Youth Policy (Spicers European Policy Reports)

BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 3
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
FOREWORD......Page 8
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY: ITS ROLE, INSTITUTIONS, AND LEGISLATION......Page 12
SECTION I THE EMERGENCE OF A EUROPEAN YOUTH POLICY......Page 18
INTRODUCTION......Page 20
I The Current Structure for Youth Policy......Page 21
The Second Transition Programme (1982–87)......Page 22
The Rationale of the Transition Programme......Page 23
The Projects......Page 24
Conclusions and Policy Messages from the Transition Programme......Page 26
The Decision on Vocational Training......Page 27
PETRA......Page 28
The Young Worker Programme......Page 29
The Third Stage of the Young Worker Programme......Page 30
What are the Practical Results of the Young Worker Programme?......Page 31
Objectives......Page 33
COMETT’S Progress......Page 34
ERASMUS......Page 35
LINGUA......Page 38
Social Education......Page 39
What Kind of Exchanges?......Page 40
The Grants System of Youth for Europe......Page 41
Youth Organizations......Page 42
IV. The European Parliament and Youth Questions......Page 43
The Town Twinning Proposal......Page 44
Minority Languages......Page 45
V. National Government Ministerial Responsibility......Page 46
The Council of Europe and Youth Questions......Page 47
The European Youth Centre and the European Youth Foundation......Page 48
Other Forms of Co-operation......Page 49
CONCLUSION......Page 50
SECTION II......Page 52
DOCUMENTS EMANATING FROM THE COMMISSION OF TE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY......Page 54
European Youth Exchange......Page 62
APPENDIX 2: THE COMETT PROGRAMME......Page 64
Who Can Participate in the COMETT Programme?......Page 65
What are the General Criteria for the Selection of Projects?......Page 66
The Funding Available: How Much And For How Long?......Page 68
APPENDIX 3: EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY: 1989–92......Page 70
Financial Support to Universities......Page 74
Why is Community Aid being Granted?......Page 82
Information for Applicants for Grants for ‘Twinning Between Towns in the Community’......Page 83
What Does the Aid Consist of?......Page 84
To Where Should Applications be Made?......Page 85
Concerning the Programme of Raising Awareness of European Youth on Development Education In Europe......Page 86
November 1988: Doc.02/PE/88/CN published by IFAPLAN, Brussels......Page 88
I The Projects......Page 89
A Extending the Provision of Vocational Training......Page 90
B Improving the Quality of Vocational Training......Page 92
C Improving Co-ordination between Providers of Training and Adapting Training to New Needs......Page 93
D Improving Progression to, and within, Systems of Vocational Training......Page 94
E Action to Create Better Opportunities for Disadvantaged Young People and to Improve Provision in Disadvantaged Areas......Page 95
F The Development and Co-ordination of Diversified Forms of Vocational Guidance.......Page 96
H Reinforcing Girls’ Access to Vocational Training in Industrial, Technical and Scientific Fields......Page 97
APPENDIX 8: YOUNG WORKERS' EXCHANGE PROGRAMME......Page 100
APPENDIX 9: LIST OF USEFUL  ADDRESSES......Page 102