AFET - Federal Association for Educational Aid
The AFET - Bundesverband für Erziehungshilfe e. V. is a non-denominational and non-partisan professional association for child and youth welfare . The seat of the association is Hanover .
activity
The association initiates and accompanies the further development of child and youth welfare and, in particular, educational assistance through the development of legislative proposals, pedagogical guidelines, technical statements and recommendations for the practice of youth welfare as well as through the publication of work aids and the implementation of expert hearings. The association networks the public and independent child and youth welfare organizations nationwide in order to make their experiences transparent and to develop joint positions. In addition, the association deals with legal, fundamental and conceptual issues of educational aids and influences training, further education and professional practice.
The association sees itself as a platform for dialogue between public and private sponsors. In this sense, the association guarantees the exchange of experience between the members through specialist conferences, training courses and expert forums and increases communication and cooperation between public and independent providers of educational assistance.
The office organizes the professional work of the association and coordinates the association bodies of AFET, the board, two specialist committees and an advisory board.
The committees are made up of specialists and managers from ministries, state youth welfare offices, youth welfare offices, independent organizations, professional associations and universities - all members of AFET.
The specialist journal "Dialog Erziehungshilfe" appears four times a year with current articles on the practice of educational assistance.
The association is funded by the Federal Ministry for Families, Seniors, Women and Youth.
history
In 1906 the first General Welfare Education Day (AFET) was convened in Breslau . In 1912 AFET eV was entered in the register of associations with the statutory purpose of "(...) creating personal contact (...) and promoting the cause of welfare (forced) education in every way" (statute February 5, 1912). In the course of its existence, the AFET gave impulses for the qualification of public education and opened up beyond the institutions to services, authorities and associations of educational assistance. A general reorientation and restructuring of help for children, adolescents and their families resulted in the introduction of SGB VIII in 1990/91 , with the change from welfare education to educational assistance, which is why the association changed its name for the first time. In the years that followed, the requirements placed on specialist practice changed significantly. The associated changing requirements for association work led to a renewed restructuring of the association and the adjustment of the statutes to these changes in 2004. Since then, the name has been changed again to AFET - Bundesverband für Erziehungshilfe eV
Since 2000, AFET has also provided the framework for the nationwide arbitration conference in accordance with Section 78g (1) SGB VIII, in which the chairmen of the arbitration board and managements network nationwide for professional exchange.
Member associations
Due to its cross-country, cross-agency and cross-organizational structure, membership is broad. Ministries, supreme state youth authorities and state youth welfare offices are members, as are local youth welfare offices and independent organizations, supporting associations, professional associations, (technical) universities, training centers, municipal umbrella organizations and individual members. Several specialist publications by AFET appear annually to promote the practice of public and private bodies.
literature
- 100 Years AFET - 100 Years Educational Aid Volume I, Sources, Materials, Authors' Contributions 1906–2005, AFET Publication No. 66/2006
- 100 Years AFET - 100 Years Educational Aid Volume II, AFET Publication No. 67/2007