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However, urbanisation also has disadvantages caused by rapid and unplanned urban growth resulting in poor infrastructures such as inadequate housing, water and sanitation, transport and health care services.įigure 5.4 Changing proportion of urban and rural population in Ethiopia from 1950 to 2050 (estimated from 2014 onwards). For example, urban living is linked with higher levels of literacy and education, better health, lower fertility and a longer life expectancy, greater access to social services and enhanced opportunities for cultural and political participation (UNDESA, 2014). Historically, urbanisation has been associated with significant economic and social transformations. These changes in population lead to other changes in land use, economic activity and culture. Urbanisation occurs mainly because people move from rural areas to urban areas and it results in growth in the size of the urban population and the extent of urban areas. Urbanisation is an increase in the number of people living in towns and cities. Most of this increase is taking place in urban areas.

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You can read the full call for applications for our study session here, and you can submit an application here.Īpplications must be submitted by the 30 June 2022, and participants will be notified whether they will join by mid July.In Study Session 2 you learned about the overall trend in global population growth.

Gain an understanding of the value of building effective coalitions of the actors necessary to establish programmes like Housing First for Youth as a means to reducing and preventing youth homelessness and social exclusion in their communities.

Develop their youth participation skills to involve young people with lived experience and reflect on how the views and voices of young people can be integrated into their own workplaces and projects.

Co-produce new materials and resources to support upskilling and training of colleagues and peers within their networks to develop and implement Housing First for Youth.

Possess the skills to advocate for human rights based approaches and youth work in supporting young people in Housing First to their colleagues, networks, and other relevant actors.

Develop a concrete understanding of human rights and youth work, with a view to how they can strengthen the delivery of Housing First for Youth.

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The aim of this training is to support the scaling up of Housing First for Youth across Europe, as a human rights based approach that puts the principles of youth work at the core of how to understand and respond to young people’s experience of homelessness. The training is supported by the Council of Europe, which will cover the cost of travel to Budapest, and the Youth Department provides accomodation and meals at the centre.

What does this mean? This means the training is interactive, with a focus on group sharing, participants will learn from the trainers, the expert lecturers but most importantly from the other participants.

The training will run from the 3-7 October 2022.Ī study session is a 5 day residential training, that uses non-formal and human rights education. This year FEANTSA & The Housing First Europe Hub is hosting a 5 day study session on Housing First for Youth, in Budapest at the European Youth Centre in Hungary, with the support of the Youth Department at the Council of Europe.

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