European Commission, 2009
The EU Youth Strategy (2010-18) has two overall objectives: to provide more and equal opportunities for young people in education and in the labour market and to encourage young people to be active citizens and participate in society. The strategy is implemented in the following way: cooperation with Member States – A common agenda, mutual learning, dissemination of results and progress reporting are key elements to promote learning from good practice and exchange of information on their priorities and actions; structured dialogue – involving young people in continuous joint reflection on priorities, implementation and follow-up; evidence-base for youth policy – all policy must be based on concrete evidence, experience and knowledge of the situation of young people; youth work – promoting opportunities for young people to develop autonomy and key competences such as a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship and to actively participate in all fields of public life (social, political, educational, sports, service); and the Youth in Action Programme – contributes to the goals of the EU Youth Strategy by providing opportunities for young people to be mobile, to learn and to participate across the EU.
