{"id":1105,"date":"2025-04-18T17:47:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T17:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwaeu.com\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2025-04-18T17:49:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T17:49:13","slug":"youth-sector-in-the-netherlands-challenges-and-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwaeu.com\/?p=1105","title":{"rendered":"Youth sector in the Netherlands: Challenges and Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/gwaeu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/barriers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gwaeu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/barriers.jpg 640w, https:\/\/gwaeu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/barriers-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Young people make up 27.6% of the Netherlands&#8217; 17.8 million population, though, as in many industrialised countries, this proportion is gradually declining. Dutch youth policy focuses on preventive and specialised care, aiming to create a strong support system that helps children and young people thrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health among youth has worsened significantly, posing one of the sector&#8217;s biggest challenges. Youth organisations are now under greater pressure to identify mental health issues early and respond with effective, timely support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To keep pace with these growing demands, the sector must embrace innovation and collaboration. The HealthyArts project <a href=\"https:\/\/healthyart.aiij.org\/\">https:\/\/healthyart.aiij.org\/<\/a> offers valuable tools to strengthen the capabilities of youth workers, helping them navigate today\u2019s complex landscape and better support the young people they serve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young people make up 27.6% of the Netherlands&#8217; 17.8 million population, though, as in many industrialised countries, this proportion is gradually declining. Dutch youth policy focuses on preventive and specialised care, aiming to create a strong support system that helps children and young people thrive. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health among youth has worsened [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-youth-sector"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwaeu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwaeu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwaeu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwaeu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwaeu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1105"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gwaeu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1109,"href":"https:\/\/gwaeu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions\/1109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwaeu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwaeu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwaeu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}