Policies targeting youth have significantly grown in number in the last few years, yet have not been comprehensively mapped and assessed to date. This workshop will zoom in on youth policies by bringing together researchers, practitioners, civil servants as well as activists and experts from international, national and local organisations.
It will examine the fast development of youth policies globally, with a view to assess their interplay with democratic processes and institutions.
It will address questions such as:
- Which methodologies have been used - and may be used - to map and study youth policies globally?
- Which effects do youth policies have on democratic participation?
- What are enabling conditions for observing positive effects on youth political engagement?
- How do formal spaces and avenues for participation connect with informal spaces and with protest movements?
Researchers from the Fondazione per la ricerca economica e Sociale (Rome) will present the Atlas of Youth Policies that they have been producing based on up to date data collected from 40 countries.
The workshop is designed as an opportunity for participants to discuss their work and experience.