JOIN US FOR THIS YEAR’S RAY DAY
The RAY Network invites partners to join communication and dissemination activities on our common RAY DAY!
In 2026, the common European-wide RAY communication day takes place on 25 November. Partners of the network, National Agencies and national research partners, as well as the European coordination (RAY Network Coordination, RAY transnational research team) will implement communication activities related to the RAY network and its work.
Enhancing the visibility of the RAY Network, its partners and activities as well as communicating and disseminating research findings and other Network endeavours are among the main objectives of the work done by the parties involved in the network, on both transnational and national levels.
I really believe that RAY is important because only through evidence-based approaches can we meaningfully improve the European youth programmes.
– Marko Kovačić, Former National Researcher, Croatia
The RAY Day aims to bundle the Network’s common efforts to enhance the visibility of RAY on both European and national levels by strategically planning and implementing a common communication day. It supports disseminating RAY findings and activities to different stakeholders, e.g. with the intention to share the impact of the programmes with beneficiaries and the wider youth field and youth work sector; it contributes to quality development and implementation of projects conducted within the programmes as well as the programmes themselves (ongoing and future programme cycles); it supports the strategic planning of workplans and activities by National Agencies and beneficiaries; and it contributes to advocacy and information efforts for and with policy- and decision-makers.
RAY provides a lot of insights and very valuable data to monitor the European youth programmes and share these results with the youth field.
– Rilke Mahieu, National Agency RAY Contact Person, Belgium, Flanders
RAY Coordination activities
- To celebrate the RAY Communication Day, we will livestream an episode of our Youth Research Dialogues on 25 November and discuss ‘Inclusive Youth Participation: What’s Working, What’s Missing, What’s Next?’ (more information HERE).
- We will run a social media campaign including introduction our RAY Open Data portal, outcomes from the RAY Triangular Summit as well as key insights from our latest Monitoring surveys conducted with participants and project teams of Erasmus+ Youth and the European Solidarity Corps.
- In order to get ready for the RAY DAY, check out our RAY documentary: This video will take you on a journey… featuring voices of people involved in RAY… showing our work and activities… giving insights in our network!