Intellectual Output 1 (Comparative Analysis)

This study aimed to analyse the interpretation of European youth policy from the perspective of partner countries (Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Poland).The assumptions of Positive Youth Development (PYD) and the methodology of integrative theology were adopted as the theoretical level. The main goal of the study was to understand how these assumptions are taken into account in the development, implementation and evaluation of youth policy and youth work – perceived as a field of knowledge and practical activity in the field of educating future youth workers. The study content relates to the following issues in relation to youth: wellbeing, welfare and poverty, education and training, employment and enterpreneuship, labor market situation, family relations, housing and environment, health and risk behavior. The point of reference was statistical data and qualitative research from the five years preceding the start of the project (2015-2019).