Civic Education
Ban Uppa! – Example Project
As an example for project management in youth work, we can have a look at the story of Matto and Dali at Ban Uppa! Based on: Partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of Youth: T-Kit 3: Project Management, https://pjp-eu.coe.int/documents/42128013/47261197/tkit3.pdf/63828fe8-4022-4944-9459-32ac0c8b6fbf?t=1377268931000 (accessed 31.05.2023)
Introduction
We’ll start our journey in Banville, a small and still young town in the outskirts of a large city, with a large section of the population being of immigrant background, mostly commuters to jobs in the city or neighboring industrial sites. The youth population is proportionally higher than the national average. There is a shortage of jobs, the level of success at school is lower than the national average. It is a community with a bad media image, known mostly for its social instability, youth delinquency and petty crimes associated with drug-trafficking. We work at Ban Uppa! – a local association formed two years ago by students and teachers who were concerned by the lack of cultural opportunities for young people. The association– whose main purpose is to provide alternatives for a healthy lifestyle and the cultural and social development of young people– has been mostly active in organizing af - ter-school sports activities, as well as cultural events in the neighborhood. Most of the activities are directed at young people, but some are addressed to the population in general. We are two social and youth work students doing our practice at Ban Uppa! and entrusted with developing the work and activities with young people. The Board of Ban Uppa! has encouraged us to design all the projects and activities that may be beneficial for young people.
1. Answer the following questions based on the text above.
a. Most people in Banville also work there as well.
true /
false
b. A lot of young people live in Banville.
true /
false
c. There is a lot of drug related crime in Banville.
true /
false
d. Ban Uppa! was founded by the city council.
true /
false
e. Ban Uppa! mostly organizes food drives.
true /
false
2. Matto and Dali are planning a new project for Ban Uppa! Put the following steps in the order you need to address them when planning and managing a project.
concrete objectives
needs analysis
plan of activities
evaluation
institutional priorities
defining aims
follow-up and reports
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ENGLISH FOR INTERNATIONAL YOUTH WORK
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