Open AccessDiscovereu ako nový nástroj európskej mládežníckej politiky
Author(s) -
Javer Gusejnov
Publication year - 2020
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.34135/svpmvpiv.191013
Subject(s) - european commission , solidarity , action (physics) , political science , member states , commission , selection (genetic algorithm) , data collection , psychology , public administration , public relations , european union , sociology , business , computer science , law , social science , economic policy , artificial intelligence , physics , quantum mechanics , politics
This paper discusses a new implementation tool for European youth policy called DiscoverEU, which provide 18-year old Europeans their first experience with youth mobility programs. This initiative is new in the “preparatory action” phase and after this “pilot period”, the EU institutions will evaluate the future of the initiative. The paper is based on an analysis of data provided in documents published by the European Commission on the number of participants within the three selection rounds carried out so far. It also analyses and compares the findings from the four selected EU Member States that were provided directly by participants, using the questionnaire method of data collection from 5 400 participants in the first round of the preparatory action. The aim of the paper is to analyse and evaluate the implementation of the preparatory action so far in terms of meeting its stated objectives – firstly, in terms of the quantifiable objective concerning the number of participants and secondly, with regard to the subjective evaluation of acquired skills based on feedback from participants. In addition, the paper focuses on identifying the most common participant profile and discusses how to enhance the initiative's inclusiveness. The most important finding of realized research is that DiscoverEU provides great opportunity for young Europeans but it lacks a link to another EU Youth Policy tools such as European Solidarity Corps.