About Us
Who We Are
The National Youth Council of Ireland's Development Education Programme was established in 2004 as a strategic partnership between NYCI and Irish Aid at the Department of Foreign Affairs. The views expressed on the website can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of Irish Aid.
NYCI's Development Education Programme gratefully acknowledges funding support from Trócaire .
NYCI's Development Education Programme is a strategic partnership with Irish Aid
What We Do
The NYCI's Development Education Programme (DEP) works to integrate development education, including anti-racist and intercultural education, into the core programmes of youth organisations.
Development Education Strategy for Youth Work
The NYCI's Development Education Programme was established to implement the Development Education Strategy for the Voluntary Youth Sector 2004-2007 . Is é aidhm Clár Náisiúnta d'Oideachas Forbatha na nÓg ná an Straitéis um Oideachas Forbatha don Earnáil Dheonach Ógra 2004-2007 a cur i bhfeidhm.
Contact Us
Development Education Programme
National Youth Council of Ireland
3 Montague Street
Dublin 2
Tel: 353 (0)1 4784122
Fax: 353 (0)1 4783974
Email:
deved@nyci.ie
Privacy Policy
The National Youth Council fully respects your right to privacy, and will not collect any personal information about you on this website without your clear permission. Any personal information which you volunteer will be treated with the highest standards of security and confidentiality, strictly in accordance with the Data Protection Acts, 1988 & 2003.
What is Development Education?
Development education in youth work aims to support young people to increase their awareness and understanding of the interdependent and unequal world in which we live, through a process of interactive learning, debate, action and reflection. It challenges perceptions of the world and encourages young people to act for a more just and equal society at a national and an international level.
Youth Work Explained
Youth work is above all an educational and developmental process, based on young people's active and voluntary participation and commitment. It is often defined as 'non-formal education'. Youth work is for all young people, with particular focus on those aged 10 to 25 from all aspects of Irish life, urban, rural, all nationalities and social classes. Youth work is provided primarily by voluntary organisations, with statutory support from the Department of Education and Science and the Vocational Education Committees.
