Council Resolution of 31 March 1995 on cooperation in the field of youth information and studies concerning youth
Date: 1995-03-31
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European citizenship, cooperation policy, dissemination of EU information, information network, public awareness campaign, young person













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31995Y0812(02)

Council Resolution of 31 March 1995 on cooperation in the field of youth information and studies concerning youth  


Official Journal C 207 , 12/08/1995 P. 0005 - 0007 





COUNCIL RESOLUTIONof 31 March 1995on  cooperation in the field of youth information and studies concerning youth(95/C  207/02) 1. The Council underlines the importance of youth information and information on young people as  factors encouraging mobility and European citizenship, as well as the need to set up concerted  action in this field. It notes that information services for young people, based on common principles, such as those  defined in particular in recommendation No R(90)7 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of  Europe (Information and Counselling for Young People in Europe), exist in most of the Member  States. It welcomes the cooperation efforts made in the youth information field since 1988, which  culminated on 26 June 1991 in the adoption by the Council and the Ministers for Youth meeting  within the Council of the resolution on priority actions in the youth field, and enabled youth  information and studies concerning youth to appear among the five actions listed in the framework  of the 'Youth for Europe III` programme. 2. The Council agrees to step up cooperation in the following fields: - the training of information workers, socio-educational youth workers and educators (professionals  and volunteers) working in the youth information sector, - the linking of youth information structures in the Member States, - regular studies on young people in the countries of the European Union. (a) Training: The Council notes, on the one hand, that young people need to be more familiar with  the countries and institutions of the European Union in order fully to exercise their European  citizenship and their right to mobility and, on the other hand, that in receiving, informing and  advising young people, information service staff play a vital role in the transmission of  information. It therefore emphasizes the need to encourage such staff to take account of the European dimension  in the course of their work. With this aim in mind, it calls for the youth workers responsible for providing young people with  information to receive training enabling them to: - become better acquainted with the Member States and their practices in the field of youth  information, - acquire a knowledge of Community programmes, in liaison with all the agencies responsible for  administering programmes on the national level and with the appropriate services at Community  level. (b) Network links: the Council notes the current trends in connection with the development of  multi-media products and considers that the services producing, editing and circulating information  are especially concerned by these new technologies. Having regard to previous experience of cooperation between the Member States' information  structures, the Council stresses the importance of stepping up the networking of these structures  and of taking existing information structures into account. To this end, it notes that current  technologies offer increased opportunities for cooperation. It acknowledges the importance of  giving young people easier direct or indirect access to this type of network. It calls for action to promote cooperation via the networks in the collecting of data on mobility  and exchanges (e.g. studies, employment, accommodation, leisure activities, transport, etc.). The  aim is to allow the rapid exchange of targeted information, accessible in the languages of the  Member States, the augmenting and updating of databases, and a better supply of high-quality  information for young people. (c) Regular studies: The Council understands the importance of regular studies, surveys and  statistics based on scientific methods to obtain a better understanding of young people's  expectations and needs and the factors that affect their lives. Such studies, surveys and  statistics should focus on a number of targeted areas taking into account the European dimension,  including mobility. 3. The development of these three areas of cooperation at European level will have to take into  account the organization of the structures that exist in the Member States for youth information  and for the provision of information about young people. The Council: - regards these three areas as having priority when it comes to implementing the policy of  cooperation in the youth information field, as embodied in the 'Youth for Europe III` programme,  for example, in such a way as to promote, in particular, a dialogue between young people and the  Community, - emphasizes the importance of close cooperation with the Council of Europe in this field, - invites the Commission to take account of the follow-up to initiatives in the three fields in the  framework of the evaluation report provided for in Article 9 of the Decision establishing the  'Youth for Europe III` programme.