1. STRATEGIES FOR YOUTH POLICY IN MUNICIPALITIES MAIN STEPS Propositions for discussion Przemyslaw Kulawczuk, University of Gdansk, Elbląg
CaSYPoT – Capacity Building for Strategic Youth Policy and Transnational Cooperation

2. BUILDING STRATEGY OUTLINE
Diagnosis of existing situation
Indicating problems (needs) to be solved (satisfied) by the policy
Generating alternatives to satisfy needs and solve problems
Design of optimum policy choice / draft policy
Testing/Verification of the solutions of policy / final version of policy
Policy implementation
Impact evaluation
BUILDING STRATEGY OUTLINE

3. DIAGNOSIS OF EXISTING SITUATION
Survey of the youth based on Swedish diagnostic instrument
Adaptation of the instrument to local conditions
Pilot study among the youth
Correction of the instrument
Main survey among the youth
Data analysis
Description of the existing situation
Conclusions from the survey: at least indication of the key problems, development needs and directions for improvement
DIAGNOSIS OF EXISTING SITUATION

4. INDICATING PROBLEMS/NEEDS TO BE SOLVED/SATISFIED BY THE POLICY
Justification of the problems/needs validity with the youth (e.g. panel discussion)
Confirmation what problems/needs are really important
Adding new areas for intervention (result of discussion)
Building a fixed list of problems/needs to be satisfied by the policy
INDICATING PROBLEMS/NEEDS TO BE SOLVED/SATISFIED BY THE POLICY

5. GENERATING ALTERNATIVES TO SATISFY NEEDS AND SOLVE PROBLEMS
Review of the best practices
New ideas and opportunities characteristic for given countries (brain storming and other methods)
Analysis what can be adopted from the other countries
Listening to the proposition of the youth (they know better)
Listening to propositions of parents, teachers, other persons involved in taking care over the youth
GENERATING ALTERNATIVES TO SATISFY NEEDS AND SOLVE PROBLEMS

6. DESIGN OF OPTIMUM POLICY CHOICE
List of the key solutions and instruments
Set up criteria what is the most important and the most urgent
Create the list of solutions and instruments based on priorities
Verify resources available for the solutions and instruments (financial and organizational skills)
Create the list of solutions and instruments which can be responsibly financed or organized
Describe solutions and instruments in dimensions of: how they work, how to organize them, time, resources, planned results
Preparation of the draft policy (description of measures, responsible units, resources, timing, results)
DESIGN OF OPTIMUM POLICY CHOICE

7. TESTING/VERIFICATION OF THE SOLUTIONS OF POLICY
Verification of policy measures among the youth
Collection of remarks and proposition for improvements
Preparation of the corrected, final version of the policy
TESTING/VERIFICATION OF THE SOLUTIONS OF POLICY

8. POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
Designation of responsible person (persons) for the youth policy and assignation of tasks
Division of tasks between responsible persons
Implementation of program activities accordingly to the schedule
Monitoring the results in time frames
Constant improvement and correction of actions to achieve policy goals
POLICY IMPLEMENTATION

9. IMPACT EVALUATION Summarizing results of on-going monitoring
Design of impact dimensions
Design of impact measurement instrument (questionnaire, statistical analysis of crime rates, educational achievement tests etc.)
Conducting impact evaluation
Draw conclusions and suggestions for the following diagnostic period
IMPACT EVALUATION

10. Thank you. Przemyslaw Kulawczuk, University of Gdansk pkl@post. pl mob