About Us
New Funding Mechanism for Development Education
Thematic Review of Development Education in the Youth Sector
What is Development Education?
What is NYDEP?
The National Youth Council of Ireland's Development Education Programme (NYDEP) was established in 2004 as a strategic partnership between NYCI and Irish Aid at the Department of Foreign Affairs.
The NYCI's Development Education Programme (DEP) works to integrate development education into the core programmes of youth organisations.
The views expressed on the website can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of Irish Aid.
New Funding Mechanism for Development Education
In January 2012, Irish Aid communicated their new funding mechanism for development education. The full communication can be downloaded here. In particular, Irish Aid have announced a new annual innovation grant aimed at supporting innovation both in terms of approaches to development education and sectors being reached. Irish Aid expects this grant to replace the existing annual grant (though they recognise organisations will need time to adjust to the new approach so that important contributions are not lost).
The call for the new 'annual innovation grant' will go out on Wednesday 8th February. Organisations can apply for a minimum grant of €10,000 and a maximum grant of €150,000. The deadline for applications will be Thursday 8th March. Irish Aid expect that the turnaround time for decisions on the applications will be 6-8 weeks.
Thematic Review of Development Education in the Youth Sector
The final synthesis paper on development education has been released by Irish Aid. In April 2011 the Development Education Unit within Irish Aid commissioned five focused reviews, to consider the extent to which development education had been successfully integrated within the primary, post-primary, higher education, youth and adult and community learning sectors. The aim of these reviews was to support Irish Aid to focus its activities and future funding on the key priorities needed to deliver the objectives set out in their strategic plan, and to inform the development of a performance framework against which progress could be monitored. The reviews have all focused on five key questions:
• How well integrated is development education in the formal and non-formal education sectors?
• Is the balance of support funded by
Irish Aid coherent and strategic?
• Are there gaps in the support available?
• How effectively is best practice shared within sectors?
• What are the priorities for Irish Aid in the future?
Consultation with the youth sector was carried out by Colm Regan and Valerie Duffy (80.20). Following the consultation process, a Draft Synthesis Paper was produced and a workshop to discuss the document was held on Monday 4 July 2011.NYCI sent a submission with comments on the draft paper. If you would like to know more, please contact us.
The final synthesis paper is now available. You can read the document here (please note that parts relevant to the youth sector are highlighted in yellow).
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
NYCI's Development Education Programme gratefully acknowledges funding support from Trócaire
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.
