Združenie Informačných a poradenských centier mladých (ZIPCeM) operates at the national level and currently covers 14 youth information centres (ICM) with local to regional activities, the network has the ambition to expand to active youth organizations. The centre covers all important areas of young people's lives.
With the development of technologies and the changing information needs of young people, an analysis of the state and management of organizations, a map of the current needs of stakeholders, and innovative methods and technologies used in ICM are needed. The outcome of the project will be a modern ICM and the establishment of cooperation between public, private and non-governmental actors in the field of youth work. We will achieve this through expert consulting services in the management of organizations, establishing a common strategy and professionalizing ICM representatives in relevant areas.
The current problems of the association are, for example, insufficient capacity security, lack of a clear vision and strategy of ICM and ZIPCeM, as the largest provider of information and counselling services for young people in Slovakia, lack of regular education and professionalization of employees of member organizations.
The association will take a few steps to upgrade services according to current trends. First of all, an analysis of the state of the organization, management, setting the strategy of the network of organizations providing information and counselling services for youth etc. will be carried out. Subsequently, the needs of ICM and ZIPCeM staff in relation to the planned innovative activity will be mapped. After participating in the project activities, the organizations involved in the project will prepare its own timetable for further work, which will be in line with the new strategy and will use the acquired competences in practice. The target groups of the project are civil society organizations.