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On the 19th March and 04th June 2025, DBYN and its partners organised webinars on three of the Cultural Routes and generally the Cultural Routes programme of the Council of Europe and the Jubilee year 2025, as a part of the Young Pilgrims of Hope project. This project financed by the European Union aims to link our cultural heritage of pilgrimage routes with European values: inter-religious dialogue, inclusion & solidarity, sustainability & the environment, civic engagement & youth participation. Young people from Austria, Belgium, France, Italy, Malta and Spain are coming together to learn and share. These online webinar aimed to give more background on cultural routes and the programme in general.
After its launch during the summer of 2024, DBYN and Bosco Base have continued their partnership to improve the Animakit app in order for it to be available to more young people. We are happy to share that the games are now available not just in English and Dutch but also in Hungarian, French and that the translations have started in German, Italian and Spanish which will be uploaded in the future. The games, as well as the included dice and randomiser, are useful tools for all animators, especially during the summer time with summer camps and other animation possibilities. You can download it for free through the links down below: 📥 App Store: https://apps.apple.com/be/app/animakit/id1110663829?l=nl 📥 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.donboscoyouth.animakit We want to thank the volunteers for the translations they have done. For any questions and comments or if you would like to help translate it in your local language, you can contact Don Bosco Youth Net.
Don Bosco Youth-Net ivzw is an international network of Salesian youth work offices and youth organisations which work in the style of Don Bosco. The network assemblies 18 organisations, +1.000 employees and +9.000 volunteers, who cater for over 125.000 children and young people in 16 European countries. The task of the network is to create and promote international activities for and by young. Next to that we create possibilities for our member organisations to share their good practices and start-up new projects together. Furthermore, we represent the voice of Don Bosco young people on European and international level through advocacy work. All actions which we carry out within the network are based on the pedagogical system of Don Bosco, a pedagogical approach with a tradition of over 170 years.
Bosco Base is the Salesian Youth organisation in Flanders, Belgium. Bosco Base guides young people in their journey from animator to instructor and in their commitment as volunteers. Bosco Base provides formation and support according to Don Bosco's pedagogical vision. By taking up an engagement in youth work at home or abroad, young people acquire skills for life.  (DBYN – Heverlee) – “Don Bosco Youth-Net ivzw”, the European network of Salesian youth organisations, in partnership with Bosco Base, the Salesian Youth organisation in Flanders (BEN) is launching AnimaKit, their new app for Games and Tools for animators. After more than 2 years of brainstorming and hard work, AnimaKit is now available on both the AppStore (iOS) and the PlayStore (Android). Thought as a toolkit for Salesian animators, it can be used by youth workers and educators in schools, youth centres and parishes. The app is a collection of games and activities that can be used for different age groups, different spaces, different situations and different group sizes. The app also includes a dice roller and a randomiser where you are given 3 prompts to create your own activities. The app has been built to accommodate future growth as well. It is for now available in English and in Dutch but could have more languages in the future as well as other categories such as Good Nights ideas which will be implemented in the near future and information about the different youth organisations. So, feel free to download it and check it out! 📥 App Store: https://apps.apple.com/be/app/animakit/id1110663829?l=nl 📥 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.donboscoyouth.animakit 
Heverlee/Vienna – May 2021. We are very happy to announce the launch of the workbook “Act Now” dedicated to assisting young people and educators in project management of sustainability projects and more.
It was created and written by our member organisation, Salesianische Jugendbewegung Österreich (SYM Austria), building on their expertise and management of sustainability projects. The workbook presents very practical steps to follow when creating a project. Starting with the inception of a project to its evaluation “Act Now” gives its readers tools, tips, exercises and methods both on an individual level and for group settings. Additionally, it provides inspiration through the words of Don Bosco, quotations, prayers and the Encyclical Laudato Si. This workbook is written by young people for young people to create their own project but also to support educators to help young people take full ownership of their project. First written in German, the English version is an augmented translation with additional content, which is available both for self-printing and digital use. We hope that this workbook will be made available for as many people and organisations as possible, to guide young people in the creation of their own (sustainability) projects.
Heverlee (Belgium), 02 March 2020: Don Bosco Youth-Net ivzw, the European network of Salesian youth organisations, participated in the writing of the joint Position Paper: Inclusive Youth and Education Programmes. The document, subscribed by a large number of European and national civil society organisations, is an urgent appeal to political decision makers to take measures regarding more inclusive EU youth and education programmes. Don Bosco Youth-Net ivzw, connecting 18 organisations in 16 countries dedicated to youth and to young people with fewer opportunities, sees inclusive youth work as an essential part of their daily work. As implementers of inclusive youth work projects, DBYN strongly believes that truly inclusive education programmes at European level should be accessible for every young person. This position paper presents 9 recommendations and concrete practical suggestions for an inclusive implementation of the European youth and education programmes Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps. These recommendations are based on the gathered experience of implementing the programmes in the areas of youth work, adult education, vocational training as well as school education and voluntary services. DBYN hopes that these recommendations will improve the new generation of programmes in order to facilitate the participation of ALL young Europeans. --- end press release --- Further information: Don Bosco Youth-Net ivzw Naamsesteenweg 37, B-3001 Heverlee · +32 (0)16 48 78 90 [email protected] www.donboscoyouth.net Deutscher Caritasverband e.V., EU Office Lisa Schüler EU Funding Officer Rue de Pascale 4-6, 1040 Brussels · +32 2 230 45 00 [email protected] www.caritas.de/ Our former general secretary Rein Meus contributed to the new publication of the EU-CoE youth partnership: "The history of youth work in Europe, volume 7". In Chapter 4, he discusses the creation of DBYN and the origins and reasons of our particular working style. We thank him again for this huge work and all the work he has done during his fourteen years at the DBYN office. We wish you all a good reading!  Don Bosco Youth-Net ivzw has released a games App for Smartphone and tablet. The App consists of a unique collection of over 240 games to inspire group activities. The game App is a fun and interactive tool to be used by animators and youth workers on youth exchanges, summer camps or training courses, as well as an inspiration for playing group games in youth clubs, schools and oratorios. You can download the Games App from our Games App portal page, or directly from ITunes or Google Play.
This is a document developed by DBYN's international secretariat, aiming to give our member organisations a resource for diversifying their financial source. The document brings together information which can be found all over the internet on financial resources, and combines that with an analysis how to use which resource.
Within the network we use the method of the exchange market to start-up and monitor future projects. Here you can find everything you need to organise this workshop yourself: a description of the method, a lay-out of the room and the exchange market template. |
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