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The project addresses the well-acknowledged need for a common European understanding of what constitutes quality in street based youth work as well as means to do documentation and follow up on to what degree this quality is actually achieved.This common understanding (ground) will be achieved through the development of a set of quality indicators for street work (published in a booklet) and a corresponding web-based system for documentation and follow up of street work. The indicators will be both qualitative and quantitative, thus taking all aspects of street work into account and providing a solid ground for further development.In order to have outcomes that are relevant and applicable throughout Europe the project gathers four partner organisations (KEKS from Sweden, Zavod Bob from Slovenia, CAS from Czech Republic and CAI from Portugal) that work in different contexts and under different conditions.The core team of the project will consist of nine persons; one trainer/process leader experienced in the development of quality indicators and two experienced street workers from each partner organisation. This way it is ensured that the outcomes will be relevant and useful for street work practitioners regardless of under what circumstances they work.The project will use a participatory methodology where the core team members together with their respective groups of co-workers and reference groups of young people participating in street work will develop the project outcomes together. The set of indicators and the web-based system for documentation and follow up will be developed in parallel and step by step during eight project meetings and based on consultations with co-workers and young people between each meeting.The participants of the project will all develop knowledge and skills regarding quality development and the setting of indicators. More important is, however, that the common understanding of what constitutes quality in street work, concretized in the set of indicators and the web-based system for documentation and follow up, will create a solid ground for the further development of street work through peer-learning, exchange of best practices and benchmarking. It will also make it possible for street work providers and street workers to show the outcomes of their work and to do knowledge based advocacy. This will deeply affect the partner organisations ability to further develop their work and to get proper recognition.All the partner organisations coordinate and have vast networks, including both municipalities and NGOs, on both national and European level, including DISWN (Dynamo International - Street Workers Network), which is composed of 51 national platforms from Africa, America, Asia and Europe.) This secures that the project outcomes will be spread throughout Europe and hopefully be used by many actors in the sector. This way we hope that the project also will have a profound impact on the European street work sector as a whole.
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