Youth organization of the Arbeiterwohlfahrt
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| Founding year: | 1978 (federal association) |
| Place of foundation: | Bonn-Bad Godesberg |
| Chair: | Roxana Pilz and Christoph Götz |
| Association structure: | The local and district associations are grouped nationwide in district and partially state associations in all 16 federal states |
| Website: | www.jugendwerk-der-awo.de |
The youth organization of the Arbeiterwohlfahrt is the youth organization of the Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO) and a political interest group for children, adolescents and young adults. The youth organization sees itself as an independent and socially working youth association , which has set itself the goal of promoting political education for and with young people. The Bundesjugendwerk has been based in Berlin since 2006 .
General
The youth organization is organized from the bottom up through democratic decision-making structures and sees its task as political and educational. It is committed to the principles of democratic socialism with its basic values: freedom , justice and solidarity .
The main focus of the youth work's tasks is group work with children and young people. The educational work in the youth organization is part of the extracurricular child and youth education. The offers of the youth work are open to all children and young people. Traditionally, however, they are primarily aimed at children and young people who are socially disadvantaged and affected by poverty.
The youth organization of the Arbeiterwohlfahrt works on many levels with other friendly associations, e.g. B. Union youth , socialist youth in Germany - the falcons or nature lovers youth .
The origin of the youth organization lies within the Arbeiterwohlfahrt, but today it is an independent youth organization. Nevertheless, the members of the youth organization work intensively in almost all AWO committees.
Political orientation
Basically, the youth organization of the Arbeiterwohlfahrt sees itself as politically independent. The peaceful participation of committed association members in demonstrations has a long tradition. Above all, democracy and the guiding principles of the AWO youth organization decided by the Federal Youth Organization Conference are binding . The youth organization advocates equal rights for men and women, which is why girls and boys should be represented in equal numbers on the association's executive boards.
financing
Financing is primarily provided by public funds through the youth rings as well as donations and membership fees. The Arbeiterwohlfahrt also supports the youth organization.
Members
Members of the youth work are children and young people up to 30. Youth group leaders are trained within the association. Every year a federal conference and a federal youth organization meeting are held alternately. Membership in the youth organization is not necessary to participate. Only the members are eligible.
Publications
The excess was the association magazine of the Youth Office. It appeared three or four times a year. In 2016 it was replaced by the association report. It depicts the work of many youth organizations over the past year and is usually published in the first quarter of the following year.
The practice folder created and published by the Bundesjugendwerk der Arbeiterwohlfahrt is a manual for youth group work. It contains games and methods for children, teenagers and adults. Furthermore, the positions and concepts of the Jugendwerk were published as brochures.
structure
The structure of the youth organization of the AWO is based on the grassroots democratic structure of the parent association. Not all federal states have all levels of youth work, such as local, community, city, district, district youth work. There are state youth organizations in all federal states. In some federal states there are only state youth organizations and no district or district youth organizations. In other federal states, the district level is weighted more heavily. As a rule, the youth organizations of the respective lower levels are members of the next or the next higher level as an organization. However, individual youth organizations have also made the provision to recognize natural individuals as members of the district or district youth organization. All AWO youth organizations have an elected honorary board and the majority also have paid full-time employees.
Federal youth work meetings and conferences
Federal youth organization meeting
Federal Youth Organization Conferences
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literature
- Marcus Mesch: History of the youth organization of the Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO), founding motives and development of the children and youth association of the AWO. AWO self-published, Berlin, 2008.
- Christian Burmeister: Training concept of the youth organization of the Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO). AWO self-published, Berlin, 2007
Web links
- Website of the youth organization
- Website of the Federal Youth Organization
- Guiding principles of the AWO youth organization (PDF; 57 kB)