ABC of Youth Policy

European framework of youth policy
During the past fifteen years notably, the Council of Europe youth sector has developed new methods and tools to allow better understanding of the challenges and the importance of youth policies, and to help governments to conceive, formulate and implement their youth policy.

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International reviews of national youth policies: Place an order

Estonia [516k]	Luxembourg[244k]
Netherlands [155k]	Spain[3.9MB]
Finland [365k]	Malta [838k]
Norway [1MB]	Sweden [4.8MB]
Lithuania [222k]	Slovak Republic (pdf version soon available on-line)
Romania [750k]	Cyprus (pdf version soon available on-line)

The White Paper on Youth
A document containing proposals for Community action in the youth field. It presents a detailed and well argued policy for discussion and for decision.
 "A new impetus for European Youth", COM (2001) 681 final

 Addressing the concerns of young people in Europe – implementing the European Youth Pact and promoting active citizenship , COM (2005) 206 final.
Communication from the Commission to the Council on European policies concerning youth 

Forum 21 - European Journal on Youth Policy
European information and communication project carried out by IJAB,  
Germany, INJEP, France and the NYA, United Kingdom. The purpose of this specialist publication, with a distinctive profile of a broad European dimension of youth policy, is to bring national youth policies closer together and keep the ongoing European dialogue about the key problems of national youth policies on a solid, high-level foundation in terms of content, expertise and politics.

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