The German Youth Institute was founded in 1963 as a non-profit association made up of members from institutions and associations specialising in youth services, politics and research. Its articles reflect the wide range of DJI activities: Practice-oriented research projects, such as scientific monitoring of "Opstapje " (an early assistance programme for children from socially disadvantaged families), examination of family skills and measures facilitating the transition from school to work, or analyses of the truancy phenomenon, offer information to politicians and field workers. This is complemented by theory-based articles discussing the increasingly blurred borderlines of gainful employment and their impact on families, or processes of self socialisation in early childhood.

Find the latest edition on European youth policy on the EKCYP virtual library: http://www.youth-partnership.net/youth-partnership/documents/EKCYP/Youth_Policy/docs/DJIB_2008.pdf

Further information on the  German Youth Institute:  http://www.dji.de/cgi-bin/projekte/output.php?projekt=818&sprache=E