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The Youth report and youth participation models in Helsinki - tools for building up a better youth policy Stina Högnabba & Pirjo Mattila Europe@DJHT 2017 28.3.2016

The presentation 2  The youth report in Helsinki  Involving youth in the information production  Knowledgebased management and the use of multi- source information to improwe young peoples´s wellbeing  Youth participation models in Helsinki City of Helsinki, Urban Facts & Youth Department: 28.3.2017

The city organisation 1.6.2017 3 City Council Economic Development Sub-committee Audit Committee City Group Sub-committee City Board Boards: Service Centre municipal enterprise • Financial Management Services Central Administration • municipal enterprise Occupational Health Centre municipal • enterprise Education City environment Culture and leisure Social services and health care Education committee City environment committee Culture and leisure committee Social services and health care committee Youth Finnish Swedish Environment Buildings Culture Sports sub- sub- and permits and public sub- sub- sub- Sub-committee committee committee sub- works sub- commit- commit- commit- committee committee tee tee tee Culture Education • • Land use and city • Sports Basic education • • structure • Youth General upper Buildings and public Family and social • • • secondary and areas services vocational education Services and permits • Health and substance • Services in Swedish abuse services • Hospital, rehabilitation • Rescue committee and care services Board of the City Transport municipal enterprise City of Helsinki, Urban Facts & Youth Department: 28.3.2017

Our vision for good youth policy A comprehensive model looking at all services, has genuine participation of young people and clear metrics for performance

Goals for Youth 5 Policy and youth work in Helsinki 1. Universal services for all young people : the entire city is a nice place for young people. 2. Young people have influence on their neighbourhoods. Instead of a youth council ´ s the goal is that every teenager has a democratic experience through participatory budgeting and activist groups. 3. Every child has a hobby . 4. Tackling inequalities between individuals and neighbourhoods. More work with those individuals and neighbourhoods, which need more. City of Helsinki, Urban Facts & Youth Department: 28.3.2017

6 The Youth report in Helsinki www.nuortenhyvinvointikertomus.fi City of Helsinki, Urban Facts & Youth Department: 28.3.2017

Why do we need a youth report? 7  For the purpose of developing relevant public services and of giving policy- makers the information they need, the Finnish Youth Act (7 a§) mentions an obligation for municipalities to produce knowledge about various aspects of wellbeing among young people.  For developing good participation models we need knowledge about and from young people  The work is guided by a network with central stakeholders of youth policy and youth work in Helsinki, the chair is the assistant city manager. The members are leaders of different city departments, the police, young peoples representants and voluntary organizations. City of Helsinki, Urban Facts & Youth Department: 28.3.2017

What is the youth report? 8  Website www.nuortenhyvinvointikertomus.fi with a connecting database www.hyvinvointitilastot.fi  A workbook for collecting experience-based data from youth groups www.nuortenkokemustieto.munstadi.fi/materiaalit/  The work follows an open data principle, meaning that the database behind the website can be accessed by anyone and it is updated constantly  The knowledge used and combined:  Statistics / indicators  Research  Experience knowledge of young people  Experience knowledge from workers City of Helsinki, Urban Facts & Youth Department: 28.3.2017

The Capability approach as a way of thinking about knowledge production 9 The Helsinki Martha Nussbaum´s EU Youth monitor Capability Capability approach approach • Education and • Life and health • Life training • Self development • Bodily health • Employment and • Managing the • Senses, entrepreneurship future imagination and • Health and thought • Security wellbeing • Emotions • Emotions and • Social inclusion interaction • Practical reason • Culture and • Active citizenship • Affiliation creativity • Equality • Other species • Youth participation • Nature and • Play • Voluntary activities sustainability • Control over one´s • Youth & the world environment City of Helsinki, Urban Facts & Youth Department: 28.3.2017

Example: Emotions and Interaction 10  Young people are capable of empathy, love, sorrow, longing, happiness, hatred and fury. They are able to express and process emotions, and they receive support if needed. Young people understand the significance of feelings in social intercourse and society. Their social identity and self-image are strengthened, their feelings of loneliness decreases, and their relationship to their parents works. http://www.nuortenhyvinvointikertomus.fi/briefly-english Indicators: Family status • Youth living with a single parent • Youth living alternatively with parents • Child protection • Relationships to parents • Experience knowledge Friends • from experts – blogs Togetherness in school • and workshops Affinity to peer groups • City of Helsinki, Urban Facts & Youth Department: 28.3.2017

Young peoples own experiences – an 11 important part of the Web page City of Helsinki, Urban Facts & Youth Department: 28.3.2017

The process of using information 12 City of Helsinki, Urban Facts & Youth Department: 28.3.2017

The yearly research summarys 13 The youth welfare report 2016 is also in english http://www.nuortenhyvinvointikertomus.fi/sites/ default/files/files/page/youthwelfarereportinhe lsinki.pdf City of Helsinki, Urban Facts & Youth Department: 28.3.2017

The information leeds to action proposals for developing youth services and better youth 14 policy Based on the different knowledge on the website the chosen main topics for 2016-2018 are:  Improving interaction between young people and professionals  Racism and attitudes  Young people´s independence (education, work, housing) At the moment plans for these topics are under construction. City of Helsinki, Urban Facts & Youth Department: 28.3.2017

15 Youth participation models http://ruuti.munstadi.fi/en/ City of Helsinki, Urban Facts & Youth Department: 28.3.2017

” Traditional ” youth participation in Finland 16 Youth councils in municipalities • Often elected among young people that are already active • Youth councils directly represent the youth in that municipality • + Easier to understand and adopt for decision-makers + Easier for youth workers to maintain - Narrower scope of positive experiences for fewer young people - Tends to favor already active young people and discourage immigrants etc. City of Helsinki, Urban Facts & Youth Department: 28.3.2017

Structures to co-create Helsinki together 17 with young people ”Ruuti” Support Activism Participatory budgeting and deliberative negoatiation •Young peoples’ direct initiatives via www.ruuti.net • Annual participative budget cycle • Providing support & services for all shifts local decision making power active youth groups to bring their towards youth ideas and voice into local decision • Ruutimoney in schools making • Influence inside schools Representative action Happenings • Core group • Annual City Hall Gathering / Event “ Ruutiexpo ” • Schools student board • Annual meeting with the decision makers “ Päättäjämiitti ” • Annual school student board meetings to discuss and improve school life City of Helsinki, Urban Facts & Youth Department: 28.3.2017

Decision-makers meeting – ” Päättäjämiitti ” 18  Over 80 young people and ~40 municipal representatives and officials / workers (2016)  Themes discussed are chosen by young people, discussions are on their terms  Officials put forward discussed action plans in their own name – not as an organisation  Examples: gender-neutral school sports activities, better biking in Helsinki, more trashcans, outlets in public transportation, better e-learning platforms for schools  All action plans can be followed online City of Helsinki, Urban Facts & Youth Department: 28.3.2017

RuutiExpo – the bigest event of the year at 19 the City Hall Aims to showcase different avenues of • participation via municipal offices (Youth work, The board of youth affairs annually holds an libraries, office of sports etc.), NGOs and other open board meeting in RuutiExpo. organisations The meeting is streamed live and topics can be discussed online. ~3000 young people and ~60 different offices / • organisations (2015) Also a venue for direct participation • Challenge: How to ” package ” the event so • teachers can incorporate the event in their classes? How to layout the fragmented program so visitors can find things most relevant for them? City of Helsinki, Urban Facts & Youth Department: 28.3.2017