Youth and Community Empowerment in Europe : International Perspectives

The current economic crisis with its gloomy implications for lost generations leaves many disadvantaged young people with ever-diminishing opportunities. The Youth Empowerment Partnership Programme (YEPP) is a fully evaluated on-going international programme focused on disadvantaged areas in eight European countries. It aims to empower young people and the communities in which they live by making them central to new decisionmaking processes involving partnerships between public, private and independent sectors. This book provides the theoretical context for the programme, gives a full account of the process and outcomes of over 10 years of joint effort in its unique development and research process and reflects on the lessons learnt for future policy. It will appeal to practitioners, researchers, policy-makers and decision-makers in foundations. Youth and CommunityEmpowerment in Europe Contents List of figures and tables Abbreviations Acknowledgements Preface Background to the Youth Empowerment Partnership Programme The first two phases of YEPP The role of foundations Programme partners Funding 1. Introduction: the theoretical context of the YEPP approach The community development approach Empowerment and partnership in YEPP Non-negotiable key features of YEPP 2. YEPP I: implementation The YEPP Concept of Change in practice The evaluation design 3. YEPP I: key changes in YEPP Local Programme Sites Well-implemented sites Tuzla-Simin Han, Bosnia and Herzegovina Turin-Mirafiori, Italy Kristinestad, Finland Partly implemented sites Turin–Parella, Italy Antwerp North, Belgium Mannheim – Neckarstadt-West, Germany The newcomer Dublin North East Inner City, Ireland 4. YEPP I: meeting the goals The extent to which YEPP’s 10 non-negotiable principles were adhered to How far the principal features of YEPP’s research structure were implemented A summary of summaries Further discussion of YEPP I The methodology used So does YEPP work – does it cause change? 5. YEPP II: learning from YEPP I YEPP II: 2007–11 Strategies for YEPP II in response to lessons learnt 6. YEPP II: portraits and overall programme outcomes The remaining YEPP I sites Dublin North East Inner City1 Kristinestad2 Tuzla-Simin Han4 Antwerp North6 Turin-Mirafiori7 Expanding YEPP within countries Cooperation across a national frontier Including Roma in Slovakia Interim evaluation 2009 Ten years of YEPP, 2001–11 7. YEPP I and II: conclusions and policy implications Conclusions Policy implications Epilogue: the future of YEPP The YEPP IRC mission Finally References Index This book provides the theoretical context for the Youth Empowerment Partnership Programme programme. It gives a full account of the process and outcomes of its unique development and reflects on the lessons learnt for future policy. A study of the Youth Empowerment Partnership Programme (YEPP) - a fully evaluated on-going international programme focused on disadvantaged areas in eight European countries This title offers new insights into the complex issue of social inclusion of young people in different national situations Peter Evans And Angelika Krüger. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.