The Youth Partnership collects, analyses and develops knowledge, data and information about young people, to better understand current and emerging challenges and trends in their lives, and their implications and relevance for youth policy and youth work.

Between 2026-2028, three key priority areas will be explored in depth under this pillar, including:

• Young people’s access to social rights
• Young human rights defenders
• Youth civic space 

Through a range of seminars, workshops, symposia and knowledge forums, the goal will be to stimulate dialogue between relevant stakeholders to better contribute to youth policy and practice. The key priority areas will be enhanced through two new pilot programmes, including Knowledge Briefs, or focus papers, that will provide accessible summaries of key findings and insights, as well as Youth Knowledge Breakfast online webinars, featuring research experts.

The MOOC on “Youth Research Essentials”, the online learning platform designed to introduce fundamental concepts and trends in research, will also continue to be developed to raise awareness and understanding of youth research more broadly.  rs make use of it? The booklet Youth research: the essentials aims to answer these questions and give an overview of the main concept and challenges.