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ICCYS
The ISS-ICDI Collaboration in Child and Youth Studies (ICCYS) is a specialized unit for training, research and policy analysis established in 2003 and jointly run by the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague and ICDI. ICCYS' activities focus on the needs of children and youth in developing, transitional and developed societies. The Centre promotes holistic development of children and youth and considers children and youth as agents in the development process. ICCYS undertakes and promotes multi-disciplinary training and research, policy analysis, programme development and local capacity building in a number of specific fields in relation to childhood and youth. The Centre's activities fall mainly in the areas of: education, health, rights and participation, abuse/ violence, sexuality, work/ labour and youth culture.
Children and Youth Development Diploma Programme
The Children, Youth and Development diploma programme engages professionals from transitional and developing countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe (staff of NGO's and governments) in changing ideas, debates, and policy-making on child and youth issues. It takes an interdisciplinary, rights-based approach that draws on the study of education, health, sexuality, work/employment, conflict, rights and culture to address issues of youth welfare and justice. It has proven itself to be a very succesful capacity building programme for people from the developing world working on child and youth issues.
In its fourth successive and successful year of running, the course provides strong grounding in key issues, concepts and debates in the field of child and youth studies in the development context. Key problem areas are explored, with a focus on issues and debates in policy and implementation. The participants’ skills in rights-based policy analysis and programme development will be strengthened. Study visits are made to various relevant international, government and NGO agencies in the Netherlands, as well as to one or more European countries. For more information, please see the ISS website.
Research on New and Emerging Needs of Children and Youth (2004-2007)
The three-year research project ‘Rethinking Childhood: New and Emerging Needs of Children and Youth’, supported by Plan Netherlands has involved several members of the ICCYS staff. Please see research projects for more information.
Living Room Seminars
At the beautiful ICDI premises in the Old Orphanage in Leiden, regularly so-called “living room seminars” are organized. These seminars bring together professionals from Holland and the world to discuss certain topics relevant for children and youth. In the past living room seminars have dealt with issues like ‘children in prison’, ‘child soldiers’, ‘child prostitution’, ‘growing up in violence’. In March 2007 a living room seminar was held on the subject ‘innovative approaches in youth care’, bringing together Romanian, Latvian and Dutch professionals. We will continue to organize these living room seminars in the future. The relaxed, home like atmosphere has proven to be a fruitful way of engaging people into discussing new ideas and exchanging knowledge.
For more information on iCCYS contact Rutger
