6 Country Reports on Youth Work - Jugendpolitik in Europa
6 Country Reports on Youth Work - Jugendpolitik in Europa
6 Country Reports on Youth Work - Jugendpolitik in Europa
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8 Survey Results<br />
8.1 Availability of Data<br />
In most of the European countries participat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> this survey report<strong>in</strong>g about the structures<br />
of and the participati<strong>on</strong> <strong>in</strong> youth work is possible <strong>on</strong>ly by comb<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g data from different<br />
sources. With the excepti<strong>on</strong> of Germany, no country has regulati<strong>on</strong>s for compulsory,<br />
regularly and comprehensive report<strong>in</strong>g <strong>on</strong> youth work. The availability of data about youth<br />
work depends <strong>on</strong> different factors that can be identified as follows:<br />
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� The existence of specific nati<strong>on</strong>al youth programmes funded with European or<br />
nati<strong>on</strong>al budgets<br />
� Examples of this can be found <strong>in</strong> all countries. In Spa<strong>in</strong> for <strong>in</strong>stance, the data<br />
accessible at nati<strong>on</strong>al level results from the m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g of a special job <strong>in</strong>serti<strong>on</strong><br />
programme (INEM).<br />
� The existence of m<strong>in</strong>istries or agencies resp<strong>on</strong>sible for implement<strong>in</strong>g and m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g<br />
youth work policies<br />
� Romania can be named here as an example: here, the Nati<strong>on</strong>al <strong>Youth</strong> Authority<br />
<strong>in</strong>volves the municipalities <strong>in</strong> report<strong>in</strong>g as they fund their youth activities.<br />
� The need for m<strong>on</strong>itor<strong>in</strong>g developments <strong>in</strong> youth work accord<strong>in</strong>g to political<br />
requirements<br />
� In Germany the resp<strong>on</strong>sible m<strong>in</strong>istry for youth affairs has to report to parliament every<br />
four years about the liv<strong>in</strong>g c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong> of children and young people and about structural<br />
developments <strong>in</strong> the field of youth work.<br />
� Promoti<strong>on</strong> of youth work by youth associati<strong>on</strong>s and other <strong>in</strong>stituti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
In the Netherlands and <strong>in</strong> Ireland youth associati<strong>on</strong>s report <strong>on</strong> the activities of their<br />
member organisati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
� Scientific research<br />
In Norway the best available source of <strong>in</strong>formati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> youth participati<strong>on</strong> is a scientific<br />
survey c<strong>on</strong>ducted <strong>in</strong> 2002 by the Norwegian Social Research Institute and funded by<br />
different sources.<br />
Countries like Austria and Germany publish regular nati<strong>on</strong>al youth reports. In Austria these<br />
reports are published every three years and focus <strong>on</strong> specific issues. In Germany, the<br />
M<strong>in</strong>istry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and <strong>Youth</strong> reports to parliament every four<br />
years about the liv<strong>in</strong>g c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s of children and young people and about youth assistance<br />
structures. These reports are issue-centred too, but they also provide a broad data base.<br />
Moreover all adm<strong>in</strong>istrative levels <strong>in</strong> Germany are forced by law to provide data about youth<br />
work to the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Statistic Bureau <strong>on</strong> an annual basis. This data is compiled and<br />
published every two to four years.