Youth Policy and Action Erasmus Project

Project Title

Youth Policy and Action

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building for youth in ACP countries, Latin America and Asia

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Project Summary

Cross sectoral cooperation requires proper supplementation of evidenced based policy development for youth that can mainstream youth participation in the public, business and educational sector. The challenge to bridge these gaps are essential to ensure that the youth is in the center of development initiatives and interventions. The need to promote strategic cooperation between youth organization and public bodies as well as private institutions such as businesses and education institution will require non-conventional approaches to build youth capacity are imminent. New forms of practical training schemes and simulation of real life cases in society through experiential learning is one of the key strategies that this project would like to use. The strategy will put young people themselves in the central position by giving them concrete tools to realize their projects, goals and consult certain solutions with policy-makers.Creating Synergies in the Fields of Education, Training and Youth The project is guided by two principal EU Council resolution: 2009/C 311/01 on a renewed framework for European cooperation in the youth field (2010-2018) specifically on topic of young people’s participation in and contribution to global processes of policy-making, implementation and follow-up and 2015/C 417/01 on a European Union Work Plan for Youth 2016-2018 specifically on cross-sectoral cooperation that will contribute in addressing the challenges and opportunities of the digital era for youth policy, youth work and young people.The project’s focus on strengthening the capacity of young people in evidenced based policy development through exposure on real global challenges, practical hands-on experiences and in-depth immersion of young people with young policy makers and business sectors representatives. Furthermore, the project would explore (a) what framework is needed for it to happen? (b) What are the available platforms and entry point for young people to get engaged with to strengthen their policy making skills? (c) What assistance or interventions are needed from the public and private sector to create an enabling environment for youth participation to be realized? (d) How international and global cooperation can aid the European level structured dialogue for young people on policy development? To realize the objectives of the project, the Youth Policy and Action project will organize intergenerational dialogue among policy makers, business leaders, youth worker and young people. The dialogue will be done in conjunction with the evidenced based policy development training to capacitate young people on proper policy development and negotiations. Finally, a youth mobility initiative in a form of job shadowing exercise will be done where youth workers can shadow elected youth policy makers and business leaders.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 127794,5 Eur

Project Coordinator

SEMPER AVANTI & Country: PL

Project Partners

• YOUNET
• GESELLSCHAFT FUR EUROPABILDUNG EV
• IPC STUDENT UNION
• KINONIKI SINETAIRISTIKI EPICHERISIELLINIKI SYMMETOCHI NEON
• LANKA YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS NETWORK
• INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION EXCHANGE AND INTERSHIP (IGEEI) INC.
• CHARITY-ORIENTED MYANMAR