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Policy Toolkit Policy Toolkit IT’S TIME TO #YouthUp! EUROPEAN CITIES TABLE OF CONTENTS WHY A EUROPEAN YOUTH CAPITAL POLICY TOOLKIT 4 WHAT IS THE EUROPEAN YOUTH CAPITAL POLICY TOOLKIT 5 HOW TO USE THIS EUROPEAN YOUTH CAPITAL POLICY TOOLKIT 5 STRATEGIC APPROACH TOWARDS YOUTH POLICY 6 EU Youth Strategy 6 A Structured Dialogue 7 Council of Europe Policy Agenda on Youth 2020 9 European Youth Forum Strategic Priorities 2013-2019 9 8 Quality Youth Policy Standards 9 YOUTH PARTICIPATION AND YOUTH ORGANISATIONS 10 The Revised European Charter on the Participation of Young People in Local and Regional Life 10 Citizenship Education 11 Alternative Forms of Youth Participation 12 Youth Work 12 Volunteering 13 YOUTH AUTONOMY AND INCLUSION 14 Social Inclusion and Young People 14 European Pillar of Social Rights 14 Youth Guarantee 15 Youth Rights 15 Youth Progress Index 18 TOWARDS MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE 19 The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 19 EU Response to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – a Sustainable European Future 19 European Youth Forum’s Position on the Comprehensive Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Europe 20 European Youth Forum’s Policy Paper on Sustainable Development 20 UNSCR 2250 21 2 A LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS - European Youth Forum (YFJ) - European Youth Capital (EYC) - European Commission (EC) - European Parliament (EP) - European Council (the Council) - Council of Europe (CoE) - Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (CLARA) - United Nations (UN) 3 WHY A EUROPEAN YOUTH CAPITAL POLICY TOOLKIT? The European Youth Capital, a title granted by the European Youth Forum1 to a European city for a period of one year, that aims at strengthening the relationship between the local level youth policy and the European level youth policy, giving attention to youth participation at the local level as well as the European level. Youth policy is a cross-sectorial and integrated policy aimed at young people, which stems from youth needs and covers a comprehensively broad range of policy areas. For a coherent and constructive youth policy, authorities need to approach youth issues in an integrated way and cooperate across policy sectors. This also includes creating the link between local and European youth policies as an essential element for the European Youth Capital project. This toolkit aims at supporting European Youth Capitals in such an important policy coordination exercise. In line with the European Youth Forum’s goal of mainstreaming youth across different policy areas it is also important to take a consideration other important policies and trends such as human rights cities, sustainable development, building inclusive societies etc. This toolkit also aims at supporting cities in bringing youth across different policy areas for the meaningful long-term impact on its youth and society as a whole. 1 The European Youth Forum (the Forum) is the platform of youth organisations in Europe. Representing 104 youth organisations, both National Youth Councils and International Non-Gov- ernmental Youth Organisations, we believe youth organisations are the tool through which we empower, encourage, involve, represent, reach out and support young people. The Youth Forum brings together tens of millions of young people from all over Europe, organised in order to repre- sent their common interests. 4 WHAT IS THE EUROPEAN YOUTH CAPITAL POLICY TOOLKIT? Municipalities in Europe are subject to youth policies as outlined by the European Union (EU), the Council of Europe (CoE) and the United Nations (UN). Thus, the European Youth Capital Policy Toolkit provides European cities with a list of the main (list is not exhaustive) European youth policies and related key docu- ments, as well as policy documents that should be taken into consideration while mainstreaming youth across policy areas. The European Youth Capital Policy Toolkit also presents to a European Youth Capital a list of the most important European Youth Forum policy documents, publications and youth policy development tools. European Youth Capitals are encouraged to consider these policies, implementa- tion mechanisms and findings as outlined in the documents and their application on the local level when running for the European Youth Capital title and developing their programmes and sustainable youth participation mechanisms. HOW TO USE THIS EUROPEAN YOUTH CAPITAL POLICY TOOLKIT The Toolkit is divided into four main chapters under which important policy doc- uments, useful publications and tools reflecting youth field developments mainly from the European Union (EU), the Council of Europe (CoE) and the United Nations (UN) and the European Youth Forum (YFJ) are listed. Any text that appears in or- ange, links to an online source that cities are encouraged to explore more in detail. The first part focuses on a strategic framework regarding youth policy across Eu- rope and is intended to inform Capitals on European youth policy standards that could help them in developing or aligning their local youth policies. 5 The second chapter of the European Youth Capital Policy Toolkit gives an over- view of existing policies regarding youth participation and support for youth civil so- ciety with a view to fostering young people’s participation in decision making processes and health and growth of youth civil society, as well as strengthening youth work on the local level. The third chapter focuses on youth autonomy and inclusion and different policy tools to support young people in their transition to adulthood. The European Youth Capital year seeks to bring systemic change that benefits first of all young people in their cities but also communities at large. Thus, the fourth chapter outlines the role of young people in creating a sustainable and peaceful world, as well as guiding principles for governments to support young people in leading these processes. STRATEGIC APPROACH TOWARDS YOUTH POLICY EU Youth Strategy “The Renewed framework for European Cooperation in the youth field” (EU Youth Strategy) that was adopted by the Council of the European Union in No- vember 2009, brings a renewed Open Method of Coordination in the youth field for 2010 – 2018. The Capitals are especially invited to examine the detailed outline of the eight fields of actions as presented in Annex I to the Resolution. The EU Youth Strategy is the main guiding document for the youth policy at EU level and it is set to improve the situation of young people in Europe by creating more and equal opportunities for them in education and the labour market and by pro- moting their active citizenship, social inclusion and solidarity. To achieve this, the Strategy seeks to develop a transversal approach to youth issues. In May 2018 the European Commission has put forward proposals for a new EU Youth Strategy for 2019-2027, which have to be discussed by the Council of the European Union and adopted in November 2018. 6 Considering the numerous and diverse challenges young people in Europe are facing today and will face in the future, a more ambitious and effective strategy at a European level is needed – building on the achievements and learning from the shortcomings of the previous strategy. Thus the European Youth Forum pres- ents the vision of young people and youth organisations across Europe on the EU Youth Strategy after 2018. The European Youth Forum’s resolution on the EU Youth Strategy outlines four thematic priorities (quality education, volunteering and youth organisations, quality employment, non-discrimination and access to social rights), as well as specific objectives to achieve under these headings. The resolution puts forward principles on how to make the EU Youth Strategy more effective. These include having a cross-sectoral strategy and ensuring that youth is a crosscutting priority. The Strategy should have a central coordination that engages all relevant stakeholders from different sectors. The Youth Forum also calls for rights- and evidence-based youth policy as well as a more focused strategy with fewer objectives, and these must be better monitored. Youth partic- ipation is key, so the systematic involvement of young people and youth organi- sations at all stages must be ensured. One of the most prominent features of the EU Youth Strategy 2010-2018 was the Structured Dialogue, is a unique youth participation instrument that must be im- proved further. Suggestions for that are outlined in this resolution as well. The European Youth Forum has also prepared a guiding document (the proposal for the governance of the EU Youth Strategy) to help Member States and oth- er relevant stakeholders, including local and regional authorities to have bigger ownership of the EU Youth Strategy post 2018. A Structured Dialogue The Structured Dialogue is a means of making young people’s voice heard in the European policy-shaping process. It is a consultative process, implemented by the European Commission, in order to increase cooperation with civil society and to get first-hand input directly from young people. 7 It is called “Structured Dialogue’ because it happens in a very concrete frame set out by the European Commission together with the European Youth Forum. The Structured Dialogue process was reviewed after the 3rd cycle, in order to increase its efficiency, inclusiveness and coherency. Under the new updated process, the results are the following: • 1 Cycle that lasts 18 months • Each cycle has a thematic priority on which the dialogue will take place • Each cycle involves a Trio presidency • Each cycle has one political outcome: a Council Resolution that is based on the outcome of the 18-month Dialogue process. More information can be found on European Youth Forum’s website here and the dedicated European Commission’s website here. The Structured Dialogue process as it currently stands is not achieving its full potential. While it undoubtedly has been one of the most influential tools of the current cooperation framework in the field of youth, the Structured Dialogue still has some major challenges to overcome.
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