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National Association of Professional Youthworkers in the Netherlands (NAPYN)

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Projects

•  5 national newsletters, direct contacts with members and regioanl contact persons
•  contacts with National Youth Institute (www.Nji.nl>international), Ministry of Yoth, Verdiwel (national association of directors of social work institutes), MO Groep (national association of emplyers of social workers), Abvakabo (national Labors union), several Universities (of applied sciences), Lojik (national project to strenghten professional youth work, including social street(corner)work, CMO’s (regional centres for social development), etc,
•  primary organisator of a national conference on professional youthwork (220307) witrh > 400 participants
• organiser of a national formally accepted professional profile of competences for youth workers for the education (secendary and tertiairy level) of youth workers, the institutes they are working in and the partners they are working with (police, jurisdicial systems, schools, specialised youth care, health organisations, etc)
• Strenghtening the national position and professionalisation of youthworkers/street(corner)workers for youth at risc/inproblems/marginalized/abandonded.