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CO-OPERATION AND NETWORKING ERASMUS+ PROJECT
Youth undergo personal and external crises in the current time of changes. Young people seek support and mental help online. There are different kinds of Online Counselling Chat Services (OCCS) that aim to support the well-being of young people. CHAT-YOUTH will produce information and facilitate stakeholders to information exchange and ethical reflection to improve the quality of starting and ongoing non-profit OCCS and to capacitate youth work in Europe.
We have collected and analysed data about characteristics and good practices of OCCS that support youth (<30) to overcome crisis with human help in Belgium, Finland, Hungary and Spain. In-depth analyses of topics and dialogues are being conducted. The research results are shared and disseminated through participatory activities with European stakeholders and further developed into practical tools. The aim is to facilitate networking that will strengthen the links between research, practice and policy.
CHAT-YOUTH is producing knowledge about OCCS that will help to develop and evaluate ongoing and start new OCCS. A special focus is on vulnerable groups, including youth from Ukraine. Networking brings European stakeholders together to share experiences and to discuss quality as well as ethical issues, also after the end of the project.
You are welcome to learn more and join our network and activities!
FUNDING AND PARTNERS
ERASMUS+ KA220-YOU – Cooperation partnerships in youth.
1/2023 – 1/2026
Alexis Dewaele, Lien Goossens and Elke Denayer (1/2024 -), Universiteit Gent, Belgium
Maria Cabello Salmerón, Irati Higuera Lozano (3/2024 -) and Ana Mateos Ramirez (6 – 7/2024 -) La Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Katalin Felvinczi, Zsuza Kaló and Mónika Rényi (1/2024 -), Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Tuuli Pitkänen, Siiri Soininvaara (8/2024-), Essi Holopainen (9/2023 – 5/2024), and Virvatuli Uusimäki (1 – 8/2024), Finnish Youth Research Society, Finland
Tuuli Pitkänen
PhD, Adjunct professor
Research Manager
+358 41 517 8678
tuuli.pitkanen@youthresearch.fi