Events
The RAY network meets in various consortiums throughout Europe to further work on the research programme as well as organises and hosts open conferences and strategic meetings.
Network events & meetings
The RAY network meets once a year in order to discuss current research findings and develop further ideas and take decision on RAY activities
All RAY network meeting reports and related documents can be found in the internal area!
At the working group meetings of the different research strands, researchers and National Agency representatives meet to discuss, monitor and further develop the respective research projects.
The RAY Strategy Group – which consists of RAY partners (National Agency together with research partner) appointed by the network as well as members from the RAY Network Coordination (at Finnish National Agency) and the RAY Research Team (Youth Policy Labs) – is additionally meeting twice a year.
Open conferences & seminars
RAY aims at contributing to cooperation and dialogue between research, policy and practice in the youth field.
From time to time, the RAY Network hosts open conferences, strategic seminars or international policy events, where not only RAY partners, but also stakeholders of the European youth (policy) field, researchers and policy makers can attend.
Furthermore, research results and findings are presented at various events of the European youth field an in the youth policy sector.
Upcoming Events
During the RAY Triangular Summit, we will livestream four sessions on on 22 October, which you will be able to follow online. Read more here!
Join us for the next Youth Research Dialogue on 30 September, where we talk about the upcoming RAY Triangular Summit.
The RAY Triangular Summit brings policy, practice and research together to foster an informed discourse based on research from RAY and beyond.
Past Events
RAY Network Meeting 2026 took place from 8-10 June in Larnaca, Cyprus. The meeting was held within the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
The second Youth Research Dialogue in 2026 took place in the context of the European Youth Week and 30 years of EU Youth Volunteering. Watch recording here!
In the first Youth Research Dialogue in 2026, we shared something exciting with you: a very first sneak peek from our newest monitoring surveys! Watch the recording here!
Our last Youth Research Dialogue in 2025 was held on 10 December. We explored organisational learning and development within the European youth programmes and beyond.
The RAY LEARN Conference brought together beneficiaries, national researchers and National Agency colleagues involved in the RAY LEARN research project.
On 20 October, we celebrated the RAY Network and our research with a RAY Communication DAY! This day involved all partners of the network and the European coordination.
On 20 October we celebrated our RAY Communication DAY with a Youth Research Dialogue! Watch recording here!
RAY Network Meeting 2025 was organised from 23-25 Sep. in Copenhagen, Denmark by the RAY Network Coordination and the host, Danish NA.
On 25 September, we hosted a panel discussion: The Future of Research in and with the RAY Network.
The RAY Network, in cooperation with the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), organised a policy event on the future of the European youth programmes.
We streamed a special edition of our Youth Research Dialogue series on 24 June, in which we heard from the RAY Thematic Seminar. Watch the recording here!
RAY Thematic Seminar ‘How to use research data for programme implementation’ took place on 11-13 June in Slovakia.