Publications
On this page you can find a selection of papers and reports related to social inclusion and active participation of young people, in particular of those young people who experience disadvantage and exclusion in society.
These documents reflect the experiences of the Y.E.S. Forum and its members across Europe.
Y.E.S. Forum Position on the Future European Cooperation on Youth Policy
January 2009
The European Commission launched a public consultation on how EU youth policy should develop in the coming years. The Y.E.S. Forum promoted also the recently launched online consultation amongst its members and partners. As a result of discussions and debates among our members, the Y.E.S. Forum developed a comprehensive position, which reflects views and experience of our various organisations working directly with and for young people. The Y.E.S. Forum board presented this position in a meeting with Mr Lejeune, head of the unit youth in action, and Ms Le Clair, policy officer of the unit youth policy, DG EAC.
To read the document, please click here.
Y.E.S. Forum position paper
December 2007
This document is the Y.E.S. Forum response on the Commission’s Communication on promoting young people's full participation in education, employment and society [COM(2007)498]. The Y.E.S. Forum strongly welcomes the Communication and put forward recommendations referring the involvement of young people with fewer opportunities.
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Vocational youth assistance in an extended Europe
January 2007
The German Y.E.S. Forum member KJS, through its branch in North Rhine-Westphalia (LAG KJS NRW) organised an international exchange of several groups of young people accompanied by vocational assistance. Young people who usually have no opportunity to gather work experience abroad were invited to make an internship in the Czech Republic.
If you want to read the project report, please click here
Be part of it - A strategy for young people's participation
March 2006
This document elaborates the vision of our Y.E.S. Forum member, The Children's Society (TCS), on the participation of young people. TCS works with - and for - children and young people, and this strategy sets out, how they want to incorporate the principles of participation into the day to day work of The Children's Society.
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Communiqué: Violences Urbaine
November 2005
The document is a position of the Y.E.S. member CNLAPS, which is active in street work. It outlines a critical view on the 2005 civil unrest in France, where riots took place, triggered by the deaths of two teenagers in Clichy-sous-Bois, a poor commune in an eastern banlieue (suburb) of Paris.
The document is available in German and French.
FR please click here
DE please click here
Y.E.S. Forum Position on Youth Pact
May 2005
The Y.E.S. Forum strongly welcomes the Youth Pact Including and its importance for education, training and social inclusion of young people in Europe. The Y.E.S. Forum hopes that the initiative not only remains a rhetorical exercise but concrete
action of the Member States will follow.
If you want to read the full document, please click here
„Bridges for Recognition“
February 2005
The article looks at the recent debate on recognition of non-formal learning and it gives an overview about policy developments at EU level.
If you want to read the article, please click here for the German version.
Inclusion of disadvantaged young people in the EVS
December 2003
The document is a position paper of the Y.E.S. member BAG EJSA, which appeals for changes to the European Commission's Youth programme and its action European Youth Service. The paper states that voluntary services involving disadvantaged young people definitely require more human resources and consequently more support. It stresses the necessity to implement a specific framework for inclusion of all young people.
To read the full document, please click here for the German version.