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!
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS INTRODUCTION PART 1 – CONCEPTS AND IDEAS
CHAPTER 1 – WHAT IS “POLICY”?
CHAPTER 2 – DEBATES, APPROACHES, MODELS
CHAPTER 3 – RESEARCHING YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE QUEST FOR EVIDENCE
CHAPTER 4 – THE YOUTH POLICY “CLOCK”: MAKING YOUTH POLICY HAPPEN
PART 2 – NATIONAL GOVERNANCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 5 – NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY GOVERNANCE
CHAPTER 6 – IMPLEMENTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND FUNDING
CHAPTER 7 – EVIDENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
PART 3 – INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 8 – THE EUROPEAN UNION
CHAPTER 9 – THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
CHAPTER 10 – THE EU–COUNCIL OF EUROPE YOUTH PARTNERSHIP
CHAPTER 11 – THE UNITED NATIONS
CHAPTER 12 – THE EUROPEAN YOUTH FORUM
PART 4 – INSTRUMENTS AND PRACTICES
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 13 – PARTICIPATION AND ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP
CHAPTER 14 – YOUTH INFORMATION
CHAPTER 15 – VOLUNTEERING
CHAPTER 16 – SOCIAL INCLUSION
CHAPTER 17 – ACCESS TO RIGHTS
CHAPTER 18 – YOUTH WORK
CHAPTER 19 – MOBILITY
CHAPTER 20 – DIGITALISATION
PART 5 – WHAT WORKS IN “YOUTH POLICY”?
CHAPTER 21 – YOUTH POLICY DEVELOPMENT IN EUROPE: PROMISING PRACTICES AND CONTINUING CHALLENGES
CONCLUSION REFERENCES
