Philipp Boetzelen on the European Knowledge Centre for Youth Policy. Presentation at the M.A. EYS Short Course in February 2011.

1. www.youth-partnership.eu.coe.int
European Knowledge Centre
for Youth Policy

2. Overview
I Past
 Political background
II Present
 Aims and objectives nowadays
 Features
 EKCYP correspondents network
III (Possible) future ?
 „EKCYP 2.0“

3. EKCYP (history): Political background
Council of Europe:
 Recommendation 92(7) concerning "Communication and co-
operation in the field of youth research in Europe"
 Youth policy reviews and policy advisory missions since 1997
European Union:
 White Paper „A new impetus for European Youth“ (2001)
 Resolution on the European Commission Common Objectives
on a Better Understanding of Youth (2004)

4. EKCYP (present) - Aims & objectives
 Collection and provision of knowledge from research,
policy and practice
 Dialogue and exchange between researchers, policy
makers and practitioners
 Support the EU and CoE youth policies, focusing on
evidence and knowledge

5. EKCYP (present) - Features
A) Information by country
 Country pages
 Information templates provided by correspondents
B) Information by key themes
 Youth policy topics
 Document library (user generated)
 Good Practice database (user generated)
C) Other information tools
 Expert database (user generated)
 Glossary
 News (user generated)

6. EKCYP (present & future)
Correspondents
Mandate:
 Provision of data on national youth policy
 Update of country sheets according to needs
 Promotion of EKCYP on the national level
 Organisation/coordination of national youth knowledge
networks
Participation:
 42 countries

7. “EKCYP 2.0” ? – Background
+ Youth policy strategies: strong support (CoE Agenda 2020
and EC Investing and Empowering)
+ New expectations: EKCYP as a source for the EU youth
report 2012
+ New tools: National youth knowledge networks
 Pool of European Youth researchers (PEYR)
+/- Support of member states
- Technical infrastructure
- Investment / Means

8. EKCYP – challenges
 Combining institutional expectations with needs of the
youth field (= EKCYP users)
 Ensuring up-to-date contributions from national levels
(= EKCYP-correspondents)
 Ensuring commitment of all member states in EU and CoE
 Ensuring a reliable monitoring of EKCYP content
 Strengthening connection with European research agenda

9. EKCYP – your contributions
Possible keywords for reflection
 Data/information gathering
 Quality control
 Information needs of the youth field
 Communication needs of the youth field
 Tools (Forum, Wiki)
 Resources

10. www.youth-partnership.eu.coe.int
Contact:
www.youth-partnership.eu.coe.int
youth-partnership@partnership.eu.coe.int
Philipp.Boetzelen@partnership.eu.coe.int