In the statement Enabling Social Participation Among Young Adults!, FYAB calls for youth policy to give systematic consideration to early adulthood. In the context of European youth policy, this means engaging with challenges for European policy thrown up by the in-creasingly flexible biographies of young adults and the effects of this flexibilization on young people.
The FYAB Call to Action Strengthen Youth Policies in Europe Now – Recognizing the responsibility of the presidency of the Council of the European Union has foregrounded central challenges involved in developing child-friendly and youth-friendly European policy. FYAB proposes that (European) policy measures be found to counteract structural inequali-ties and negative effects the Covid-19 pandemic has had on young people such as the exac-erbated situation faced by young refugees at the outer borders of the EU or cancelled trans-national education and training provision.
In the statement Young People in the Policy Advice Process. Recommendations for en-suring greater participation by the younger generation at the federal level and the ex-plainer video, FYAB has called for the perspectives of young people with their diverse experiences and social backgrounds to be incorporated into the policy advice process. With a view to the goal of realizing cross-cutting political participation of young peo-ple in the policy advice process in both Germany and the European Union, this statement provides a basis for discussing questions of access, quality standards and age-appropriate formats for optimal participation.
These publications can be downloaded from: https://bundesjugendkuratorium.de/presse/
The Federal Youth Advisory Board (FYAB) is an expert panel commissioned by the Federal Government. It advises the Federal Government on fundamental issues of child and youth services and cross-cutting issues in child and youth policy. FYAB is made up of up to 15 ex-perts from the spheres of politics, administration, associations and research.
Contact
German Youth Institute
Child and Youth Policy Unit
Anna Schweda (Head of Unit)
Walburga Hirschbeck (Research Associate)
Fon: +49(0)89 62306-353 / -467
E-Mail: bundesjugendkuratorium(at)dji.de
Source: German Federal Youth Advisory Board
