Encouraging UK-German Youth Exchanges
Background
Executive summary:
› 26 key informant interviews with youth workers in the UK and Germany, › Consultation workshops with young people in margi- nalised circumstances run by youth organisations in the UK, › An analysis of UK funding sources suitable for youth exchanges to Germany, › A project resonance group composed of youth workers from the UK and Germany who had either extensive experience of UK-German youth exchanges, and/or played a key strategic role in the youth sector in their country and/or internationally. The role of the resonance group was to inform the design of research methods, and to support interpretation of results. The research findings will create a basis for encouraging the development of UK-German youth exchanges. With the help of the results of the research, youth exchange offers to young people in both countries as well as the underlying structures are to be further developed. The research will be used to inform the development of UK-German Connection’s youth offer and should inform other UK-German youth activity and organisations engaging or wishing to engage in bilateral youth exchanges.
To this end IJAB – International Youth Service of the Federal Republic of Germany, in cooperation with UK-German Connection and the British Council, initiated research with young people, youth organisations, and professionals in international youth work within both countries. A project steering group of representatives of IJAB, UK-German Connection, and the British Council was responsible for the technical coordination of the project, the coordination of conceptual issues regarding the respective UK and German working contexts, as well as the coordination of the respective stakeholders. IJAB contracted People Dialogue and Change to undertake the research as part of a project grant from the German Federal Foreign Office. The aim of the research was to gain in-depth knowledge of the needs, opportunities, and challenges of the various stakeholder groups with regard to the services offered in the context of UK-German youth exchanges. The research was conducted between June and December 2023. It was based on: › An online survey in Germany and the UK with 903 young people (age 16 to 26) and 142 youth workers,
Encouraging UK-German Youth Exchanges
The governments of the UK and Germany wish to increase and enhance UK-German youth exchange activity by strengthening and developing the offer and services provided by UK-German Connection.
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