YOUTH POLICY IN GERMANY

Background information on German youth policy

Priority themes of the EU White Paper

• Better understanding of Youth (provided in 2009)
• Participation (provided in 2011)
• Voluntary activities (provided in 2011)
• Information (provided in 2009)

Transversal youth policy themes

• Employment of young people
• Social inclusion/Equal opportunities of young people
• Living conditions and lifestyles of young people
• Attitudes of young people

Results of seminars and studies organised by the COM - CoE youth-partnership

• Country report on Youth work in Germany (results of the study on socio-economic scope of Youth Work) 
• The history of youth work in Europe. Youth work, integration and youth policy. The German perspective by Christian Spatscheck - Paper presented during the workshop "The history of youth work in Europe and its relevance for today’s youth work policy"

National report on volunteering used for the "Study on volunteering in Europe"

European Knowledge Centre for Youth Policy correspondent : Kerstin Wondratschek