CATCH-EyoU WP3: D3.2 Perspectives of Policy Makers on EU and on Youth Active Citizenship: a Cross-National Report

Abstract

The data set includes data from the analysis of semi-structured interviews collected with politicians, public officials and representatives of youth umbrella organizations at national and regional/local level.

The aim of the interviews is to explore policy makers’ views on whether and to what extent European Youth policies have been implemented at national, regional and local levels in various member states. Moreover, policy makers are asked to identify actual and future challenges in the field of youth policies. Previous research has only partially answered to these questions; moreover, comparing different policy makers’ perspectives allows researchers to identify tensions and contradictions in policies implementation, providing new insight for improving policy implementation.

The data can be reused by researchers who want to compare our data with similar data collected in different countries. Also, other stakeholders may be interested in reanalyzing our data for comparative aims.