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The 2019 edition of the Massive Open Online Course 'Essentials of youth policy' was open for six weeks, from 7 October to 17 November. The course was structured in 6 weekly modules and had 1400 enrolled learners, of which 500 followed the course actively and engaged in the discussions, sharing their own practices and networking with other course participants. The course was open to all interested, offered free of charge, flexible, interactive, and it allowed learners to follow their own pace.

Description

How can youth policy enable young people to be active citizens? How can it support young people to be included in the society and to realise their aspirations and potential? These are important questions in a context in which young people in Europe experience complex life transitions to adulthood and are also the protagonists of social change. Our course aimed to equip learners with the basic competences to engage in youth policy. They learned about the essential elements of youth policy, the steps of youth policy (development, delivery, evaluation), its impact in the lives of young people, and they reflected on their future steps in youth policy.

The way that the modules were made was truly motivating to learn more. The thing that
I considered the most useful was the amount of knowledge that I got that I didn't have
previously. Everything was so intuitive and easy to understand.
Thanks for that course!
MOOC 2019 learner from Portugal.

Objectives

The objectives of the course were to help learners to:

Understand the "basics" of youth policy (concepts and definitions, scope, objectives, actors, European and national levels).

Become aware of the relevance of the key elements principles and approaches to for youth policy (cross-sectoral, knowledge-based, participative, on, inclusive etc.)on, youth work).

Understand how to build a framework for youth policy (identifying key issues, priority areas and themes).

Understand the major steps for youth policy development, implementation and delivery, and evaluation.

Reflect on the future of youth policy and your own future engagement in youth policy.

Gain motivation and information about different ways of getting involved in youth policy.

The majority of those following the course were young people (64%), and 80% of the learners feel that the course has enabled them to meaningfully contribute to youth policy development processes in their own contexts. The welcome and evaluation surveys indicate that, after 6 weeks, learners' understanding of the basics of youth policy has increased from 9%- 93%.

Target Audience: Our course is open and free for anyone interested. We encourage in particular youth policy makers from different levels, youth workers and youth leaders, youth NGOs and youth researchers to join the course. Majority of learners following the 2019 course identify themselves as young people (64%), but also youth workers (38%), civil servants working on youth issues (16%), teachers (15%) and researchers (14%).

The course is organised and offered by the partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of youth. The course makes use extensively of the knowledge and materials developed by the partnership between the Council of Europe and the European Commission in the field of youth and of examples at the global, regional and national level. It offers an overview of the main elements, standards, issues and challenges of youth policy today. The course also provides chances for participants to learn from their own practice and to network with other learners.

The most important aspect of this course is that I found that as a representative of youth,
I can also make my contribution to youth policy in my country and broader.
MOOC 2019 learner from Ukraine

The course was structured in 6 Modules.

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Open online course 'Essentials of youth policy'

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Diminuer la taille du texte Augmenter la taille du texte Imprimer la page Imprimer en PDF The 2019 edition of the Massive Open Online Course 'Essentials of youth policy' was open for six weeks, from 7 October to 17 November.

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Supporting youth policy development is one of the objectives for the two partner institutions. At the same time, and across Europe, the knowledge about and understanding of youth policy needs more dissemination, so that the know-how reaches a diverse audience, from policy makers, to youth field practitioners, to young people, researchers and other profiles interested in youth.

To respond to this need, in 2017, the EU-Council of Europe Youth Partnership developed a MOOC on youth policy essentials. The first edition raised a remarkable interest (over 1800 participants enrolled, over 200 participants obtaining the course certificate). In 2018, a second edition was developed and run, an in 2019 the 3rd edition, with the specific aim of putting to profit recent publications produced by the EU – Council of Europe Youth Partnership (Insights, Youth Research Essentials), and also introducing the new programmes and strategies of the two partner institutions.

The 4th edition of the MOOC on youth policy will contribute to the implementation of youth strategies of both partner institutions, respectively, and promote the principles of youth policy as included in the programmes of the Council of Europe and of the European Commission. Links will be also made with the project Perspectives on youth, as well as to the work on monitoring and evaluation of youth policy.

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The course aims at increasing the understanding of and the capacity to engage with youth policy, based on the know-how that the EU-Council of Europe Youth Partnership has produced on youth policy and the data collected from the national level, within a wide public. The new edition of the MOOC on youth policy essentials will be continuously updated with relevant materials and ran as a self-directed learning experience, allowing for increased flexibility and availability of the content for participants.

Expected outcomes:

increased knowledge and understanding of youth policy focus, principles and approaches within a wide and diverse public;

enhanced capacity of the youth policy field actors to network and be associated to the work of the two partner institutions;

connecting information about the European institutions and their work in the youth policy field with a wide audience.

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Expected strategic target group: youth policy makers and those working in public authorities, youth researchers and those involved in youth work, youth leaders from European countries, students/teachers involved in public policy studies.

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2022:

Evaluation of the first three editions of the course

2023:

Further development of the course, including visuals and videos

Promoting the 4th MOOC edition, using the partner institutions’ and own channels and seeking the support of member states representatives and youth networks in this process

Promotion of the 4th  MOOC edition

Launching the 4th edition of the MOOC as a self-directed course (tbc)

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https://pjp-eu.coe.int/en/web/youth-partnership/e-library-youth-sector-evaluation

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The e-library of evaluation in the youth sector provides information and access to youth policies and practices, with information on the effectiveness of those interventions and the potential of the interventions to be sustainable and replicated (rolled-out). Overall, the e-library promotes policy learning and transfers and replication of practices in youth sector, including interventions in youth work and in other areas of public policy. It also promotes the increase in the quality of evaluations and exchanges in this area.

Where and when youth practitioners and decision makers are looking for inspiration to develop new policies, programmes or projects or to improve the quality of their work, the e-library is planned to support them with ideas on how successful other practitioners have been / are when implementing similar interventions, what works, for whom, in what conditions. Moreover, the needs of young people are evolving even faster than the context of other public policies. Therefore, the learning outcomes of the evaluation of youth policies, programmes and youth work practice are extremely valuable to support decision makers in amending and adapting interventions targeting young people to better answer their needs.

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The e-library of evaluation in the youth sector provides information and access to youth policies and practices, with information on the effectiveness of those interventions and the potential of the interventions to be sustainable and replicated (rolled-out).

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About Time! a reference manual for youth policy from a European perspective

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About Time! a reference manual for youth policy from a European perspective

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https://pjp-eu.coe.int/en/web/youth-partnership/youth-policy-manual-2021

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Howard Williamson, Max Fras and Zara Lavchyan. Edited by Tanya Basarab and Howard Williamson ISBN 978-92-871-8663-8 © Council of Europe and European Commission, May 2021. Printed at the Council of Europe
Today, we know much more about national and European youth policy, the role of research, participation of young people and monitoring and evaluation of youth policy than we did when the first Youth policy manual was published in 2009 by the EU-Council of Europe youth partnership. The concept of youth policy can be very narrowly or very broadly constructed. This volume positions youth policy in the context of public policy and reflects on the complex, cyclical nature of policy making, bringing together the results of knowledge gathering and debates central to the European agenda in the field over the last 15 years.

The manual is a reference tool for initiating youth policy and learning about the diversity of national and international governance and about the infrastructure available for youth policy, its implementation, review and evaluation. Thematically, it focuses very specifically on those areas of youth policy that have been formulated and developed through European consensus-building - participation, information, volunteering, social inclusion, access to rights, youth work, mobility and digitalisation. We hope that the five parts of the manual, from the conceptual to the practical, and through a range of examples and questions for reflection, will help you to explore, understand and engage with the youth policy framework in your context, from your own perspective, and will provide you with a sense of all the stages of youth policy making. Most importantly, the manual includes a wide range of standards, tools and resources developed by and for the benefit of youth policy makers, youth work practitioners, youth researchers and young people across Europe.

It is About Time! we strengthen the youth sector further to develop a new generation of positive and purposeful youth policies in Europe!

Download ABOUT TIME! A reference manual for youth policy from a European perspective >> Скачать "ВРЕМЯ ПРИШЛО! Справочное руководство по молодежной политике: европейский подход"

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ABOUT TIME! A reference manual for youth policy from a European perspective

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Howard Williamson, Max Fras and Zara Lavchyan. Edited by Tanya Basarab and Howard Williamson ISBN 978-92-871-8663-8 © Council of Europe and European Commission, May 2021.

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https://pjp-eu.coe.int/en/web/youth-partnership/knowledge-/-ekcyp

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As agreed between the partner institutions the EU-CoE youth partnership will develop a "think tank" function aimed at increasing the knowledge about the contexts and needs of young people in Europe, current and upcoming challenges they face in support of the activities of the partnership.

The European Knowledge Centre for Youth Policy (EKCYP) is an on-line database intended to provide the youth sector with a single access point to reliable knowledge and information about young people's situation across Europe. EKCYP aims at enhancing knowledge transfers between the fields of research, policy and practice through the collection and dissemination of information about youth policy, research and practice in Europe and beyond.

Linked to EKCYP is a network of national correspondents, who are youth policy specialists responsible for collecting national data.

Key features of the EKCYP

The section on country information provides knowledge about youth policy and young people's situation in participating member states in the form of:

Country sheets providing 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 European Union.

The section on youth policy topics provides knowledge on key themes of relevance to young people in Europe. These themes are identified as crucial to empowering young people and creating favourable conditions for them to develop their skills, work and play an active part in society

The information is provided in English, French and German. Most topics are dealt with in the form of a policy framework accompanied by related documents. In addition, material is provided in respect of each topic relating to activities organised within the EU-CoE youth partnership.

Offering users an opportunity to find more detailed information about young people, a searchable database provides documents relating to research, policy and practice. You can search by keyword or use the advanced search to further narrow your research criteria.

This database is an information pool that collects information about successful projects, initiatives, and organizations in the field of youth policy at local, regional, and national level. The good practice database provides an opportunity for administrations on different levels to share successful youth policy; practice and learn from the knowledge shared by their counterparts from all around the world.

The Glossary defines some key terms relating to European youth policy and youth work. The list of topics or terms is not comprehensive and is under constant development, in line with changes in youth policy and inputs from experts cooperating with the EU-CoE youth partnership and EKCYP users.

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The European Knowledge Centre for Youth Policy (EKCYP)

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As agreed between the partner institutions the EU-CoE youth partnership will develop a "think tank" function aimed at increasing the knowledge about the contexts and needs of young people in Europe, current and upcoming challenges they face in support of the activities of the partnership.

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https://pjp-eu.coe.int/en/web/youth-partnership/shaping-youth-policy-in-practice-2019-20

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The aim of the project is to build capacities of those involved in youth policy in different countries and from different angles (governmental, non-governmental and research) with a vision to strengthen their youth policy work on the basis of the know-how and principles promoted by the EU-CoE youth partnership and its two partner institutions.

The key of the project is bringing together a limited number of national delegations with a special composition of actors from the different angles of youth policy. Bringing these actors together is important as, according to the youth policy principles promoted by the EU - CoE youth partnership, youth policy should be based on evidence, should listen to the voice of young people and should be based on the co-operation between different actors involved in the youth field in order to respond to young people's needs and aspirations.

The project offers a variety of activities, in the form of online learning, 2 residential training seminars (France and Italy), implementing a delegation plan, advice and expertise support, networking and a study visit in Ireland.
Project objectives:
Build capacities of youth policy actors to strengthen youth policy on the basis of the know-how and principles promoted by the EU-CoE youth partnership and its partner institutions

Contribute to a culture of co-operation among different actors for supporting youth policies within each participating country

Create a space for peer exchange on youth policy

Accompany and build the capacity of national delegations to develop and implement a delegation plan within each country's national context.
Participants:
The project involved 30 participants, from 5 countries (France, Italy, Ireland, North Macedonia, Russian Federation), recruited as national delegations on the basis of interest and relevance for their current youth policy practice and roles.
Project phases:
Phase 1 online and offline (March to May 2019)

Two-month online phase, bringing participants to a common level of understanding of youth policy concepts, principles, approaches

Two meetings of the delegations to prepare their delegation ideas and plan

Phase 2 residential four-day training seminar (20 - 24 May 2019, Strasbourg, France)

A training seminar aiming to strengthen competences on youth policy, enhancing cooperation in the national delegations and the preparation of their delegation plan, supporting networking and peer learning among delegations.

Phase 3 co-operation phase (May 2019 to March 2020)

Implementation of delegation plans and support measures for the delegations in this process

Phase 4 a study visit (Ireland, 21-23 October 2019)

A two-day study visit to one of the participating countries, focusing on learning from practice and critical analysis of the work done in phase 3.

Phase 5 a consolidation seminar (online, November 2020)

A three-day seminar, consolidating the learning from the project previous phases and bringing new knowledge on youth policy.

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"Shaping youth policy in practice": a capacity-building project for strengthening youth policy, 2019 - 2020

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The aim of the project is to build capacities of those involved in youth policy in different countries and from different angles (governmental, non-governmental and research) with a vision to strengthen their youth policy work on the basis of the know-how and principles promoted by the EU-CoE youth partnership and its two partner institutions.

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https://pjp-eu.coe.int/documents/42128013/47261953/083920-Insights-YPE-WEB.pdf/9fb49708-466b-54be-ffa7-195a1893d99a

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https://pjp-eu.coe.int/documents/42128013/47261953/122018-Insights_web.pdf/99400a12-31e8-76e2-f062-95abec820808

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https://pjp-eu.coe.int/documents/42128013/90268416/Youth+Policy+Essentials+-updated.pdf/92d6c20f-8cba-205f-0e53-14e16d69e561

Also available in 10 languages: https://pjp-eu.coe.int/en/web/youth-partnership/essentials

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Research on youth is becoming increasingly recognised as an indispensable companion of effective, impactful policy and practice. To make it more accessible and better understood, this short text, written by members of the Pool of European Youth Researchers, co-ordinated by the EU-Council of Europe youth partnership, aspires to help the reader gain a better and immediate understanding of the purpose, scope and usefulness of research on youth.

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Videos, podcasts, interactive visual formats (click&learn), text turned into visual (infographic or similar) to make learning more interesting.

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Videos or formats similar to "A day in life of a Youth Worker"

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Map out what are the Essentials and what can be optional/additional. Refer to Youth Policy Essentials and follow that structure.

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See if it is possible for participants to have a course progress view or just a brief summary overview of what has been done by now in the course.

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Add a survey at the beginning

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Organise once in a while an optional meeting to gather participants and have a discussion on related topic/or generally about the MOOC.

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Facilitated exchange on challenges or ideas in certain topic between participants on MOOC.

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Offer the possibility for people to find their learning buddy to support each other and keep each other in check.

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Reflections, templates/exercises based on tools, introspective exercises

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Targeted to specific groups (policy makers, educators i.e.) so that course is more attractive for diversity of participants - this can maybe be part of the next stage?

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Add a tool (maybe Menti) for people to add their profile (youth workers, policy makers, educators...) which will be turned into visual representation of ecosystem actors present in the course.

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Provide examples (from T-Kit) of how to apply and case studies.

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Which should then lead to Partnership, CoE, European Commission and other actors/initiatives for further practical application.

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Quizzes are a good way to also steer the dynamics. Quizzes can be either related to the specific topic, or e.g. be set of 8 to 10 questions to get to know a trend, or a recent study results, or some figures, or get to know what is happening in the policy field in certain countries, related to the topic addressed, so you cover both a good practice and give a quiz for reflections.

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again in line with keeping the dynamics and reminding people about the MOOC they are in, to help progress, once a month an interesting video could be featured for the pax on the platform. The information can go from a general forum, and people can decide if it is relevant for them. Like this we will also feature our resources once more and present anything new that will be coming up to a wide public. These things support the feeling of a community of learners, and the feeling that you are in a wider field.