News & Highlights
Here you can find the latest news & highlights regarding our research findings, latest reports, upcoming RAY events & meetings, presentations at conferences, articles related to RAY… and much more!
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Save the date for the last episode of the Youth Research Dialogues series in 2025. On 10 December, we will explore organisational learning and development within the European youth programmes and beyond. Read more and find stream links here!
The RAY LEARN Conference was held from 17-19 November 2025 in the European Youth Centre in Budapest. It brought together beneficiaries, national researchers and National Agency colleagues involved in the RAY LEARN research project.
We are excited! Our new surveys for the RAY Monitoring of Erasmus+ Youth & European Solidarity Corps are out! What's your experience? Did you take part or implement a project? Then keep your eyes open for an invitation to contribute and share your experiences!
On 20 October we celebrated our RAY Communication DAY with a Youth Research Dialogue: ‘Youth Research in the past 15 years: Looking Back, Moving Forward’! Did you miss the episode? Recording is available here!
On 20 October, we celebrate the RAY Network and our research with a RAY Communication DAY! The European-wide day for communicating about RAY and RAY research involves all partners of the network as well as the European coordination.
Our new RAY COMP report on competence development for youth work through trainings in the European youth programmes is out!
Celebrate our RAY Communication DAY on 20 October with us! Join our next Youth Research Dialogue with the topic 'Youth Research in the past 15 years: Looking Back, Moving Forward'.
On 25 September, we hosted a panel discussion titled 'The Future of Research in and with the RAY Network: Content, Methodology, Actors' from our annual RAY Network Meeting!
The outcomes from the RAY Thematic Seminar 2025 available now! Want to turn research into action? This document is for you! Read more HERE!
The RAY Network, in cooperation with the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), organised a policy event on the future of the European youth programmes in the European Parliament in Brussels. Curious - more here!
We streamed a special edition of our Youth Research Dialogue series on 24 June, in which we heard from the RAY Thematic Seminar, especially the outcomes and next steps. Watch the recording here!
RAY Thematic Seminar ‘How to use research data for programme implementation’ took place on 11-13 June in Bratislava, Slovakia. Read more about the event and its follow-up here!