U Beogradu je 23. i 24. marta 2021. godine održana dvodnevna nacionalna konferencija o vršnjačkom mentorstvu za mlade iz sistema socijalne zaštite, u organizaciji CEPORA – Centra za pozitivan razvoj dece i omladine i Gradske opštine Stari grad.
Fokus konferencije je bila promocija modela vršnjačkog mentorstva i mogućnosti njegove primene u sistemu socijalne zaštite Republike Srbije.
Konferencija je održana u tri tematske celine. Nakon uvodnog obraćanja pomoćnika predsednika opštine zaduženog za oblasti ekonomskog razvoja, urbanizma, omladinske politike i sporta Aleksandra Puače, u prvom delu o „Vršnjačkom mentorstvu“, samom projektu, modelima, treningu mentora, iskustvima, dobroj praksi u primeni programa, kao i vodiču za programe vršnjačkog mentorstva sa mladima iz sistema socijalne zaštite govorile su Lidija Bukvić Branković, Vesna Popović i Marija Jovanović iz CEPORE.
U drugom delu, o „Mogućnostima primene modela vršnjačkog mentorstva“, kroz iskustvo mladih i vršnjačkih mentora, o mogućnostima primene u sistemu naše socijalne zaštite, kao i primene u omladinskom radu i jedinstvu civilnogi javnog sektora u implementaciji vršnjačkog mentorstva govorili su Aleksandar Dikić i Denis Ćulahović iz Udruženja mladih „Moj krug“, Lazar Milošević iz Centra za integraciju mladih, Nemanja Obradović iz Nacionalne asocijacije praktičara/ki omladinskog rada (NAPOR) i Boris Radaković, predsednik Saveta za sprovođenje omladinske politike – Kancelarije za mlade opštine Stari grad.
U trećem delu konferencije sa učesnicima je vođena diskusija o značaju ovog pristupa u radu sa mladima iz sistema socijalne zaštite, ali i sa širom populacijom mladih.
Izjave za medije:
Segment o samom vršnjačkom mentorstvu možete pogledati u isečku izlaganja Lidije Bukvić Branković.
Snimak cele konferencije možete pogledati OVDE.
VODIČ za programe vršnjačkog mentorstva sa mladima iz sistema socijalne zaštite, centralni rezultat projekta, možete preuzeti ovde: Vodič za programe vršnjačkog mentorstva
Više o samom projektu:
Strategic Partnership in the field of Youth
Partners:
SERBIA – CEPORA – Center for Positive Youth Development (co-ordinator)
HUNGARY – ‘I am the best’ Talent Mentoring NGO
Overview of the project:
The project “Peer mentors in Action – Social Inclusion through Peer Mentoring” aims at supporting
youth in the social welfare system in their most challenge transition period in overcoming social
exclusion and fostering positive peer relationships through developing an comprehensive guide book
for peer mentoring programs. The objectives of the project involve creating conditions for quality
implementation of peer mentoring for youth at risk, innovating the support for youth in the social
welfare system and expanding the number of CSO’s using peer mentoring.
Throughout the project, staff from participating organisations – experts and youth workers with experience in this filed, will meet on the Launching meeting, discuss and enhance their mutual understanding on the topic
through a short joint staff training, and then create a comprehensive guide book covering the topics
of planning, implementation and evaluation of peer mentoring programs for youth in the social welfare
system, including a detailed training for peer mentors. After the creation of the guide book and its
online publication, two multiplier events will be organised, one in Serbia and one in Hungary, for
promotion of the guide book “Peer support is the best support” to other CSO’s and youth workers.
Additionally, the publication will be distributed to experts in social welfare system, and future peer
mentors will be targeted through intensive promotion and visibility campaign on the social media and
other media channels.
Through these activities it is planned to achieve the availability of a comprehensive guide for peer mentoring programs applicable in the local context, implementation of peer mentoring guide book by CSO’s and youth workers, raising awareness of experts in the social welfare system about the availability of peer mentoring programs for support of youth in the system and expanding the interest of youth for applying to peer mentoring programs. After the multiplier events and the implementation of the dissemination strategy, the project team will meet for the
purposes of the evaluation of the project. The project will present the beginning of implementation of
peer mentoring programs for youth in the social welfare system, with the idea of a long-term goal of
having peer mentoring programs a constant support service for supporting the social inclusion of
youth in the social welfare system in their crucial life events.