2 hours per week to local organisation = service, a training, advice. Volunteers are ambassadors to people in local district. Important to be involved in community where you live, a resource for the district, work in partnership.

Example: Repair shop - give time, and gain skills. Met high school students and widened network.

French national volunteering programme "Service Civique", organised international work camp, Piaggio 3 wheels (Tuk-tuk), information centre, travelled round inside the region. "What is volunteering for you?". What are your needs/dreams? Mind map of opportunities and board game to start conversations.

Also host (at the moment) 5 refugees - Syria, Mauritania, Tibet, Eritrea. Engaged, active people, so had to flee their country. Service Civique now also open to refugees.

Connection to catering/restaurants in solidarity - social inclusion through working. Local social bakery - apprenticeship connection.

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Participatory budgeting:

·      Each year there is a campaign about opportunity – people propose projects, selection process, vote from public online/district city hall, one with most votes is funded.

·      100 million euros, 30% reserved for low income neighbourhoods [10-15% population], 10% reserved for children at schools).

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Paris is just a neighbourhood of Calais, and Calais is just a neighbourhood of England. Migrants are passing through. Paris is just one step on their journey.  (Pierre-Charles Hardouin)

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At the Centre Paris Anime DAVIEL (13ème)

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Visit to Mairie de Paris, Hotel de Ville

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Visit to Mairie de Paris, Hotel de Ville

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The exhibition "Champs d'amours, 100 years of rainbow cinema" proposes two subjective panoramas, chronological and thematic,

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Exhibition at Hotel de Ville -  CHAMPS D’AMOURS -  100 year history of the LGBTQI+ movies

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Tallest murals in Paris!

Participants learned about the neomuralism movement as they contemplate the walls painted by the greatest muralists from all over the world. This tour concentrated on big murals commissioned by Marie du 13eme and multiple galleries or projects like Street Art 13 or Seres Queridos, from some of the most influential contemporary artists like Obey, C215 or Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada.

Discussion about class, who the artists are, taking over spaces, who makes the decisions, helps connect the neighbourhoods to the city.

The visit also included seeing the area of Butte de Caille, where other forms of street art could be seen. Thom Thom, the guide, joined the group for discussion about ownership of space.

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Boulevard Paris 13 by Galerie Itinerrance (Official Video)

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PSA are social and administrative services serving homeless Parisians

5 essential missions:
- information desk, listening and orientation
- administrative domiciliation
- access to rights
- overall social support and support under Active Solidarity Income
- child protection

PSA Belleville only focus on young people aged 18 to 25

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Inclusion of disadvantaged young people in something traditionally 'elite'.

The organisation works with the social system, linking the youth/social centres with the local municipalities in the regions of Paris. Young people take part over three years, getting together in local groups regularly with a social worker always present helping them with other needs outside of the music.

7 groups of 15 children that make an orchestra. There are 30 orchestras all over France, different cities, including the DOM-TOMs. 300, 1700 students, of which 30% have another citizenship than French.

50% of those involved in this project then continue in some musical career/education. Research is about to be published on the positive neurological effects of participating. After the DEMOS project they keep in contact as far as possible with the children.

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Présentation musicale de l'orchestre Démos Conservatoire Paris | musicora

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Fabiola Rivas - Policy officer for international relations and Europe, Service Civique

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Fabiola Rivas - Policy officer for international relations and Europe, Service Civique

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“Your visit gives a face to Europe”.

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July 4th - Conservatoire, DEMOS, Street Art and the Homeless PSA

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July 4th - Conservatoire, DEMOS, Street Art and the Homeless PSA

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‘Art to Grow’ programme. Art and cultural programmes, especially for deprived and populous areas.

Partnerships with 90 cultural structures, 200+ schools, 200+…works of art…

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Guillame, a volunteer at the conservatoire

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Guillame, a volunteer at the conservatoire

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Guillame, age 24, volunteer since Feb. Supports different groups to take part, especially DEMOS. Yp are there for half a day, different lessons and breaks, work together, play together.

The young people are very motivated, but as they come from difficult neighbourhoods, the classical music isn’t well-known to them – they can feel a bit lost in the conservatoire or the classical music world. They doubt if they can succeed. My role is to discuss, support and help them feel more confident.

Stay with them to be a support, build relationship and trust, discuss challenges related to the teachers, parents, school, learning of music.

To work for the conservatoire, the most important skill you need to have is to create bonds with different audiences.

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Service Civique in France (voluntary service)

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Service Civique in France (voluntary service)

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Service Civique as a national volunteering programme is nearly 10 years old. There was a political wish to recognise young people as active agents in a community. A law was passed, and the programme gives an opportunity for young people to take part in different projects. It helps young people to contribute to national cohesion through active citizenship in a community.

Age 16-25 (age 30, disabilities), for 6-12 months. They can take part through public bodies or associations. Participants so far: 61% girl, 39% male. Average age 21. Created in 2010, and so far 370,000 young people involved, although in 2018 140,000 were involved.

They receive an allowance of approx. €580 per month. Projects can be related to: Culture, environment, international development, education, citizenship, health, sports, solidarity. They choose what is best.

The principle of universality allows French young people to volunteer anywhere in France, also abroad, and young people from other countries can come to France. 1500 did international projects in 2018, with the most popular destination country Germany, then Morocco and Israel.

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Iceland
Town with 20,000 people and 7 schools. Each school has a youth worker connected to it, providing after school programmes and activities for free. Youth workers connect with teachers, parents, social services to work as a team to support young people with difficulties.

Greece
Contracts are tendered to certain types of associations and social entreprises. So for the public call for a particular problem, the ideas and solutions come ad-hoc from the field, not from a long-term strategy. The different ministries get different funding from one year to the next, so the calls change and close often. IMF standards give certain targets and objectives that have to be measured, so not really focused on the need of target group.

Porto in Portugal
Unfortunately the national Government thinks usually on a short-term (2-3 years), then often there are elections and the next government doesn’t continue the policies. There is now an Independent Mayor elected in Porto. A long-term strategy is being developed - looking at investments that will have impact in 10-15 years, acting as an example to other cities. There is a strong internationalism strategy, to encourage entreprises from round the world to consider Porto as a good place to be located - connected to the universities, research, good labour market etc. In turn this is is having a touristic boom in the city – changing the real estate, hotels, restaurants etc.

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One of the biggest challenges for us in Paris is to find common ground and make a society. Sometimes when we work on youth policy, we reach only a small part of people and speak only to them. We are putting them in a box. (Thomas Rogé, Head of Mairie Paris Youth Policy department)

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Paris Jeunes Vacances - Funding grant scheme

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Paris Jeunes Vacances - Funding grant scheme

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A funding programme for ages 16-30, to have their first holiday on their own without parents. They can apply for €100-€200 funding, out of a total 150,000 euros budget. They need to think about co-funding, and how to balance a budget. Youth workers support them by sharing knowledge/methods/tools to help young people to build projects - it helps develop their project management skills, as well as other things such as time management, budget management, working as a team etc. There is a local jury to support the decisions, made up of a representative from the mayor, youth support workers, and (if possible) also a member of the opposition party.

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Pierre-Charles Hardouin - Preventative Actions Unit

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Pierre-Charles Hardouin - Preventative Actions Unit

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Head of the preventive actions and vulnerable populations division
Department of prevention, security and protection.

Three units (set up the Mayor - only one in France):
1)    Preventing delinquency (before they involved with justice, and during/after). Different tools they use:

a.     Funding programmes – supporting associations

b.     Youth workers in jails

c.     Social workers in police stations
2) Territorial fights, between 12/13/14 year olds. Mediation unit. 140 street workers, especially in areas which have social problems.
3) Homeless support. 50 street workers, helping people to go out of the streets. About 20,000 each night without housing (big challenge in Paris). 95% of which age 19-29 years old, and still increasing.

Most of the camps are in the North of Paris. Challenges:

security - dangerous for women, for kids/young people also.

cleanliness. 3 times a week cleaned, but not enough.

Focus on vulnerable (women/kids), prioritised for housing. In 2017 provided humanitarian camp in Porte de la Chapelle (showers, toilets etc), but sadly had to close.

800-1200 live on the streets. State policy very strict, so many people hiding by the highway, and hard to reach/access.

Street workers – two kinds:

·      Social workers. Professionals of humanitarian and homeless.

·      Non-specialised street worker, become specialise as they go through training.

Streetworkers - those specialised (Drug, families, kids, migrants) and those still to be trained.

The Mayor doesn’t want people to be homeless. But homeless people are hiding. There is not enough housing. The camps are like a waiting area – Paris is just one stop on the road for migrants.

How many people they work with? Paris Mairie gives money to associations, including other social workers. We don’t work with all homeless people of Paris, only the critical ones. Approx 10-20 people worked with per day per street worker.

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A city of 7 million, 12 million in the metropolitan area (out of 60 million in the country). 21,000 per kmsq. Its’ the 7th most populous city in the world. €10 billion budget, €7.8 billion operating budget. Anne Hidalgo as Mayor of Paris set aside 5% is for participatory budgeting (€100 million).

€165 million of which for youth (across sectors, including education, culture etc). 52 out of 52,000 public workers in the youth policy department. Nearly 15% are 16-25 -  that makes 325,000 young people in Paris.

Young population, Nearly 15% are 16-25 (325,000 young people in Paris)

·      44% girls

·      Students living with parents (30%)

·      Students living on own (30%)

·      23% working people

·      20% facing difficulties for inclusion – NEETs (9%) etc.

·      16% of homeless are age 18-29.

·      Priority areas – very low income. 17% of youngsters live in these.

·      Many people move to Paris to study and work, but when they get older, build family/children, large numbers leave

·      324,000 people commute to city – work, study, leisure activities – population doubles during the day. Use the transport, facilities. Most of the policies are open to them, even if they aren’t strictly Parisiens.

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In Paris, life is expensive, a lot of young people live here, 15-25 approx 15% of population, encounter a lot of social problems, unemployment, housing, access to culture. This Study Visit aims to show how youth work works in Paris. You will see different ways of doing municipal youth work.

During your stay you will have a chance to see institutional frameworks, see youth organisations, meet politicians, youth organisations, young volunteers.

It’s a big satisfaction for us to have 11 countries, 21 participants, from all over Europe. We hope you take home a lot of the learning to make a difference on a local level in your country. You are very welcome!

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Welcome from Thomas Rogé, , Head of Youth policy service, Mairie de Paris

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Welcome from Thomas Rogé, , Head of Youth policy service, Mairie de Paris

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The youth department of the Mairie de Paris has been involved in Europe Goes Local since the beginning of the 3 year project.  It’s important to us to be involved - these are precious moments for exchange practice and open our perspectives.

Paris sometimes thinks of itself as an island, so it’s a great opportunity for us to meet others, compare what we do, encourage us to be humble, inspire us to be better.

We are using the product of Europe Goes Local – the  Charter of European youth work – to  change how things work in Paris, draw inspiration from other countries, improve participation in decision making.

During this Study Visit we would like to share the strengths of our actions, but also the challenges we still face. We wanted to involve youth worker and young leaders – we think it’s important to work together on these issues. We hope we can learn a lot from each other.

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Even with the same card, we have different perspectives and opinions on what social inclusion is and how we deal with it.

We can look at the same problem but from different perspectives.

If we work for someone, that person gives us also something.

I have the perspective of economy, not as money, but as knowledge, work, economic development to be a sustainable society. I have conceptualised things through this perspective of data, extrapolating then a general result. Storytelling was a case study - an exception not the rule - but each story from the inside, is different from the end result (Vicky)