Are you a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) and do you operate in Europe in the field of youth work?

We invite you to complete the questionnaire for the European youth strategy 2019-2027.

What is the EU Youth Strategy?

The EU Youth Strategy focuses on three core areas of action:

• Engage, encourage and promote inclusive democratic participation of all young people in society and democratic processes
• Connect and actively engage young people and youth organisations in the design, implementation and evaluation of relevant EU funding programmes
• Empower young people and develop easily accessible youth contact points that deliver a wide range of services and/or provide youth information.

These goals identify areas that affect young people’s lives and point out challenges. The EU Youth Strategy should contribute to realising this vision of young people.

The survey

The European Parliament is evaluating the European Youth Strategy 2019-2027. The opinion of all organisations involved in youth work is crucial for improving future strategies.

The survey is online and consists of general questions, including the type of organisation to which you belong, the area of work in which you work and if you are aware of the tools made available through the EU Youth strategy.

The organisations don’t need to register to complete the survey and they can complete it anonymously.

Conclusion

If you have the requirements, we strongly recommend that you complete the questionnaire.

It is a useful tool to give your opinion on the tools made available by the European Union regarding youth work and to improve them in the future.

Organisations can complete the questionnaire on the official website by the 4 of August.

You can find more information about this project in the European Youth Portal.

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• encouraging the participation of young people in democratic life in Europe;
• promoting equal participation of young women and men;
• including diverse voices and ensuring that all young people are able to contribute to policy-shaping.

The goal

The main goal of the guidelines is to provide an orientation for such dialogue. The European Youth Strategy stated a certain flexibility for the member States in order to implement the key elements of the EUYD, in the framework of the following measures (see pt. 3 of the official document):

• Building on experiences from the past;
• Aiming at a clearer and leaner process
• Preferably follow 18-months work-cycles;
• One thematic priority per cycle;
• Its Work Plan;
• Flexibility with regard to the actors taking part in the governance and implementation of the EUYD;
• Continuous follow-up to monitor quality outcomes and the impact of the whole process;
• Recognition of the role of National Working Groups. They are the entities at Member State level, that are tasked with contributing to the organisation of consultations, promotion and impact of the dialogue with youth.

The roles

What is clear here is the main role of the member states, that are strongly driven to enable the participation of the young people to the dialogue. For this purpose, National Working groups are being created (see pt. 13 of the document), that are meant to collaborate closely with the Young Working Party at European level. The works would ideally last for cycles of 18 months each.

Great flexibility is given to the member states for this, keeping in mind the guidelines provided by the European Youth Strategy and the suggestions of the Trio Presidency (this resolution is going to take effect from July 2019, so the one starting from the next semester). The Trio plays a leading role for the implementation of the EUYD. It shall work in cooperation with the European Commission and European Youth Forum as for the European level, and with the National Agencies and civil society representatives, as for the national one.

A coordinating group will fill the gap between the two levels: the so-called European Steering group (ESG, see pt. 9 of the document). It will have the task of connecting the institutions and their bodies to the needs and demands of the people they represent, through the filter of the member states. It will be an additional guarantee of equality and representativeness, since it’s meant to have a special attention for the people with fewer opportunities and the ones that needs such dialogues most. The ESG will smooth the relation between the two realities, taking into account also contributions coming from relevant stakeholders, such as youth organisations and associations.

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