Barriers and enablers to UK-German youth exchanges within the youth sector
Encouraging UK-German Youth Exchanges
In the UK (Graph 5.2) the three most highly rated training topics were:
Graph 5.1 Youth workers – Evaluation of own competences to engage in youth exchanges, by country group
1. Language skills, 2. Risk management in international work, 3. Building international partnerships.
UK (n=47) DE (n=83)
4.2
Co-operate with international partners
4.1
4.1 4.1
Work in intercultural environments
4.1
Support young people to engage in intercultural environments
4.0
Graph 5.2 Youth workers – How much would training in the following areas improve your ability to organise or support UK-German youth exchanges? (UK)
4.1
Create learning outcomes through a youth exchange
4.0
3.9
Evaluate and measure the impact of a youth exchange
3.6
Mean rating (n=47) 0=Not at all 1=To some extent 2=To a moderate extent 3=To a great extent
Language skills
2.2
3.8 3.8
Manage risk within a youth exchange
Risk management in international work
2.0
Support marginalised or vulnerable young people within international projects
2.0
Building international partnerships
3.8
3.5
2.0
Evaluating youth exchanges
Creating learning outcomes during youth exchanges
3.7
Plan or organise a youth exchange
1.9
4.1
Working in intercultural settings
1.8
3.4
Find information and support for youth exchanges
3.9
Motivating and supporting young people during international work
1.7
3.2
Communicate in multilingual settings
3.9
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1
2
3
1
2
3
4
5
Mean rating (1=Very low, 2=Low, 3=Average, 4=High, 5=Very high)
In Germany (Graph 5.3), the three most highly rated training topics were:
1. Building international partnerships, 2. Risk management in international work, 3. Motivating and supporting young people during international work.
substantial barrier to youth exchanges than competence. This was further confirmed in the interviews and by the resonance group (see Barriers for youth organisations, this chapter). In the survey results, the differences in ratings between training topics and between countries was not strongly pronounced. Differences in mean rating were within 10.25% UK and 9.5% Germany. So, although some topics did rate higher than others, the difference is minimal.
Survey participants were asked to rate which training topics would improve their ability to organise or support UK-German youth exchanges, using a four-point Likert scale equivalent to 0-3 (Graph 5.2). The mean rating was around, or just under, 2 for each topic – where 1 represents to some extent and 2 represents to a moderate extent. This suggests only moderate or limited support for the value of training as an enabler overall. Several comments made through the open comment boxes linked to the question suggested that funding was a more
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