EUROPEAN COMMISSION WHITE PAPER: Challenges
by Pavel Filippov
1. Involving young people in public life
1.1. Limited commitment to the traditional structures for political and social action
1.2. No interest in public life, tend to influence on more individual and more one-off basis
1.3. 'citizenship' deficit
2. European integration
2.1. Limited understanding of distance between the people of Europe and managing institutions
2.2. Young people feeling detached to specific projects suited to their situations, aspirations and abilities.
3. Globalisation
3.1. Disputing consequences of globalisation
3.2. Doubts about the international institutions
3.3. Inaccessible, arcane and unconcerned about young people’s issues image of managing institutions
4. Demographic Trends
4.1. Quantitative imbalance -> Qualitative change
4.2. Financial pressure on social welfare
4.3. Transition between generations
4.4. Human resources -> Labour shortages
4.5. Diversify in ethnic, religious, social and linguistic terms
5. Changing youth
5.1. Individual and collective behaviour, family relationships and labour market conditions
5.2. Longer lasting youth: end of formal education, start of employment, starting a family, etc.
5.3. Non-linear paths through life (simultaneously to be a student, have family responsibilities, have a job, be seeking a job and be living with one’s parents)
5.4. Traditional collective models becoming individualised
