The Eu and Its Member States: Cooperation in the Youth

8/14/2019 The Eu and Its Member States: Cooperation in the Youth

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THE EU AND ITS MEMBER STATES:

COOPERATION IN THE YOUTH FIELD

Promoting an evidence-based youth policy in Europe

International conference on youth policy and research, Vienna, 23-25


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THE EUROPEAN UNIONTHE EUROPEAN UNION

27 Member States

1957 Italy, France, West Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg,

Netherlands

1973 Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom

1981 Greece

1986 Spain, Portugal

1990 Reunified Germany

1995 Sweden, Finland, Austria

2004 Malta, Cyprus, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic,Slovakia

2007 Romania, Bulgaria

Almost 500 million citizens

Close to 30 % of the worlds GNP

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YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE EUYOUNG PEOPLE IN THE EU

96 million people aged 15-29 (2007) 2007: 19.4 % of the total EU population

2050 projection: 15.3 % of the EU population

20 % of youth 18-24 are at risk of poverty Unemployment rate


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YOUTH POLICY IN THE EUYOUTH POLICY IN THE EU

1988 The first youth mobility programme waslaunched (today: 885 mill, 7 years)

1996 European Voluntary Service (EVS) wasestablished

2001 EU White Paper 2005 European Youth Pact

2008 Council Recommendation on Mobility foryoung volunteers

2009 New framework of EU cooperation inthe youth field (proposed and adopted)



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A NEW GENERATIONA NEW GENERATION

OF CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIESOF CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES

GLOBALISATION

CLIMATE CHANGE

DEMOCRATIC

PARTICIPATION

SOCIAL

CHALLENGES

MIGRATIONS

DIVERSITY

DEMOGRAPHICS

YOUTH



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A VAST CONSULTATION PROCESSA VAST CONSULTATION PROCESS

YOUNGYOUNG

PEOPLEPEOPLE

Online questionnaire

(5500 responses)

Structured Dialogue,

Youth Events,

European YouthWeek

European YouthForum

National Youth

Councils

EXPERTS MEMBER

STATES

Directors

meetings

Report

s

Youth in Action

Programme

National Agencies

YouthResearchers

Visit

s



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A YOUTH STRATEGY (A YOUTH STRATEGY (2010-2018)2010-2018)

INVESTING

&

EMPOWERING

1. Creating

more Opportunities

for Youth

in Education &Employment

2. Improving

Access & Full

Participation of all

Young People inSociety

3. Fostering Mutual

Solidarity between

Society &

Young People



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A STRATEGY FOR 9 YEARSA STRATEGY FOR 9 YEARS

Long-term objectives (9 years)

Short-term implementation (3 years)

After 3 years: political check-point to

continue or revise



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GOALS & FIELDS OF ACTIONGOALS & FIELDS OF ACTION

Creating

more

opportunities

Education EmploymentCreativity

&

Entrepreneurship

Improving

access

Health &

SportParticipation

Fostering

mutual

solidarity

Social

InclusionVolunteering

Youth &

the World

Fields of action 2010-20122010-2012

Goals 2010-20182010-2018



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IMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGYIMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGY

Youth policy is a soft policy area

Open Method of Cooperation (OMC):

European Commission identifies long-term priorities (new strategy)

European Commission proposes common objectives for each priority

(through dialogue with MS);

Council of Youth Ministers then adopts common objectives for the

priorities;

Member states implement the common objectives and report back to the

Commission on achievements;

European Commission presents progress analyses to the Council of

Youth Ministers and proposer how to advance further;

Council of Youth Ministers then decides on the proposed new follow-up

Structured dialogue with young people



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PROMOTING EVIDENCE-BASEDPROMOTING EVIDENCE-BASED

YOUTH POLICY AT EU LEVELYOUTH POLICY AT EU LEVEL

Contact with the research community, support to existingeffective youth research networks

Support, highlight and publish youth research, statistics

EU Youth Report every 3 years Working Group on youth policy indicators

Develop a dashboard of existing indicators in the field

of education, employment, social inclusion and health

Discuss possible new indicators in the core youthpolicy fields of participation, volunteering etc.



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ADDED VALUE OF EU IN THE

YOUTH POLICY FIELD

Raising visibility of youth and youth strategies

Defining common objectives

Implementing interlinked policies

Supporting mutual learning, exchange of practicesand experience

Promoting European cooperation among

researchers Developing European wide data



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THANK YOU!

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