In the brochure “Innovationsforum Jugend global”, the political aspects and contexts of international youth work are discussed. Katharina Teiting, ewoca³ project officer at IBB, talks about her experiences from practical work, showing that international projects always include a political dimension, even though they often don’t focus policy issues explicitly. You will find th interview on pages 14-20. Download the pdf (german) here. Of course, the brochure can also be ordered directly from the IJAB.

To develop and realise innovative workcamp projects with European partners, that is the goal of youth work organisations from the Federal States of Brandenburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Thuringia, as international youth work strengthens the competencies of young people. With support of the International Association for Education and Exchange (IBB e.V.), in the coming three years a total of nine international youth encounters will take place in six European countries. This became possible through funding by the Innovation Fund of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth in

Good news for international youth work: Stiftung Mercatordecided to continue funding the ewoca³ programme for the years 2015 to 2017. Therefore, during this time another 36 European youth encounters can take place, spread out all over the continent. New project partners can apply until the 1st of September. “Since 2009 we brought many hundred youths in 60 international workcamps together, each of which realised a sustainable project at the location”, says Matthias Tümpel, the chairman of the International Association for Education and Exchange (IBB e.V.) in Dortmund. “I am very

Summer break is here, and 250 youths from 14 countries travel to twelve ewoca³ workcamps, in order to realise social and sustainable projects. Also taking part are youth groups from nine cities in North Rhine-Westphalia. Two youth encounters even take place in North Rhine-Westphalia. The last day of school, the first day of a great adventure: Youths from Oberhausen set out for Estonia, to work on an ecological project there: Together with young people from Romania and Estonia they help a local organisation for environmental protection to restructure a riverbank,

ewoca³ takes part at the​ German Child and Youth Welfare Day (DJHT)​ in Berlin — and that even​ in several ways: As part of the special programme​ Europe​ project officer​ Katharina Teiting informed about the project. In addition,​ ewoca³ was represented at the stand of de​ Joint Initiative of Providers of Political Education for Youth (GEMENI). „We are especially glad about the fact that we were invited as a best practice example at the Youth in Action programme”, sagt Katharina Teiting. As a part of the ewoca³ network professionals from​ 13 european countries organise​ international​ youth encounters​ on the topic “Education for

From March 8th to March 12th almost 50 people came together in Hattingen to interchange ideas, learn from each other and plan the camps for this year. Thanks to all participants for their contribution to the success of this congress!

The last episode of the ewoca³ podcast is now online. Here you will find impressions from the meeting of the youngsters from North Rhine-Westphalia who have been in the workcamps of 2013. Thanks for a great summer with many exciting projects and even more interesting reports in a total of 10 podcast episodes. We want to thank all the people who contributed their reports: Without you the podcast would not have been possible! Certainly all the episodes of the podcast will stay available online, so that you can look back

On Saturday, 12th of October 2013, the follow-up meeting of the youths from North-Rhine Westphalia took place at the Friedenshaus, the youth club of Falken Hagen. About 30 young people from 7 different camps took part in the event. The participants utilised posters, photos, videos and great stories to present their camp experiences this summer. There was a lot of laughter and many wished to be back in their summer memories. Following the reports from the camps, the youths discussed the so-called ‘national evenings’, which take place at every camp