Youth Policy
The Youth Partnership supports knowledge-based participatory youth policy development by offering research, knowledge and information to relevant stakeholders and building capacity of youth policy actors.
It aims at enhancing a dialogue within the youth sector between youth policymakers, researchers, practitioners and young people (youth NGOs and other youth work providers), at times called the “magic triangle”.
How can policies enable young people to be active citizens? How can they support young people to be included in society and to realise their aspirations and potential? The booklet Youth policy essentials gives an overview of the main concepts, principles, and challenges of youth policy and is meant to help answer these questions.
The European Knowledge Centre for Youth Policy
The European Knowledge Centre for Youth Policy (EKCYP) is an online database intended to provide the youth sector with a single access point to reliable knowledge and information about youth policy and young people's situation in European countries.
The section “Country information” provides:
- Country sheets with information about the structure and development of national youth policies in participating member states.
- Thematic information for each country about key youth policy topics as defined by the Council of Europe and the European Union
Related publications
ABOUT TIME! A reference manual for youth policy from a European perspective and illustrations
T-kit 15: Participatiory youth policy
Youth policy evaluation:
Insights into youth policy governance systems
Navigating Transitions symposium:
The European Knowledge Centre for Youth Policy correspondents
The European Knowledge Centre for Youth Policy correspondents are youth specialists nominated by the member states ministries, responsible for collecting national data.