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Norway
"Rein tekst" for young people of 16 and 19 years This campaign builds on the same principles and methods as "tXt", with the difference that "Rein tekst" is aimed at the target group of older students. In this case, the paperback contains abstracts of publications intended to appeal to more experienced readers. It covers the same variety of genres as in the tXt campaign [...]

Norway
"tXt" for young people was initiated in 1997: it is the largest and oldest reading promotion campaign for Norwegian youth aged 13 to 16 years. With the participation of "Foreningen! Les", the campaign is funded by the Norwegian Center for Arts and Cultural Education. Every year from August to December, high school students throughout Norway are encouraged to develop a positive [...]

Norway
The Youth Critics Award is an award in the sense of the French "Prix Goncourt des Lycéens". This is intended to recognize young people as readers of Norwegian contemporary literature - experience confirms that the award encourages a lasting interest in reading among young participants. Nine school classes from different disciplines of secondary school are sent as [...]

Norway
The Jugendliteraturpreis is an award bestowed by young people for the best book of the year. Every year, nine classes of middle schools are selected who have applied to participate in the Jury for the Youth Literature Prize. In the process of making the decision, the young people read five books that were positively reviewed by young people. During a meeting in Oslo, the [...]

Argentina
The "Programme for Studies on Youth, Education and Employment" PREJET gathers sociologists, researchers in education and labour relations. PREJET does research on educational policy, on different forms of (vocational) training and education, on different players and stakeholders in the field of youth, education and employment, on their experience and on the youths' job [...]

international
The platform Radicalisation Research "was created and funded by the Religion and Society Research Programme in 2011, itself funded by Britain’s two main grant-giving bodies for the social sciences, the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council." Radicalisation Research provides information on research done mainly in the UK and USA [...]

Russian Federation
The report covers the development and the state of the Russian youth by means to a various number of statistics and surveys of international and Russian organisations. „The bulletin is concerned with topics from the fields of youth education, health, the job situation, involvement in the social life and antisocial behavior among youths. All these aspects of the state and [...]

Uruguay
The Uruguayan Children and Adolescents Institute (INAU) is the rector of policies which are destined to promote, protect and restore the rights of children and the youth. Furthermore, it fosters social integration of the youth of the INAU in cooperation with housing, work, education and health policies. Also, INAU promotes the cultural transformation through communicative [...]

Guatemala
The objective of the General Administration of Physical Education (DIGEF) is the promotion of students through qualitative education processes and programs which establish a sport culture. Through physical education - sports as well as recreation - health and activity of the Guatemalan youth are ensured.

Guatemala
The association Esperanza incorporated society is a German-Guatemalan cooperation which builds schools in Guatemala. Currently (stand: December 2011) the association has built 42 schools with an invested total amount of over 800.000 €. Also, the association engages in expositions as well as actions within and outside the association to disseminate knowledge about the [...]

Costa Rica
The Foundation Omar Dengo is a private non-profit institution which manages and executes national and regional projects in the fields of human development, educational innovation and new technologies since 1987. Its different projects are adressed to Costa Rican children, youth, students, educators, professionals and adults.

Costa Rica
The objectives of the Ministry of Culture and Youth (MCJ) are the development of the transformative potential of communities and artistic skills as well as the promotion of universal access to culture and art as superior language of communication and recognition. Also, MCJ creates a multicultural identity of the society conducive to improving the quality of life of the [...]

Tunisia
The portal ​​by the Tunisian Ministry of Education serves the ministry for communication with students at any educational level. It provides overviews, practical information such as test criteria and information about projects of the Ministry of Education.

Cuba
The Computing and Electronic Youth Clubs (JCCE) are a network of technical centers that were opened on September 8, 1987 in order to provide the Cuban society with a computing culture, prioritizing the children and youngsters acquisition of values within such a process. Their tasks aim at using new technologies for the solution of diverse demands and problems of Cuban [...]

Argentina
PAKAPAKA is a public education channel of the ministry of education which adresses its program to children of Argentina respectively Latin-America. Its contents orient themselves on education and entertainment and are open for the culture of all sectors of Argentina and other countries. The channel is supported by the knowledge gathered by the child program of Canal Encuentro [...]

Nicaragua
The Nicaraguan Coordniative Federation of Non Governmentals which work with Childhood and Adolescence (CODENI) is an impartial, non-confessional, civil, non-profit association. It was founded in 1992 and attained legal capacity in 2002. CODENI is a coordination and articulation authority of different expressions of the population, of associations, foundations and social [...]

Luxemburg
Since 1999, the National Research Fund (FNR) has developed various thematic and structural funding instruments that helped to construct Luxembourg’s reputation as a research site. The FNR serves all branches of science and the humanities with an emphasis on strategically aligned research domains. A Performance Contract, concluded with the Ministry of Higher Education and [...]

Peru
The National Youth Office (SENAJU) is an organism of the Peruvian state under the direction of the ministry of education. It is the central institution for youth affairs in Peru. SENAJU is entrusted with the promotion, the coordination and the evaluation of policies, projects and programs which deal with youth affairs in the public or private sector. The aim of the office is [...]

Peru
The project "Punto J" is under the directorate of the institute for education and health. It tries, with online information, an online radio channel and specific activities, to explain sexuality as well as the causes and consequences of AIDS to youth. In this connection, the cooperation of the youth is of central importance. On the homepage, general information about HIV/AIDS [...]

Peru
The youth portal is an initiative of the research centre of the Calandria association in cooperation with other members, to facilitate youth work on a national level through ICT. For this purpose, the portal provides a meeting point an helpful tool for youth organisations, political decision makers, ONGs and researchers which deal with youth affairs. The objectives of the [...]

Peru
Coherencia is a political pedagogical institution which debates about problems and opportunities of the country. It was founded by and for citizens to achieve the productive transformation of persons and institutions through vocational training, participation and an impact on society. Coherencia consists of two independent organisations: the project Coherencia, which was [...]

Chile
The National Institute for Youth (INJUV) is an organism of the public service, which is entrusted with the design, the planning and the coordination of politics which deal with youth affairs. The INJUV orients its work on youth from 15 to 29, coordinating the public youth politics. It generates programs which foster the social inclusion and the respect for the rights of the [...]

Dominican Republic
The mission of the Ministry of Youth (MJ) of the Dominican Republic is to ensure the integrated development of the Dominican Youth from the age of 15 to 35 in the frame of an effective coordination through the execution of youth policies in the processes of decision-making, execution and activities with a pluralistic and democratic notion complying with a gender focus within [...]

United States of America (USA)
The Clearinghouse provides cross-national, comparative information about the policies, programs, benefits and services available in the advanced industrialized countries to address child, youth, and family needs. Coverage focuses on 23 advanced industrialized countries.

Europe
The Directorate General IV is a part of the Council of Europe, which attends to different focal points in education, culture and heritage as well as youth and sport. It does so through activities aimed at developing standards, policies, monitoring mechanisms and good practices for the preservation and enhancement of the common pan-European cultural and natural heritage and the [...]

Rwanda
The Ministry of Youth was established on March 7th 2008 with a mandate to ensure that youth are mobilized and committed to implement the Rwanda government programs that will enhance the government to attain sustainable economic growth and development. The ministry of youth is mandated with mobilization, capacity building and advocating for youth initiatives that lead to [...]

Rwanda
The Rwanda National Youth Council is a Government institution which started in February 1998. The National Youth Council comprises of the following 3 major organs: The General Assembly, the Executive Committee and the Executive Secretariat. The mission of the National Youth Council is to educate the youth on the culture of patriotism, to sensitise the youth on the fight [...]

Cameroon
The objectives of the Ministry of Youth are the improvement of the quality of youth training which will necessitate for instance the launching of the MCYE (Multipurpose Centres for Youth Empowerment) development plan, development and rehabilitation of socio-educative infrastructure, development of a national policy on leisure activities, continuation of training of staff and [...]

Cameroon; Germany
Hope Foundation (HF) is a German and Cameroonian non-profit development and non- governmental registered organization. Hope Foundation was founded in the year 2001 with the primary goal of promoting community development and alleviating poverty in rural and needy areas of Cameroon, thereby improving the standards of living of the rural communities in Cameroon. A number of [...]

Europe
This website offers a detailed overview of the EU legislation in the fields of education, training, youth and sport. It both describes, as reference point, the legal act and the specific political conditions of the EU for each of the four sectors, and shows a summary of the resulting consequences and measures. In this context, it analyses programmes and initiatives promoted [...]

Morocco
USAID’s strategy for education programming reflects unique niches for youth assistance and is based on a two pronged approach. The first prong will target in-school youth through improvements to education quality and relevance aimed at the crucial middle school years in an effort to enhance educational attainment and stem the tide of youth dropping out of school. The [...]

Morocco; Germany
The German-Moroccan Society is a politically and denominationally independent, non-profit society with the goal to foster the amical, cultural and social relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Kingdom of Morocco. The society informs through exhibitions, lectures and study visits about the political, social and economical conditions in Morocco and wants to [...]

Morocco
Since 2002, the Moroccan section of Amnesty International has been developing a human rights promotion program called REAP (Rights Education Action Program) in partnership with the Norwegian section of AI. Following the success of the REAP and the section's influence over the Moroccan Government, the National Ministry of Education accepted to draw up an agreement in terms of [...]

Austria
The Austrian National Youth Council (BJV) is the legally embedded representation of interests of Austrian children and adolescents and is supported by currently (November 2013) 52 children and youth organizations. It agitates for the concerns of young people. The BJV bundles the political, social, economical and cultural interest of young people and gives them a hearing of [...]

Austria
The institute for research on youth culture deals with applied youth research; it carries out questionnaire surveys, content analyses, qualitative social research etc. The institute also offers seminars.

Austria
The institute, founded in 1965 as non-profit society, sees itself as service and communication centre for the field of child and youth literature. Its tasks are, besides the counselling activity, the further and continuing education of referral organisations, creation of national and international networks and the development resp. procurement of information, data bases and [...]

Austria
The institute for philosophy for children, whose support is the Austrian society for philosophy for children, exists since 1985. It fosters education and further education of children, adolescents and adults, advises pedagogical institutions, generates project descriptions, develops and recommends seminar and work papers and serves as philosophical counselling point. On the [...]

Netherlands
The Netherlands Youth Institute (Dutch: Nederlands Jeugdinstituut) is the Dutch national institute for compiling, verifying and disseminating knowledge on children and youth matters, such as youth care, parenting support and child education. The Netherlands Youth Institute`s main aim is to improve the physical, cognitive, mental and social development of children and young [...]

Côte d'Ivoire
The ACEEPCI is a youth association which was recognized officially on november 1st, 1961. It works in the sections of biblical, civic, moral, social and administrative formation of th pupils and the students of Cote d`Ivoire. It initiates activities rich in education for its members. Furthermore, it develops various dynamic programs with theological background. The ACEEPCI [...]

Eastern Europe; Europe; East Asia; South-East Asia; Pacific Rim; South Asia; South America; Caribbean; Central Europe; Middle East; North Africa; Africa South of the Sahara; Egypt; Kosovo; Nepal; Syria; China, People's Republic of; Jordan; Azerbaijan
This report is published by the International Labour Organization (ILO). It offers a comparative overview on the labour market situation for young people worldwide. The focus is to detect reasons for youth unemployment and youth poverty inspite of work. One of the principal findings is that a global deficit of decent work opportunities has resulted in a situation in which [...]

Islamic Countries; international
The Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation is an international, nongovernmental, non-commercial, non-partisan umbrella youth organization, uniting leading umbrella youth NGOs from the member-countries of the Organization of the Islamic Conference ( OIC) as well as international youth organizations, operating in the OIC region and youth organization [...]

Europe
Each year the European Community concludes a number of Agreements with third countries, as well as with international organisations. These Agreements may be of an extensive nature, such as Trade, Cooperation and Development and Association Agreements or they may cover a wide range of specific subjects including: science and technology; transport; etc. Information concerning [...]

Norfolk Island; Australia
The text informs about school education on the island, funding and legislation as well as activities in youth policy.

Malta
The ministry is responsible for the following sectors: Education, childcare and early education, compulsory education, higher education, university, vocational education and training institutions, life-long learning, examinations, employment and training, public broadcasting services, libraries, national archives, social policy, family policy, child policy, social security, [...]

international
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization was founded in 1946 as organization of the United Nations specialized for education, sciences, culture and communication. The main objective of UNESCO is to contribute to peace and security in the world by promoting collaboration among nations through education, science, culture and communication in order to [...]