Empower youth impact EU youth policy
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YouthMetre: cross-disciplinary exchanges empowering young people to help improve the youth policies in local authorities, regions and countries in Europe. This presentation summarises the review of literature and policy documentation undertaken as part of the YouthMetre Project. YouthMetre connects with young people and NGOs working with youth. It is a youth-based forward-looking project to engage and empower young people in affecting policy making.
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Empower youth impact EU youth policy
- 1. Empower youth to have an impact on EU youth policy http://www.youthmetre.eu Professor Karl Donert, President EUROGEO http://tinyurl.com/ym-ingo
- 2. Eurobarometer Surveys • Examined active engagement of youth Increasingly distanced from policy making and decisions
- 3. 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) i.e. not the EU
- 4. Political background • Calls to increase youth participation from all sides – young people, politicians, policy, decision-makers, and youth representatives • Address negative perception amongst many young people that their inputs do not have any effect on policies and decisions – decreasing engagement
- 5. European Youth Strategy EYS 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
- 6. 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:
- 7. How well are EU countries doing? monitoring and accountability
- 8. How well are EU countries doing? transparency and open data
- 9. How well are countries doing?
- 10. How well are countries doing? uses commonly agreed Social Indicators for monitoring progress towards EU 2020 Objectives
- 11. How well are countries doing?
- 12. Empower youth to have an impact on EU youth policy Professor Karl Donert, President EUROGEO http://www.youthmetre.eu
- 14. Key Stakeholders young people local authorities local government formal education informal education, civil society policy makers operating at different levels European National Regional Local scales
- 15. Principles for Online Youth Information (ERYICA, 2009) • based on the needs of young people • understandable for young people and presented in an attractive way for them • young people consume and produce content • encourage feedback opportunities • increase information literacy skills http://eryica.org/page/principles-online-youth-information
- 16. YouthMetre • proposes and field-tests an innovative solution in the youth field – the Youthmetre • multiplier training (youth workers) • guidelines and practical examples for policy makers (under OMC) • YM tested and disseminated • in at least …. 20 countries
- 17. YouthMetre Indications of: •perceived needs of European youth for key areas in the EU Youth Strategy (Study Groups) •capacity of European public bodies to put youth initiatives in place in line with the perceived needs of youth and with the consideration of the EU Youth Strategy
- 19. YouthMetre Key features: •a dashboard of European data on Youth •a database of good practice initiatives put in place by European public bodies, as perceived by young Europeans •a high profile launch event •training of multipliers
- 20. The YouthMetre Map of relative success of youth policy 5 data features 1.YouthMetre Index 2.Data review 3.Good Practices 4.Map of Indicators 5.Youth preferences
- 21. The YouthMetre 5 data features 1.YouthMetre Index 2.Data review 3.Good Practices 4.Map of Indicators 5.Youth preferences Data dashboard of young people’s perceived needs
- 25. Your input is needed http://youthmetre.eu/study-group-surveys/ Opinions Crowdmapping ideas
- 26. Your input is needed http://youthmetre.eu/study-group-surveys/
- 29. Web: http://www.youthmetre.eu News http://tinyurl.com/YouthMetre1 Email: j.mahlerova@youthpress.org Twitter: @youthmetre #Yengage
Editor's Notes
- P1 EUROGEO (European Association of Geographers) Project coordinator EUROGEO is a European scientific society, with a European dimension, which networks geographers and those from related subjects (environment, planning, surveying, geotechnology) from all walks of life. P2 UNIZAR (University of Zaragossa) Project partner The University of Zaragoza (UNIZAR) is a public higher education and research institution in the service of society, and combining a tradition of over 500 years of history with constantly updated teaching approach. P3 EYP (European Youth Press) Project partner The European Youth Press (EYP) is an umbrella association of young media makers in Europe. It involves more than 50,000 journalists and other media makers, and as a network has 22 member organisations. P4 ALDA (Association of Local Democracy Agencies) Project partner The Association of Local Democracy Agencies is a non-governmental organisation dedicated to the promotion of the good governance at local level. P5 ARS4P (ARS for Progress of People) Project partner ARS for Progress of People is a non-profit organization based in Brussels (Belgium). It is the host organization for the program “Erasmus Placement” and regularly hosts young trainees from all over Europe. P6 CESIE Project partner CESIE is a non-profit, apolitical, and secular non-governmental organisation with member organizations in more than eight European countries.
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