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Report from the Expert Group on Youth Work Quality Systems in the EU Member States

This Eurydice report provides a comparative overview of the national tests in Europe assessing the language competences of secondary school students. The analysis covers aspects such as the increasing importance of national tests in languages, the objectives of the tests, the skills tested, as well as the means developed by countries aiming at ensuring consistent and reliable scoring procedures, and the influence of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) on national tests.

This report provides a review of existing studies in relation to problems and specic issues aecting children and youth belonging to minority groups (ethnic and religious), including intolerance and discrimination directed towards them, and its possible impact on their well-being and daily life.

This study examines some of the big issues young people face in our cities today: unemployment, schooling, lacking facilities, distrust,…Further, it identifi es the key components of working effectively with urban youth and highlights a number of successful interventions across Europe.

The primary objective of the Eurobarometer survey conducted in April 2013 amongst 13.000 young people was to study young EU citizens’ participation in society, with special reference to attitudes towards participation in elections and intentions to participate in the European elections in 2014.

This report discusses the first year of implementation of the Youth Guarantee and draws on case study findings showcasing successful initiatives aimed at preventing the social exclusion of young people in the EU.

This feasibility report contains a set of draft proposals for indicators of conditions for learner mobility in higher education. It has been produced by Eurydice as a direct follow-up of the Council Recommendation on promoting the learning mobility of young people, adopted by the Council of the European Union in 2011

This report presents a focused comparative analysis of national responses to the Europe 2020 priorities in the field of education and training. It concentrates on recent and forthcoming national reforms across four thematic areas that have a direct relevance to the Europe 2020 strategy: early school leaving (ESL), higher education, youth employment and vocational education and training (VET) and lifelong learning.

This cross-country report has been produced in support of the European Commission's Communication on Rethinking Education (European Commission 2012a). The main objective of the report is to present the findings on some of the challenges that European countries face in the implementation of the key competences approach, and to identify problem areas and common obstacles. Based on research evidence and national practices, the report will also outline a range of measures that have the potential to effectively address these challenges.

The main aim of this essay is to make accessible to a wider public primary data sources and high level analysis, while showing that geopolitics might be a useful tool to represent and interpret current events. Journalistic accounts are used here as a precious source of information as they help readers in understanding events and stimulating further research.

Three studies about online hate speech and ways to address it.

1989 – Young people and social change after the fall of the Berlin Wall

The report reviews national policies and strategies for reforming the citizenship curricula. It also focuses on measures to encourage 'learning by doing', which is a critical element in an area of learning that requires practical skills.

This report looks at the trends in education spending over the period 2000-2012 and examines the recent impact that the financial and economic crisis has had on education budgets across Europe in 2011 and 2012.

Revisiting youth political participation Challenges for research and democratic practice in Europe

This handbook is a key that fits a large number of locks on different doors to recognition.

With this guidebook we would like to highlight the importance of multilingual and multicultural contexts for youth and adult literacy. Research and practice are leading the way, and the Post-2015 Agenda to follow the global Education for All initiative emphasizes the importance of culture. Culture gives languages, oral or written, a prominent place as a key means of communication and voice.

This study is not of an evaluative nature, but rather of a mapping and explorative nature with a strong focus on the educational aspects of E-learning, having as an end purpose the identification of quality criteria for E-learning in intercultural non-formal education activities.

The study produced upon request by the Employment and Social Affairs Committee on " Differential Treatment of Workers under 25 with a View to their Access to the Labour Market" (PE 538.299) focuses on the questions to which extent the Directive allows to protect young people.

Youthpass and recognition essays. The paper discusses some of the main obstacles and challenges to a wider recognition and social impact of non-formal learning (NFL) in Europe.

This booklet is based on the results of the seminar entitled “Youth Work: Enhancing Youth Employability?”, which took place in April 2011 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Ideas, resources, methods and activities for informal intercultural education with young people and adults.

A training module on entrepreneurship for students of technical and vocational education and training at secondary level. Starting my own small business is a prototype modular training package in entrepreneurship that is intended to provide supplementary knowledge to young people receiving technical and vocational education and training (TVET), in formal or non-formal settings, so that they may acquire an entrepreneurial mindset and the knowledge to set up a small business, if they so wish.

To familiarise trainers with the training principles underlying the material and the design of the manual. To offer suggestions on how the material can be used effectively.