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Donau-Universität Krems

He studied mathematics and philosophy but he has been working as a youth researcher since 1997. His main fields of interest are youth cultures, political participation of young people as well as attitudes and values. Furthermore he is active in evaluation studies on youth policy and on the implementation of preventive concepts and health promotion in youth work.

From 1997 to 1999 he was a researcher at the Austrian Institute for Youth Research where he became scientific director in 2000. From 2001 to 2013, he worked in the fields of research and knowledge transfer at the private research organisation jugendkultur.at in Vienna. Since 2013, he is engaged at the Danube-University Krems in the Department for Migration and Globalization as researcher and lecturer. Furthermore he is a lecturer at various teacher training colleges in Austria.

Already in the late 1990s, he was involved in the network of experts on youth research and one of the national correspondents for the EKCYP since its start.

In 2007, he was raporteur in the Council of Europe international review team for the national youth policy in Hungary and four years later for the international review of the youth policy in Belgium.

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Ghent University, Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy

Prof. dr. Lieve Bradt obtained her PhD in Educational Sciences at Ghent University in 2009. Since 2016 she is Professor of Social Pedagogy at the Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy at Ghent University. She is promotor coordinator of the Youth Research Platform (Jeugdonderzoeksplatform), a policy research centre subsidised by the Flemish Government. The Youth Research Platform is an interdisciplinary and interuniversity cooperation between Ghent University (social work and social pedagogy), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (sociology) and KU Leuven (youth criminology). The Youth Research Platform’s main tasks are:

• expanding our knowledge on youth by drawing up an inventory of existing youth research in both a national and international context,
• and recurrently conducting large-scale survey research on the life-conditions, attitudes and activities of young people in Flanders.

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Ministère de la Communauté française - Observatoire de l'Enfance, de la Jeunesse et de l'Aide à la Jeunesse

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PRONI Centre for youth development

Child Protection officer in PRONI Brcko, an “A”, “B” and “B+” level certified educator and General Manager of the PRONI Center for Youth Development. He has served on the national BH Commission for youth since 2006. He holds several Training of Trainers certificates focused on youth worker trainings, with a focus on engaging youth in conflict mitigation activities. Jasmin was involved in youth policy and youth work development since 1998. Jasmin is currently engage as a Correspondent for Youth Policy Development from BiH within a program of the European Knowledge Centre for Youth Policy (EKCYP). He was the first trainer from BiH to be included in the online list of trainers of the SALTO-YOUTH Resource youth center, and is also a President of the Management Board of Anna Lindh foundation - BiH Network and a previous member of the Executive Board of the US Alumni Association Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since 2012, Jasmin is BIH Country Director for YouthBuild International. 

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Youth Policies Directorate - Ministry of Youth and Sports

Write to Desislava Teodosieva

Central State Office for Demography and Youth

Valentina Cesar, Master of Primary Education, has been the Head of Service for Youth since 2019 at the former Ministry of Demography, Family, Youth and Social Policy and now at the Central State Office for Demography and Youth in Croatia. 

During Croatian Presidency of the Council of the EU, she was appointed as co-chair of the Youth Working Party. She was also appointed as Head of the Working Group for National Youth Programme and Amendments to the Act on Youth Advisory Boards, a strategic and legislative document in the field of youth in Croatia, adopted in June and July of 2023.

She also participates in numerous international and national conferences, round tables, and other events as an expert in the field of youth policies.

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Youth Board of Cyprus

Write to Anna Lytra 

Youth Department - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports

Write to Šimon Presser 

Ministry of Education and Research, Youth and Talent Policy Department

Reelika Pirk is an analysist at the Ministry of Education and Research, Youth and Talent Policy Department. She is also a PhD candidate in sociology at Tallinn University. Her research interest is in youth studies, precisely youth and social-political participation.

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Finnish Youth Research Society

Tomi Kiilakoski, PhD, is a senior researcher in the Finnish Youth Research Network and an adjunct professor in the University of Tampere.  His areas of expertise include youth work, youth participation, educational policy, school violence and its prevention, cultural philosophy and critical pedagogy.  He has worked in the university of Tampere and Humak University of Applied Sciences. He has authored eight books on youth work, youth participation and critical pedagogy in his native language, Finnish. He engages actively in promoting participation and developing youth work on the local and state level in Finland.

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Jeanne GORNY

Ministry for Education and Youth

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Youth Agency of Georgia

Nino Mikhanashvili has been working in the field of youth since 2016. She is the coordinator for international relations at the Youth Agency of Georgia. She is the contact person for international correspondence, reporting and cooperation. 

Nino holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Masters in Public Administration.

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IJAB – International Youth Service of the Federal Republic of Germany

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Department of European and International Affairs on Youth / Youth Directorate /General Secretariat for Vocational Education, Training, Lifelong Learning and Youth / Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs

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Ministry of Culture and Innovation

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Ministry of Education and Children

 Write to Tinna Ros Steinsdottir >> 

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Prime Minister’s Office

Department for Youth and National Civic Service

 Write to Marialuisa Silvestrini >>