MISSION STATEMENT

As an international youth work network with a national scope, we enable global exchanges and encounters

In its capacity as a network and office for international youth work in Germany, IJAB helps implement the Federal Government’s Child and Youth Plan by contributing towards the development and advancement of child and youth services in both theory and practice. We assist organisations and providers working in the field of child and youth services in making good use of international youth work formats and methods and apply these also to new target groups and for new purposes. We play an active role in advancing youth policy in professional contexts and run projects of national, European and international significance. IJAB’s office and its members participate in international debates, design concepts to create, maintain and improve needs-oriented services and activities, and try out and evaluate innovative international youth work approaches and methods.

We reach out to young people and inform and advise them on mobility opportunities in europe and worldwide.

• We provide young people with access to international experiences. • We inspire, inform and advise in a youth-appropriate manner. • We create accessible information for all young people. • We enable and encourage young people’s participation. • We coordinate and expand a network of advisory offices.

We enable experts and organisations working in the youth sector to create more international opportunities for young people.

• We provide needs-oriented advice on all aspects of international youth work. • We provide training to individuals working in the youth field. • We offer exchange programmes for experts.

• We provide advice and training designed to promote inclusion in international youth work. • We support sustainable thoughts and actions in international youth work and promote digital transformation. • We give visibility to good practices in international youth work.

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