Coffee in Bosnia and Herzegovina is always a good excuse to talk about different topics.
The Institute for Youth Development KULT is already known for organizing the Coffee with event, which brings meaningful meetings of public figures, politicians, young people and other inspiring and successful individuals with groups of young people to discuss their experience, ideas or public issues important for young people.
The Institute for Youth Development KULT is organizing a Coffee with Professor Howard Williamson
During the meeting, we will talk about the experience of Professors Williamson in working with young people, the challenges young people are facing today in general and how to approach them, the Final Declaration of the Third European Youth Work Convention – Signposts for the Future, and a study that Williamson has done with young people for almost 50 years which will be published soon.
Coffee with… is always organized in a less formal format to motivate, encourage and challenge participants to share their ideas for a better position of young people in BiH.
The event will be held in English. You don’t have to have advanced knowledge of English language, moderators will help you, but try to get out of the comfort zone. You can also ask questions and comments via chat.
Coffee with …. will be held on April 27, 2021 at 16.00h
Please register by using the following link: http://mladi.org/myURL/kafasahoward
ABOUT THE GUEST Coffee with… Dr. Howard Williamson is the holder of several academic titles and awards of the British Monarchy (CVO (Commander of the Royal Victorian Order) CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) member of the Royal Art Society (FRSA), holder of the academic title FHEA (Fellow of the Higher Education Economy)). He teaches European youth policy at the University of South Wales in the United Kingdom, and had lectures at the universities of Oxford, Cardiff and Copenhagen. In addition to that, he is a visiting professor at universities and institutes in Malta, Hong Kong, Croatia, China, France, Australia and Iran.
He is qualified to work with young people throughout the UK. He was in charge of a youth center for 25 years, while at the same time conducting academic research on youth crime, unemployment, vocational education, entrepreneurship, drug use, homelessness, school curricula, and youth work. He is the author of the original “status zer0” survey which drew political attention to young people who are unemployed and not in the process of education or training (NEET). This research followed the lives of a group of men (the Milltown Boys) who are now nearly 60 years old, and whom the professor met as young delinquents in the early 70s.
He has advised authorities at various levels on youth policy issues – the Welsh Government, the UK Government, the European Commission, the Council of Europe and the United Nations. He also coordinated a review of international national youth policies and wrote three sequels on “Supporting Youth in Europe” summarizing the lessons learned in drafting policy reviews in 21 countries. He is a member of the governing bodies of the Grassroots – Cardiff City Center Youth Project, the European Forum Alpbach Foundation and the International Youth Award of the Duke of Edinburgh.
Howard Williamson is an extremely productive writer and author of academic books and professional papers, as well as columns in magazines and newspapers. His latest work concerns the synthesis of youth policies in Europe, and the editing of seven books in the History of Youth in Europe series. His latest book about the Milltown Boys, “The Milltown Boys in Their Sixties,” will be published in May 2021. This is the third book in this research that has lasted for almost 50 years, which shows the unusualness if not the exceptionality of this kind of work.
Since 2002, he has been working as the organizational secretary of Research Committee 34 at the International Sociological Association – Global Network of Youth Sociology. Until 2008, he chaired the European Network of Young Research Correspondents.
In his spare time, he likes riding, riding of motorcycles and playing guitar and accordion. Howard is a football coach and referee, and is in charge of protecting and respecting rights at the Pontypridd Town Association football club. He is currently in charge of controlling compliance with epidemiological measures in this club and volunteers as a youth worker in his municipality to strengthen the resilience of the local community.
In 2002, he received the title of Commander of the Royal Victorian Order – CBE, and in 2016 the title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire – CVO. In 2019, he received the Outstanding Contribution to Excellence in Youth Work Award from the Prime Minister of Wales.
