Water security is key to our collective future, yet many places in the world experience severe water insecurity. We have to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all (SDG 6). Perspectivity facilitated this initiative for the Global South on the future of water security in the lead-up to the UN 2023 Water Conference.
A new project on strengthening youth work taught me a lot about dealing with complex issues. Three practical insights that could also be of value for others.
How can we use storytelling to better learn from best practices in the field of youth? A personal quest for stories as an indispensable source of knowledge for everyone working with and for children and young people.
In recent years, a lot of experience has been gained with the prevention of radicalisation and the role of youth professionals in it. For a Dutch ministry, we collected best practices, extracted the most important insights and described them in online magazines.
In 2017, Y Care International and YMCA Togo launched a project called ‘Inspiring the new generation of entrepreneurs in Togo’. The project aims to contribute to improve the living conditions of vulnerable youth in three slums of Lomé, namely Katanga, Gbétsogbé and...
Even for a complex issue like countering radicalisation, professionals can learn from experiences in other cities and regions. A national team of ‘zorg- en veiligheidshuizen’ wanted to collect the available expertise and make it applicable in practice, in order to help improve the approach in all regions.
Children, young people and parents with complex problems are not always well served by youth care services. What can we learn from their stories and from the experiences of professionals? And how can we improve the care and assistance provided to other children and families?
The Raad voor de Kinderbescherming (RvdK - Council for Child Protection) is part of the Ministry of Justice and Security. The Ministry is responsible for the rule of law in The Netherlands, so that people can live together in freedom, regardless of their way of life...
From the 24th to 27th of November 2016, a group of young change makers from Palestine, Libya and Tunisia came together in Tunis for a regional exchange program organised by Cordaid and Human Security Collective. The group consisted of 4 Palestinian youth leaders,...
Creating momentum and space to improve Lisette Gast facilitated a learning process in which people who are affiliated with AVICRES got a chance to reflect together on how their workings could be improved. AVICRES, a Brazilian/German NGO, has programmes that focus on...
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