Forum 21
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Forum 21
Emma Kuusi Senior Adviser, Ministry of Education Helsinki Rauna Nerelli Finnish Youth Cooperation Allianssi Helsinki 46 Forum 21 Nordic Respect – Enhancing Two-Way Integration in the Youth Field Background The Nordic Council of Ministers adopted in 2006 a comprehensive strategy for its child and youth policy. The main aim is to promote young people’s living conditions and to encourage them to exert influence over their own lives. The strategy requires that a child and youth perspective must be incorporated into the activities of all Council of Ministers’ sectors. The Nordic Children’s and Youth Committee (NORDBUK) is an advisory organ to the Council of Ministers and responsible for the practical coordination and follow-up of the strategy. The Committee – consisting of representatives of Ministries responsible for youth and of national youth councils from Nordic countries and autonomous areas – is a good example of a wellfunctioning co-management model. The Action Plan of NORDBUK for 2006-2009 highlights multiculturalism. Efforts are made in order to encourage multicultural youth organisations to get more involved in Nordic cooperation and to profit from NORDBUK subsidies for youth organisations and projects. The project EtNorden, initiated by the Swedish Chairmanship in 2003 and financed by the NORDBUK ever since, has organised conferences and information events that have facilitated the networking between young people with different ethnic backgrounds and between youth organisations that deal with ethnic relations. invest in measures promoting diversity. This entailed the organising of the seminar “Nordic Respect – enhancing two-way integration in the youth field” that was held in 28-30 September 2007. The seminar, organised by Allianssi with the support from the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Ministry of Education, brought together representatives from administrations and youth organisations as well as researchers from Nordic and Baltic countries. The aim of the seminar was to find solutions on how to make cooperation between administrations, youth organisations and researchers more efficient in youth integration issues, as it was felt that this tripartite approach, with its obviously positive synergy effects, had so far been lacking. Another important approach was to highlight the concept of two-way integration, integration being a process that does not only affect the immigrant but also the society as a whole. The seminar therefore aimed also at developing concrete models for making this two-way integration successful. Some outcomes of the seminar Tripartite cooperation in two-way integration Regarding two-way integration, the present situation in Nordic and Baltic countries was considered problematic. The debate concerning multiculturalism is very strong in some countries, almost non-existent in others. The concepts used are many times misleading, such as the term “immigrant”. The majority of the population does not necessarily see integration as a two-way process, but rather as an obligation for immigrants to assimilate, and the immigrants often feel underestimated and stigmatized. During its Chairmanship of the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2007, Finland has continued to The immigrant communities are not always well organised or adequately represented. Promoting 47 the positive sides of a multicultural society is a challenge. However, some good practices were identified: the right to use one’s own native language in schools; using the Living Library as work method; facilitating contacts between schools from different neighbourhoods; organising joint activities, such as football matches, between different ethnic or religious groups. Two-way integration could be also promoted through media campaigns and events such as festivals, concerts, seminars etc organised by national youth councils, for instance, could be used for this purpose. It is equally important to enable contacts between majority and minorities in everyday life and in the routine activities of youth organisations. The need to increase the 48 Forum 21 involvement of parents and schools in multicultural youth work was also noted. It was suggested that the tripartite cooperation in youth integration issues could be structured in the form of regular joint meetings setting common targets for each of the parties to implement in their own activity. The national youth councils in the respective countries could take a leading role in organising these gatherings. It is vital to involve young people from different ethnic backgrounds as experts, i.e. as researchers and representatives of youth organisations and administrations, into this process. It was noted that there is a need to have targeted research regarding multicultural youth, and the aims of such research could be discussed within the frame of tripartite cooperation. FR Respect nordique – Promouvoir l’intégration à double sens dans le secteur de la jeunesse Emma Kuusi Conseillère principale Ministère de l’Education Helsinki Rauna Nerelli Coopération de la jeunesse finlandaise Allianssi Helsinki Le Plan d’action de NORDBUK pour 2006-2009 met en relief le multiculturalisme. Ainsi, des efforts sont déployés pour encourager les organisations multiculturelles de jeunesse à s’impliquer plus activement dans la coopération nordique et, pour ce faire, à profiter des subventions que NORDBUK octroie aux organisations et aux projets de jeunes. Le projet EtNorden, initié par la présidence suédoise en 2003 et financé depuis par NORDBUK, a mis en œuvre des conférences et des manifestations d’information qui ont facilité la mise en réseau de jeunes de différents antécédents ethniques et d’organisations de jeunesse qui travaillent sur les relations entre ethnies. Durant sa présidence du Conseil nordique des ministres en 2007, la Finlande a continué d’investir dans des mesures en faveur de la diversité. Elle est notamment à l’origine du séminaire « Respect nordique – Promouvoir l’intégration à double sens dans le secteur de la jeunesse », qui s’est tenu du 28 au 30 septembre 2007. Le séminaire, organisé par Allianssi avec le soutien du Conseil nordique des ministres et du ministère de l’Education, a réuni des représentants des administrations et des organisations de jeunesse, de même que des chercheurs des pays baltes et nordiques. 49 DE Nordischer Respekt - Stärkung der zweiseitigen Integration im Jugendbereich Emma Kuusi, Leitende Beraterin Bildungsministerium Helsinki Rauna Nerelli Finnische Jugendkooperation Allianssi Helsinki Der NORDBUK-Aktionsplan für die Jahre 2006 bis 2009 konzentriert sich auf Multikulturalismus. Es werden Anstrengungen unternommen, um multikulturelle Jugendorganisationen zu fördern, damit sie sich in der nordischen Kooperation stärker engagieren und von den NORDBUK-Beihilfen für Jugendorganisationen und -projekte profitieren. Das Projekt EtNorden, das 2003 von der schwedischen Präsidentschaft initiiert und seither von NORDBUK finanziert wurde, hat Konferenzen und Informationsveranstaltungen organisiert, die die Netzwerkbildung zwischen jungen Menschen mit unterschiedlichen ethnischen Hintergründen und zwischen Jugendorganisationen erleichtern, die sich mit 50 Forum 21 den Beziehungen zwischen den Ethnien befassen. Während seiner Präsidentschaft im Nordischen Ministerrat im Jahre 2007 hat Finnland weiter in Maßnahmen zur Förderung der Vielfalt investiert. Dazu zählte die Organisation des Seminars zu „Nordischem Respekt - Stärkung der zweiseitigen Integration im Jugendbereich”, das vom 28. bis 30. September 2007 stattfand. Am Seminar, das von Allianssi mit Unterstützung des Nordischen Ministerrates und des Bildungsministeriums organisiert wurde, nahmen Vertreter aus Verwaltungen und Jugendorganisationen sowie Wissenschaftler aus den nordischen und baltischen Staaten teil.