Onderzoek Jeugd in Actie gepresenteerd (en)
Every year the EU Youth in Action programme supports over 8 000 projects allowing more than 150 000 young people and youth workers to make valuable experiences in the field of non formal education and youth.
At the beginning of 2011, the Commission launched for a second time a survey aimed at assessing the qualitative outcomes of Youth in Action projects on their participants and promoters.
This survey - carried out among more than 5 000 young people, youth workers and youth organisations - shows that the Youth in Action programme is well on track in fostering active citizenship and promoting the acquisition of skills leading to personal, social and professional development.
The survey was carried out in all Member States and focused on participants in transnational projects.
Main results of the survey
Among the young participants:
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-91% consider that having participated in a YiA project has increased their competences in a foreign language;
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-84% consider that they learned better how to achieve something in the interest of their community or society;
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-75% learned better how to identify opportunities for their personal or professional future;
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-87% say that the projects made them more receptive to multiculturalism in Europe;
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-67% believe that their job chances have increased thanks to the project experience.
Among the youth workers:
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-86% of the respondents consider that they will now give more attention to including an international dimension in their work;
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-92% consider that they gained skills and knowledge which they would not be able to gain through projects organised at national level.
Among the youth organisations:
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-90% consider as ´very true´ or ´somewhat true´ that participating in a project supported by Youth in Action increased their project management skills;
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-89% consider as ´very true´ or ´somewhat true´ that it increased their appreciation of cultural diversity.
Asked if they had been participating in a new international or European initiative since the end of their project or are planning to do so in the future, 80% of the young participants, 90% of the youth workers and 96% of the youth organisations responded positively.
More information:
Main results of the monitoring survey
Full report of the monitoring survey
The above mentioned results are in line with the survey carried out at the beginning of 2010. The results of the 2010 survey can be consulted here: