Youth and community empowerment in Europe - International perspectives
EVANS Peter , KRUGER Angelika
Product details
- Categories: Education, Training, Youth, Governance & Politics
- Publisher: POLICY PRESS
- ISBN: 9781447305927
- Publication Date: 11/09/2013
- Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 176
- Language: English
Summary
The current economic crisis with its gloomy implications for lost generations leaves many disadvantaged young people with ever-diminishing opportunities. The Youth Empowerment Partnership Programme (YEPP) is a fully evaluated on-going international programme focused on disadvantaged areas in eight European countries. It aims to empower young people and the communities in which they live by making them central to new decisionmaking processes involving partnerships between public, private and independent sectors. This book provides the theoretical context for the programme, gives a full account of the process and outcomes of over 10 years of joint effort in its unique development and research process and reflects on the lessons learnt for future policy. It will appeal to practitioners, researchers, policy-makers and decision-makers in foundations.
Table of contents
Introduction: the theoretical context of the YEPP approach
YEPP I: implementation
YEPP I: key changes in YEPP Local Programme Sites
YEPP I: meeting the goals
YEPP II: learning from YEPP I
YEPP II: portraits and overall programme outcomes
YEPP I and II: conclusions and policy implications.