This document outlines the itinerary and program for a youth work expert exchange between Helsinki, Finland and Vienna, Austria from March 9-12, 2015. The program includes visits to various Helsinki youth centers and organizations, presentations on topics like the vision and priorities of Helsinki's youth department and welfare reports on Helsinki youth, and discussions on tools and methods used in Finnish youth work practice and development like balance scorecards and key indicators. The participants will receive an introduction to cultural youth work programs in Helsinki and learn about the Ruuti youth participation system. The exchange aims to provide insights into the structure and practice of advanced youth work in Helsinki.

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Program Helsinki – Vienna expert exchange
- advanced youth work – structure and practice
Helsinki 9th
to 12th
of March 2015
Participants:
· Michael Höflinger, Municipal Department 13, deputy of Karl
Michael.hoeflinger@wien.gv.at
· Brigitta Ebner, Municipal Department 13, Adult Education
birgitta.ebner@wien.gv.at
· Werner Prinzjakowitsch, Association of Viennese Youth Centres
w.prinzjakowitsch@jugendzentren.at
· Aldo Perez, wienXtra-ifp, International Youth Work
aldo.perez@wienextra.at
· Christian Dworzak, Safe the Children Vienna, Streetwork Wien
streetwork.wien@rdk-wien.at
Monday 9th
Arriving at hotel Helka,
address: Pohjoinen Rautatienkatu 23, Helsinki
phone: +358 9 613580
18.00 Hotelli Helka
Youth Director Tommi Laitio and Senior Planner Harri Taponen
will welcome you to Helsinki, taking you for a welcome dinner at
Restaurant Kaarna
http://www.ravintolakaarna.fi/
Tuesday 10th
8.30 Hotelli Helka
Youth secretary Sonja Witting arrives to escort you to
Harju Youth Centre http://harju.munstadi.fi/
9.00 Harju Youth Centre
Introduction of participants and their program in Helsinki
9.15 The new vision and priorities of Helsinki City Youth Department
Youth Director Tommi Laitio tommi.laitio@hel.fi
10.30 Finding the new vision all personal out interviewing youngsters
Chief planner Meiju Hovi merja.hovi@hel.fi
11.45 lunch at Harju Youth Centre
13.00 The Welfare Report of Helsinki Youth
http://www.nuortenhyvinvointikertomus.fi/briefly-english
Planner Pirjo Mattila pirjo.mattila@hel.fi
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13.00 – 14.00 Meanwhile special program for Brigitta Ebner
with Sonja to Vuotalo received by Tuuli Tokkola tuuli.tokkola@hel.fi
http://www.vuotalo.fi/en/home
Coffee break
14.15 Focusing on Cultural Youth Work
Office manager of Cultural Youth Work (Section) Ulla Laurio
Visit to either Happi Youth Activity Centre
http://happi.munstadi.fi/ or Harju Youth Centre
Presentation of Tullaamo project:
http://tullaamo.munstadi.fi/2013/11/06/dokumentteja-tullaamosta/
18.00 Hotel Helka
Dinner, cultural evening and walk in Helsinki city
Youth secretary Sonja Witting
19.30 Dinner at Restaurant Saaga cusine from Lapland
http://www.ravintolasaaga.fi/en/front-page.html
Wednesday 11th
8.30 Hotelli Helka
Youth secretary Sonja Witting arrives to escort you to
The headquarters of the Guides and Scouts of Finland,
Töölönkatu 55, Helsinki.
http://www.partio.fi/en
9.00 Balance Score Card (BSC) tool to manage youth work
Planner Kirsi Autio kirsi.autio@hel.fi
10.00 Key indicators as tools of development
Youth secretary Sonja Witting
11.00 How to assess youth work?
Chief planner Meiju Hovi
11.45 Lunch at Korjaamo
Töölönkatu 51, Helsinki
12.15 – 14.00 meanwhile special program for Christian Dworzak
with Sonja visit to Save the Children received by Jenni Häikiö.
Jenni Häikiö presented Safer Internet Work
More info on Save the Children: http://www.pelastakaalapset.fi/en/
Youth work at city centre, youth worker Sheikh Musse Mahad, Musse-
Mahad.Sheikh@hel.fi .
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More info on Asemanseutu:
http://www.hel.fi/hki/Nk/en/Activities/Multiculturalism
13.00 Civic Activity
The Youth Department supports the activities of organisations and youth
groups in many different ways.
Office Manager of Civil Society Support Jasmin Kailio jasmin.kailio@hel.fi
14.00 Ruuti Youth Participation system and Ruuti participatory budget
Planner Inari Penttilä, inari.penttila@hel.fi
online editor Juha Kivimäki juha.kivimaki@hel.fi ,
youth worker Kaisa Bremer kaisa.bremer@hel.fi .
More info on Ruuti: http://ruuti.munstadi.fi/en/
15.15 Helsinki Team
Youth District Organisations’ co-operation
http://helsinkiteam.munstadi.fi/
received by Riikka Nenonen, riikka.nenonen@partio.fi
Scouting in Helsinki:
http://www.paakaupunkiseudunpartiolaiset.fi/languages/in-english
18.00 Helka Hotel
18.30 Dinner at SagunNepal
http://sagunnepal.fi/
with Youth Director Tommi Laitio (or chief planner Meiju Hovi)
and Local Youth Work Manager Irma Sippola, irma.sippola@hel.fi .
19.00 Youth Activity Centre Luuppi, Kontula.
http://luuppi.munstadi.fi/
Open youth work, handicrafts, skateboarding.
Thursday 12th
8.30 Hotelli Helka
Youth secretary Sonja Witting arrives to escort you to Head Office;
Hietaniemenkatu 9 B
9.00 Social Youth Work
Social counseller Kalle Kallio, kale.kallio@hel.fi
10.00 Feedback and plans for future exchanges
11.45 Lunch at Restaurant Domma
Hotel Helka and getting ready to leave
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