YOUTH RESEARCH DIALOGUE
Research, Policy & Practice in Dialogue
Our last Youth Research Dialogue took place on 30 September.
In the episode, we talked about the upcoming RAY Triangular Summit where 160 stakeholders from policy, practice and research from the youth field and beyond come together. The event fosters an informed dialogue aiming to contribute to the discussions on further development of the European Youth Programmes as well as connected youth policy frameworks.
We also teased first research findings from the latest RAY Monitoring surveys for Erasmus+ Youth and the European Solidarity Corps but left appetite for more – we livestream dedicated session from the Summit in mid-October (details HERE).
During this episode, we discussed how research and data can support practitioners as well as policy- and decision makers in the European youth field in planning and implementing actions as well as taking evidence-based decisions.
Furthermore, and with an additional focus around advocacy, we explored together with our guest speaker from the European Youth Forum how the voices of young people and youth organisations contribute to shaping the upcoming cycle of the European youth programme and the renewed EU Youth Strategy.
The episode was moderated by Tomi Kiilakoski and Domagoj Morić.
Live stream available
If you didn’t have the time to join or want to rewatch the Youth Research Dialogue again, just access the recording of the live stream here:
GUEST SPEAKER
Álvaro González Pérez, Policy and Advocacy Manager, European Youth Forum
Álvaro works as Policy and Advocacy Manager for the European Youth Forum, the platform of youth organisations in Europe. As part of his job, he coordinates the organisation’s advocacy efforts to ensure the future iteration of the Erasmus+ Programme is ambitiously budgeted and well-adapted to the needs and realities of the youth sector. Before joining the European Youth Forum, Álvaro worked for the education department of the Asia-Europe Foundation, held different roles in youth organisations and served as a trainer and facilitator in international youth work.
What are the Youth Research Dialogues?
The overall aim of the ‘Youth Research Dialogues’ series is to not only to make RAY research findings more accessible but also other European youth research studies and create a dialogue between researchers about their findings. The ‘Youth Research Dialogues’ series promotes different topics, e.g. inclusion and diversity, pandemic and youth work, digitalisation etc. In addition to researchers from the RAY Network, the ‘Youth Research Dialogues’ series features research colleagues from different global and European contexts and networks.