Youth Policy

Author : Finn Yrjar Denstad,Robert Thomson,Abdeslam Badre
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789287183897

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Youth policy manual for Arab countries by Finn Yrjar Denstad,Robert Thomson,Abdeslam Badre Pdf

The EU-CoE youth partnership stems from the close relations that the Council of Europe and the European Commission have developed in the youth field over the years since 1998. The overall goal is to foster synergies between the youth-oriented activities of the two institutions. The specific themes are participation/citizenship, social inclusion, recognition and quality of youth work. What is youth policy, and what major elements should a national youth policy strategy include? How can young people be consulted and otherwise involved in developing youth policy? How do institutions such as the European Union, the Council of Europe and the United Nations address youth policy, and how can this work be concretely linked to the efforts of a national government to develop a youth policy agenda? How is youth policy organised in specific countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region? These are some of the essential questions addressed in this publication. The Youth policy manual should be considered a source work, a tool and a helpful guide both for policy makers in the youth field and for non-governmental organisations and other stakeholder groups who advocate improved youth policy at the national level. This manual proposes one possible model for how a national youth policy strategy can be developed. It is a revised version of the Youth policy manual (2009) and takes into account relevant specificities of the MENA region.

Author : Deirdre Horgan,Danielle Kennan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000511291

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Child and Youth Participation in Policy, Practice and Research by Deirdre Horgan,Danielle Kennan Pdf

This book showcases rights based participatory approaches to policy-making, practice and research with children and youth. Throughout its three parts, the book conceptualises a rights-based participatory approach; showcases constructive and innovative rights based participatory approaches across the domains of research, policy and practice; and interrogates the challenges and complexities in the implementation of such an approach. In recent times, Ireland has been at the forefront of promoting and implementing participatory approaches to policy-making, practice and research focused on children and youth. This edited volume is a timely opportunity to capture previously undocumented learning generated from a wide range of innovative participatory initiatives implemented in Ireland. In capturing this learning, real world guidance will be provided to international policy-makers, practitioners and researchers working with children and youth. This book is essential reading for those interested in a rights based participatory approach, for those who want to appropriately and meaningfully engage children and youth in research, and for those wishing to maximise the contribution of children and youth in policy-making.

Author : Gazela Pudar, Leena Suurpää, Howard Williamson, Manfred Zentner,Council of Europe
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9789287178169

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Youth policy in Belgium by Gazela Pudar, Leena Suurpää, Howard Williamson, Manfred Zentner,Council of Europe Pdf

This report is part of a series of international reviews of national youth policies carried out by the Council of Europe in collaboration and consultation with government agencies and ministries responsible for the development and implementation of youth policy, as well as with non-governmental youth organisations. The reviews are carried out by an international team which outlines the strengths and challenges of the countries' youth policies in a constructive manner, drawing where appropriate upon broader international evidence and debate. The international review process was established to fulfil three distinct objectives: - to advise on national youth policy; - to identify components which might combine to form an approach to youth policy across Europe; - to contribute to a learning process in relation to the development and implementation of youth policy.

Author : Ewa Krzaklewska, Howard Williamson,Council of Europe
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9789287178145

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Youth policy in Ukraine by Ewa Krzaklewska, Howard Williamson,Council of Europe Pdf

Ukraine is the 19th country overall, and the third of the Commonwealth of independent States (following Armenia and Moldova) to have its youth policy reviewed by the Council of Europe's international review team. Ukraine presented a range of new challenges: it was by far the largest country geographically and it embodied geo-political characteristics (from North to South, and East to West) that are reflected in its philosophy and approach to youth policy development. This international review explores three issues of particular interest to the Ukrainian authorities: health and healthy lifestyles, employment and employability, and patriotic education and citizenship, in addition, the international review pays special attention to questions of youth participation and engagement, and to those groups of "vulnerable" young people who are at most risk of social exclusion. The review argues for the establishment of a more open development model for youth policy in Ukraine, supported by a clear strategic vision and the strengthening of its commitment to local capacity and autonomy in shaping relevant programmes and projects, in particular, it also advocates the promotion of more diverse methodologies in the implementation of youth policy, based on non-formal learning and skills-development principles.

Author : Tanya Basarab,Zara Lavchyan,Ajša Hadžibegović
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789287193469

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T-Kit 15 - Participatory youth policy by Tanya Basarab,Zara Lavchyan,Ajša Hadžibegović Pdf

Empower youth, transform policies: From concept to action Participatory youth policy implies that young people are involved in policy making at all stages, from inception to implementation, monitoring and evaluation. The main feature of participatory youth policy is a mobilised effort to promote co-creation of youth policy with young people and to include strengths and talents from the field, making sure that youth olicy is built on democratic principles, support for solidarity, inclusion, equality, openness and outreach. Across Europe, meaningful youth participation in dialogue and mutually respectful work in policy implementation are understood to be prerequisites for effective and efficient policy making. Knowledge, understanding and commitment to knowledgebased participatory youth policy has increased exponentially following the publication by the EU–Council of Europe Youth Partnership of About time! A reference manual for youth policy from a European perspective in 2021. This T-Kit complements the manual and provides educational support for building youth sector capacity for participatory policy making. The knowledge developed in the sector over the past few decades, on which this T-Kit is based, will benefit youth leaders, workers, trainers and organisations advocating participatory structures, especially at local and national levels. Youth policy makers will be able to launch participatory processes by using the activities contained in this T-Kit. Organisations and experts developing training and development strategies on youth policy may find the T-Kit to be a useful resource. It is structured to enable users to find a wide range of resources in one place for successful educational processes on participatory youth policy. The T-Kit provides conceptual, methodological and educational frameworks and offers a set of educational activities and a toolbox to help address the themes of participatory youth policy making, enabling its users to learn, grow and importantly – to engage.

Author : Howard Williamson,Max Fras,Zara Lavchyan
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789287191168

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About time! A reference manual for youth policy from a European perspective by Howard Williamson,Max Fras,Zara Lavchyan Pdf

A reference tool for initiating youth policy and learning about the diversity of national and international governance and about the infrastructure available for youth policy, its implementation, review and evaluation Today, we know much more about national and European youth policy, the role of research, participation of young people and monitoring and evaluation of youth policy than we did when the first Youth policy manual was published in 2009 by the EU–Council of Europe youth partnership. The concept of youth policy can be very narrowly or very broadly constructed. This volume positions youth policy in the context of public policy and reflects on the complex, cyclical nature of policy making, bringing together the results of knowledge gathering and debates central to the European agenda in the field over the last 15 years. Thematically, the manual focuses very specifically on those areas of youth policy that have been formulated and developed through European consensus-building – participation, information, volunteering, social inclusion, access to rights, youth work, mobility and digitalisation. We hope that the five parts of the manual, from the conceptual to the practical, and through a range of examples and questions for reflection, will help you to explore, understand and engage with the youth policy framework in your context, from your own perspective, and will provide you with a sense of all the stages of youth policy making. Most importantly, the manual includes a wide range of standards, tools and resources developed by and for the benefit of youth policy makers, youth work practitioners, youth researchers and young people across Europe. It is About Time! we strengthen the youth sector further to develop a new generation of positive and purposeful youth policies in Europe!

Author : Sladjana Petkovic,Howard Williamson
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789287181589

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Youth policy in Greece by Sladjana Petkovic,Howard Williamson Pdf

Greece is the 20th country to have had its youth policy reviewed by an international review team appointed by the Council of Europe. The financial crisis and resulting high unemployment rate, especially among young people, was the major concern encountered by the review team. Although the crisis has compelled Greece to engage in profound fiscal reform and address many of its structural weaknesses, this has not been matched by labour market activation policies and other youth policy measures needed to reverse the mood of despondency and stem the tide of emigration of young people. This international review focused in particular on two aspects of youth transitions: the transition from the education system to the labour market; and the related issue of military service and conscription, which is an integral part of life for young men in Greece. The review team also considered characteristics of the public administration, which dwells on bureaucratic compliance and has limited scope and licence for fostering initiative and creativity, despite incessant rhetoric about the need for “entrepreneurship”. The review team advocates the establishment of more creative and innovative mechanisms to free the entrepreneurial and participative spirit not only of young people in Greece, but also of its regional and local administrations, youth organisations and local youth councils, in order for them to provide timely and purposeful intervention, opportunity and support according to local need and circumstances.

Author : Francine Meyer,Council of Europe,Council of Europe. Directorate of Youth and Sport
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9287142653

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Youth Policy in Spain by Francine Meyer,Council of Europe,Council of Europe. Directorate of Youth and Sport Pdf

Author : Tuukka Hannu Ilmari Toivonen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780415670531

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Japan's Emerging Youth Policy by Tuukka Hannu Ilmari Toivonen Pdf

From the 1960s onwards, Japan's rapid economic growth coincided with remarkably low youth unemployment. However, since the 1990s the ease with which young people have historically moved from education to employment has ended, and unemployment is now a real and growing problem. This book examines how the state, experts, the media as well as youth workers, have responded to the troubling rise of youth joblessness in 21st century Japan.

Author : Council of Europe
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9287146004

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Youth Policy in Romania by Council of Europe Pdf

Author : Marina Hahn-Bleibtreu,Marc Molgat
Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783866495081

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Youth Policy in a Changing World by Marina Hahn-Bleibtreu,Marc Molgat Pdf

Why do we need evidence based youth policies? International in scope, this book presents a systematic and interdisciplinary reflection on what has been termed the “magic triangle”, i.e., the relationship between youth policies, youth research and practical youth work, based on the necessity of organising knowledge exchange between different actors in the youth field. On this basis, researchers from across the globe analyse and discuss youth policy development, the theories that underlie youth policy, as well as the models and impact of youth policy in different societies. They respond by: - Analysing the impact of economic, social and cultural change on young people in different world regions, locations and social contexts; - Presenting and explaining theories of youth; - Discussing strategies for the development and implementation of youth policies in different world regions; - Evaluating the impact of current youth policies at regional, national and international levels; - Analysing and discussing applied models of cross sectional policy and practice in the youth sector; - Discussing contributions of youth research to the development of evidence based youth policies in areas such as values, employment, participation, citizenship, migration, social exclusion and vulnerability.

Author : Ulrike Fremerey,Council of Europe,Council of Europe. Youth Directorate
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9287138427

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Youth Policy in Finland by Ulrike Fremerey,Council of Europe,Council of Europe. Youth Directorate Pdf

Author : Graham Bright
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781350314221

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Youth Work: Histories, Policy and Contexts by Graham Bright Pdf

Youth work is a means of promoting learning, equality and inclusion with young people. It is an incredibly rewarding profession; however, state regulation means that youth work students and practitioners must continuously wrestle with the challenges of contemporary practice in environments that are complex and changing. This book brings together a collection of voices to speak to these concerns. Drawing on the history of the profession, each chapter focuses on a different aspect of policy and practice. Chapters explore the impact of New Labour; the changes that came with the coalition government; youth work in the voluntary sector, and youth work in a digital world. Graham Bright concludes with a powerful reflection on what the future holds for the profession. Each chapter features 'Over to You' activity boxes which invite readers to engage collaboratively in developing and applying ideas, with case studies which link discussion to real life examples. This is an important book for students, practitioners and lecturers in the field of youth and community work and related practice with children and young people.

Author : Magda Nico,Marti Taru,Dunja Potočnik,Andrei Salikau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UIUC:30112122103648

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Needles in Haystacks by Magda Nico,Marti Taru,Dunja Potočnik,Andrei Salikau Pdf

Cross-sectorality is a well-known aspect of youth policy, but the importance of this aspect does not translate into a common understanding of what cross-sectoral youth policy means and of the ways it can be developed. This book is a collection of articles detailing concrete experiences of cross-sectoral youth policy implementation. It starts with the idea that the efficacy and the sustainability of cross-sectoral youth policy depends on the degree and nature of interaction between various youth policy subdomains and levels, ranging from legal frameworks to interinstitutional or interpersonal relations, and from pan-European to local level. By making these examples available, this book will hopefully support the development of a common understanding of what cross-sectoral youth policy means in different countries and settings. The authors themselves reflect the diversity of the people involved in youth policy (policy makers, youth researchers, youth workers and workers in the field of youth) and this work represents their intention to provide these professionals - as well as others interested in the youth field - with the knowledge necessary to implement, in a real-life scenario, cross-sectoral youth policy.

Author : Commonwealth Secretariat
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849291736

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Youth Work in the Commonwealth by Commonwealth Secretariat Pdf

Youth Work in the Commonwealth: A Growth Profession establishes a baseline to inform the planning and implementation of initiatives to professionalise youth work in Commonwealth member countries. The study was conducted in 35 countries in the Africa, Asia, the Caribbean/Americas, Europe and Pacific regions. It catalogues the extent to which the youth work profession is formally recognised in these countries and examines the qualities and rights-based ethos of the various forms of youth work promoted and practised in the Commonwealth. The report aims to help countries learn from good practices, and assess gaps in establishing youth work as a recognised profession in diverse contexts.