Acciones Internacionales

In May 2003, during a meeting of ICYCW International Chaplains - past and present – the lack of visibility of the ICYCW at international level was noted. From this came the idea of launching a big international survey on young workers.

 At the same time, during the 5th International Council in 2000, the International Secretariat had received a mandate to carry out research on “Young people in the face of changes in the world of work”. This research had been suspended after several attempts to launch it because of the amount of work involved.

The proposal of an International Survey responded perfectly to the need of National Movements to deepen their knowledge of this subject. It was a way of relaunching the research and tackling the subject with appropriate means and timetable.

During the 6th International Council in 2004 the Survey was proposed to all the national Movements who welcomed it with enthusiasm. They gave a mandate to the International Secretariat to set up the International Survey keeping in mind the comments of the National movements during the Council.

The survey is an opportunity to get to know new young people and to deepen our relationship with those that we know in a superficial way. It is an oppotunity to discover what the other person is experiencing with regard to work, not only the conditions or salary but also the meaning that the experience of work has for young people. It means going right to the origins of the YCW when cardijn, still a young priest, asked the young people in the street “how are you getting on at work? what are the conditions like? What are the difficulties you face?” From this starting point you can arrive eventually at the point of proposing the Review of Life, action in the work place, Jesus Christ as a model to follow.