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In order to contribute to a better understanding of the youth work landscape and to
take account of the value of youth work in all 27 Member States 42 , the study was to
provide:
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National reports on youth work, presenting a comprehensive overview of the
tradition, development, legal framework, governance structure, and policy
framework in relation to youth work as well as information about youth
workers, the role, value and outcomes of youth work within each country;
27 in-depth case studies presenting the stories behind the success of their
initiative working with young people;
An overview of the critical success factors associated with the case studies;
A set of conclusions on successful youth work practices, policies and
programmes.
The approach to completing this work consisted of a combination of desk-research,
consultation with a variety of stakeholders from a wide range of involvement with youth
work, onsite visits of youth initiatives and a one-day face-to-face interactive seminar
targeted at youth work experts. Each phase and associated activity is described in the
table below:
Table 1.1
Method of approach
Phase Activity Timeline
Reviewing the evidence
Data collection
Analysis
Literature review
Desk research
Mapping country information
Interviews with stakeholders
(EU – 14 interviews and
National level – 159
interviews)
Case studies with youth
initiatives – 110 interviews
Validation of data collected
Stakeholder seminar
Comparative analysis of
country reports and case
studies
August 2012-October
2012
November 2012-April
2013
May – October 2013
The first task of the study was to take stock of youth work in Europe today. This
involved a review of already existing information on the topic of youth work as well as
identifying relevant information for inclusion in the country reports. Sources included in
this review were drawn from:
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EU policy and strategy documents;
Other EU level evidence-bases such as policy statements, which are
documents produced as a result of the events held under the Belgian
presidency on the topic of youth work;
The Council of Europe documents;
European Youth Forum reports;
Reports from the European Commission;
Academic articles.
42 Croatia was not a Member State when the call for tenders was launched.
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