As of: March 18, 2024, 10:00 a.m
By: Jonas Napiletzki
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The Catholic Youth Center lacks money for its projects (symbolic image).
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Because there is a lack of funding from the Bavarian Youth Ring, two projects from the Miesbach Catholic Youth Office are in jeopardy.
Youth speaker Jürgen Batek is now hoping for donations.
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- It is a topic of state politics that has a financial impact right down to the district: Because the Free State has not yet decided on the double budget for 2024/25, the Miesbach Catholic Youth Office, among others, cannot receive grants from the Bavarian Youth Ring (BJR) for the time being Plan projects in the area of “youth work and schools”.
Youth representative Jürgen Batek reports this and is now asking for donations for two educational projects that would otherwise have to be canceled.
BJR has closed all subsidy pots
The background was explained to him a good two weeks ago, says Batek.
Accordingly, due to the unclear budget of the Free State, all subordinate institutions would also lack financial planning security.
“That’s why the BJR has closed all subsidy pots because it is unclear how much money is available in them,” summarizes Batek.
It's not just the Catholic youth center that is affected.
Other institutions that wanted to apply for funds from the BJR could no longer submit funding applications there for the time being.
The budget is not expected to be decided until June
Ellen Daniel, press spokeswoman for the BJR, confirmed most of this information when asked by our newspaper.
The BJR has not closed all subsidy pots.
“It is true, however, that no new applications can currently be included in the funding in the BJR’s specialist programs, which are financed from the Bavarian State Government’s children and youth program.” The reason for this, Daniel confirms, is the Free State’s budget, which will probably not be decided until next June.
“Until then, the BJR has no certainty as to the financial resources of the children and youth program,” explains the spokeswoman.
This is particularly a problem because, according to Daniel, a large part of the funds with which the BJR promotes youth work, among other things in the specialist programs, come from the Free State's children and youth program.
Two of the ten rejected applications come from Miesbach
However, because the BJR is not allowed to spend money that it does not have or that has not been made available to it in a binding manner, ten applications recently had to be rejected because the available funds were already fully committed.
Of these ten rejected applications, two come from Miesbach - those from Batek.
Jürgen Batek Catholic Youth Center © THOMAS PLETTENBERG
The Miesbach youth representative is now annoyed about politics.
It can't be that good things have to be canceled, he says.
After Corona, a lot of money was spent for a short time - with reference to the fact that children and young people suffered the most from the restrictions of the pandemic.
But now “the state government’s failure” is endangering the very projects that are now important for young people.
“An ambivalence,” says Batek, which he cannot understand.
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Career orientation days and inclusive educational trip
In order to be able to carry out the requested projects - career orientation days for secondary school students in the Sudelfeld youth hostel and an inclusive educational trip between the Rottach middle school and the Bad Tölz special school - Batek is now dependent on donations.
5000 euros each are required.
The career orientation days involve a three-day trip with media education exercises and consultations with training companies.
On the inclusive educational trip, the students set off on a week-long sailing trip, which they have to prepare together in advance - a great sense of achievement for the young people that combines learning and integration.
Subsidies from the district youth association are not affected
According to Batek, the subsidies that are distributed through the district youth association (KJR) are not affected by the cuts.
“We can continue to plan this way because the district supports us.” However, these funds are tied to the funding guidelines decided by the KJR general meeting.
The projects applied to the BJR do not fall under this and are now at risk without its funds.
The Catholic Youth Office accepts offers of donations on Tel. 0 80 25 /24 84 or at jbatek@eja-muenchen.de.