We aim to address the topic of healthy living environments of young people and how Youth Work can be supported by strategically collaborating with actors in the Public Health Sector. The cooperati...

We aim to address the topic of healthy living environments of young people and how Youth Work can be supported by strategically collaborating with actors in the Public Health Sector. The cooperation will bring additional knowledge and resources to the Youth Field which are based on scientifically developed tools. Developing, testing and applying the “Place Standard Tool 4 Youth” together with young people in a Youth Work setting aims at raising the level of acceptance among young people.

The consortium implements networking and training opportunities for experts from youth work and health promotion. Together with young people it develops and tests a participative tool to evaluate the own living environment and a corresponding handbook for youth workers. Young people will also exchange among each other and plan local actions resulting from their own work with the tool. The participative character of the tool and processes within the project will be scientifically evaluated.

By the end of the project 7 new versions and corresponding educational material of the PST4Youth will be available for further use by the stakeholders in Youth Work and the Public Health sector. The project will have generated scientific knowledge on the usage of the tool and young people will have made first experiences in working with the tool in a local and international setting, exchanging with one another and putting their results into local action.