The state of children in Amsterdam

Judith Leest

Advisor youth policy

City of Amsterdam

j.leest@dmo.amsterdam.nl

This presentation

The making of…

The results

The meaning for

future policy

The making of…

InspirationThe State of the City

Every child matters

National youth report

Ambition

Struggle‘Old’ indicators

Lack of indicators

Different types of indicators

Sustainability of indicators?

The results

Five themes, Health & upbringing

Crime & safety

Education

Work & income

Active in society

17 goals

79 indicators

Schema

Detail of the frameworkdomain Health & upbringing Work & income

     

subtheme ‘physical’ ‘school qualification'

Pimary goal The youth of Amsterdam is physically healthy The youth is prepared for labor

 

‘Child indicators’ (outcome)

Secondary goals

obesity: 15,2% 5 years old; 28,3% 10 years old; 24,4% 14 years old (2007)

Premature drop-outs from school: 14% (2007)

     

  Policy indicators (output)  

Agreements Participation in programmes for obesity at schools: 29% Jump in (2009)

Part of drop-outs taking part in programmes: 58% (2008)

Work and income: poverty.% of youth in a minimumhousehold

0 10 20 30 40 50

Amsterdam

autochtonen

westerse allochtonen

Surinamers

Turken

overige niet-westerse allochtonen

Antillianen

Marokkanen

%

Werk en inkomen

 

'armoede en schulden'

De jeugd leeft niet langdurig in armoede

 ’kind’indicator

jongeren in mimimahuishouden: 28% (2008)

 

voorzieningengebruik minima:

66% stadspas; 5% PC-voorziening; 43% scholieren-

vergoeding (2008)

 

jongeren met schulden: n.b.

beleidsindicator

jongeren in schuldhulpverlening: 1,9% (2008)

The 14 city-districts

The meaning for future policy I

Decision making

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Policy design

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evaluation

Imple-mentation

-- survey- Scenariostudy

Diagnosis

Agenda-setting

- Problemanalysis - Probleminventarisation - (Benchmarking: , National, International, municipal)

- Brainstorm with experts- Feasibiliy study- Comparison of policy instruments

- Participation- Counterexpertise

- Organisational research- Processevaluation-

- Outputmonitor- Outcomemonitor- Effectiveness research

File researchBehavior measurement

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-Output monitor-Outcome monitor-Effectiveness research-File research-Behavior measurement

The meaning for future policy II

An instrument to follow trends

Facts and figures about children, not primarily about

evaluation of policy

Relations, cause & effect, cross-over

Last but not least: an instrument for youth participation

Reality check what do youngsters say themselves?

According to the report, 25% of all

children has obesity, but in this school

there are only slim kids!

There’s a lack of opportunities for internships; could

you talk to companies to create more?

Questions ?