The objective of the project is to facilitate evidenced based youth policy and youth work practice in the Baltic States by developing the youth well-being monitoring system and promoting using its results regularly in youth policy and youth work at national, regional and local level, as well as to promote youth research practice of the Baltic States at international level. To achieve this objective, following intellectual outputs will be developed: (1) Youth researchers’ expert panel of the Baltic States (2) Youth well-being monitoring system of the Baltic States (3) Youth field resource and communication centre – web portal Baltic Youth Work Pit-Stop Project direct target group – people involved in youth policy, youth work and youth research in the Baltic States. Project indirect target group – young people in the Baltic States. One of the main principals of the project implementation will be to involve project target group (persons involved in youth policy, youth work, and youth research) in building content of the project results, by inviting to participate in all project activities and events. Project territory coverage – Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia The main result of the project will be facilitation of evidenced based youth policy and youth work in the Baltic States. Particularly, the most important practical results of the project will be: - Developed youth researchers’ expert panel of the Baltic States - Elaborated youth well-being monitoring system - Comparative research of youth well-being in the Baltic States (piloting youth well-being monitoring system) - Methodological guidelines for applying youth well-being monitoring system at national, regional and local level - Developed youth field resource and communication centre – web portal Baltic Youth Work Pit-Stop - Awareness raising among youth policy makers and youth workers about evidence-based youth policy and youth work practice - Evaluation of project implementation and achieved results and possible recommendations for further usage of project results at national, regional and local levels and for further development of evidence-based youth policy and youth work For project target group (people involved in youth policy, youth work and youth research), the project will provide the methodological data system for evidence-based youth policy and youth work at national, regional and local level, as well as the platform for further exchange of experience and common work for promoting evidence-based youth policy and youth work, as well as promoting youth research practice and youth researchers of the Baltic States at European and international level. All in all the project’s impact will be resulted in promoting evidence-based youth policy and youth work, thus helping to increase competences of people involved in youth policy, youth work and youth research by among other benefits the project will allow clearly identify areas necessary to be improved, as well as the project will contribute indirectly in raising quality of life and well-being of young people in the Baltic States.
The objective of the project was to facilitate evidenced based youth policy and youth work practice in the Baltic States by developing the youth well-being monitoring system and promoting using its results regularly in youth policy and youth work at national, regional and local level, as well as to promote youth research practice of the Baltic States at international level. To achieve this objective, following intellectual outputs have be developed: (1) Youth researchers’ expert panel of the Baltic States; (2) Youth well-being monitoring system of the Baltic States; (3) Youth field resource and communication centre – web portal Baltic Youth Work Pit-Stop. Project direct target group – people involved in youth policy, youth work and youth research in the Baltic States. Project indirect target group – young people in the Baltic States. In total 2749 people of the project direct and indirect target groups were involved in the project activities. One of the main principals of the project implementation was to involve project target group (persons involved in youth policy, youth work, and youth research) in building content of the project results, by inviting to participate in all project activities and events. Project territory coverage – Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia. Thereby, the main result of the project is the facilitation of the evidence based youth policy and youth work in the Baltic States. Particularly, the most important practical results of the project are: - Developed youth researchers’ expert panel of the Baltic States (altogether 35 experts: 11 experts in Latvia, 13 experts in Estonia, 11 experts in Lithuania); - Elaborated youth well-being monitoring system (143 indicators in 8 thematic groups; indicators will be updated (if available) once a year); - Comparative international study of youth well-being in the Baltic States (analysis about quality of life of young people in Baltic states if compared to other countries); - In-depth national studies of youth well-being in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania (in national languages); - Methodological guidelines for applying youth well-being monitoring system at national, regional and local level (in national languages); - Developed youth field resource and communication centre – web portal Baltic Youth Work Pit-Stop (https://youthpitstop.com/) in national languages and in English; - Awareness raising among youth policy makers and youth workers about evidence-based youth policy and youth work practice (through seminars, conference, project`s publicity, dissemination activities); - Evaluation of project implementation and achieved results and possible recommendations for further usage of project results at national, regional and local levels and for further development of evidence-based youth policy and youth work. All in all the project’s impact resulted in promoting evidence-based youth policy and youth work, thus helping to increase competences of people involved in youth policy, youth work and youth research, and among other benefits the project allows clearly identify areas necessary to be improved in the youth field, as well as indirectly the project contributed in improving quality of life and well-being of young people in the Baltic States by raising awareness among society and policy makers about the critical aspects for youth wellbeing.