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Project: EYCAdemy

Goals:
To establish a permanent pan-European tool of qualitative youth research, by training moderators in focus group research.

Target groups:
The training is aimed at young people with connections to EURO<26 Member organizations (whether staff or members). Once the tool is established, the research results are marketed at European level to institutions and other bodies.

Who’s involved:
EURO<26 Austria; EURO<26 Bulgaria; Croatian Youth Hostelling Association; Karta Neon, Cyprus; Hellenic Institute for Youth, Greece; EURO<26 Hungary; Carte Jeunes, Luxembourg; CJP Netherlands; Polish Youth Card Association; EURO<26 Romania; EURO<26 Russia; EURO<26 Association, Serbia; Movit EURO<26, Slovenia; Madrides Joven (Madrid, Spain); Youth for Habitat, Turkey; and Canllaw Online, Wales.

Sponsors:
The EYCAdemy is supported by the European Commission, and the Partial Agreement within the Council of Europe.

Get involved:
For more information, please contact the EYCA office at mail@eyca.org

Read more:
The forerunner of EYCAdemy, Youth Builds Europe (YBE) was a project that answered two main questions: How can young people contribute their ideas and opinions to policy - that is, how can they participate - and how can policy makers find out what is really important for young people.

The Youth Builds Europe pilot project used qualitative research to explore the values of young Europeans as well as their attitudes toward the EURO<26 youth card. The concept was based on focus groups. In group discussions, young people aged under 20 were invited to talk in a friendly setting about their wishes and opinions.

YBE started in seven countries (Austria, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Wales). Building on the success of Youth Builds Europe, EYCA launched a new project in January 2005, the EYCAdemy, which establishes a permanent structure for youth research within the EYCA-network. It does this by establishing a Europe-wide panel of youth researchers working with focus groups. 17 countries from across Europe are already involved in the project.

For more information, please see the related reports and project overview below.

http://www.eyca.org/opencms/opencms/data_eyca_org/data/public/header/press_section/569

EYCAdemy_brochure2006-07.pdf

EYCAdemy_research_2007-2008_final.ppt

EYCAdemy_researchprogramm_summary_290806.pdf

EYCAdemy_international_report_2005.pdf

EYCAdemy_research_2006_outcomes.ppt