youthmetre: eu youth policy research

Empowering youth to become engaged & make an impact on EU youth policy

http://www.youthmetre.eu

Eurobarometer Surveys• Examined active engagement of youth

http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/flash/fl_408_en.pdf

Increasingly distanced from policy making and decisions

Presentation Aims• Introduce youth and information• EU Youth Policy• Share results of research on the eight EU

Youth policy areas• Can we see how well are countries doing?

http://eryica.org/page/principles-online-youth-information

Youth and Information• era of big data, open data • Information pre-requisite: decision-making• empowering young people to identify and

campaign for policies they need and want


Principles for Online Youth Information

• based on the needs of young people• understandable for young people and

presented in an attractive way for them• prosumerism - young people consume and

produce content• encourage feedback opportunities• help increase information literacy skills


European Youth Strategy• EU Youth Strategy, agreed by EU

Ministers, sets out a framework for cooperation covering 2010-2018

• EU Member States have overall responsibility for their own youth policy (subsidiarity)

European Youth StrategyEYS has two main objectives:•Provide more and equal opportunities for young people in education and the job market•Encourage young people to actively participate in society

European Youth Strategy

• Education & training• Employment &

entrepreneurship• Health & well-being• Participation

• Voluntary activities• Social inclusion• Youth & the world• Creativity & culture

EYS indicates initiatives in eight areas:

Education & Training

• shapes place of young people in the world• EU policy lacks power of enforcement • resistance to country performance targets• youth activities are also non-formal• policy on recognition of youth work• innovative approaches, not widespread

Review of policy and research

Employment & Entrepreneurship

• smart, sustainable and inclusive economy• youth employability a key policy objective• policies should link to needs of youth• transition from education to the workplace • more entrepreneurship education• but, little evidence of what works


Health & Well Being• advantages of a healthy lifestyle • links to inclusion and employment• some policy aims to reduce risky behaviour• big differences between countries• promotion of physical activity• healthy education policy: drugs, sex, alcohol


Participation• policies encourage participation• but, increasingly low levels in youngsters’

socio-political involvement • impact of mass media and Internet• need to involve youth in creating policies• capacity building processes important


Voluntary Activities• voluntary activities a form of social action • based on free will, choice and motivation • citizenship construction• needs efficient volunteering infrastructures • disseminate information on opportunities • regular and systematic research important


Social Inclusion• young people most affected by exclusion• multidimensional issue• policies to fight exclusion and poverty• combat feelings of uncertainty and alienation• shift from state to civil society / individuals• competences for Democratic Culture (CoE)


Youth & the World• globalisation impacts on life chances of

young people – identity, citizenship, work • example: effects of migration flows • need to consult youth• require proper global education to construct

global identity• remove barriers to integration: radicalisation


Creativity & Culture• culture stimulates creativity and opportunity• close links with digital technologies• impact on education, training, employment • policy based on communication and

cultural consumption• fuelled by multilingualism and mobility


Creativity & Culture• decentralisation of technologies• social interaction, communication and

participation online• develop entrepreneurial opportunities • young people disadvantaged • need to support youth entrepreneurship at

European level


How well are countries doing?

http://ec.europa.eu/youth/dashboard/index_en.htm

Era of monitoring and accountability

How well are EU countries doing?


Age of transparency and open data

How well are countries doing?


Forward Looking Project• YouthMetre creates a ‘forward-looking tool’

for youth participation• based on Education, Training & Youth (ETY)• identifying, testing, developing, assessing

new innovative approaches in ETY• innovation in practices and policies for

Youth

YouthMetre• Addresses Priority 7: • “Using e-participation as an instrument

to foster young people's empowerment and active participation in democratic life”

YouthMetre as a Forward Looking Project

• Improvement / development of new policies• In-depth evidence and knowledge - effective

methodologies/tools for systemic innovation

• Potential of long-term impact – mainstream advanced innovative policy approaches

• Stakeholders having impact on policy

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