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PIDOP Policy Workshop on: Civic Engagement among youth, migrants and
minorities - Brussels, 24th April 2012

A half-day briefing meeting for policymakers, organised by the FP7 PIDOP
Consortium

24th April 2012 - 9.30-13.30, followed by free buffet lunch

Representation of the European Commission, Rue Archimède 73, 1000
Brussels, Belgium

FREE WORKSHOP BUT PARTICIPANTS WILL NEED TO REGISTER VIA EMAIL
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The purpose of this half-day meeting is to brief policymakers on some of
the main findings which have emerged from the PIDOP project, and to
describe and discuss the policy implications of these findings.

The meeting will be of particular interest to:
• Policymakers and politicians at European, national, regional and local
community levels, especially those with interests in the impact of
policy initiatives on levels of political and civic participation among
citizens
• Policymakers, community representatives, activists and youth
workers concerned with the interests and needs of young people, women,
minority ethnic communities and migrants
• Policymakers, educational professionals and youth agencies concerned
with educational provision and youth services




PIDOP is a multinational research project funded by the European
Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme, which has been running
from 2009-2012. The project has examined the processes which influence
political and civic participation in eight European states – Belgium,
Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey and the UK.

The project has drawn on the disciplines of Psychology, Politics,
Sociology, Anthropology, Social Policy and Education to examine
macro-level contextual factors (including historical, political,
electoral, economic and policy factors), proximal social factors
(including family, educational and media factors) and psychological
factors (including motivational, cognitive, attitudinal and identity
factors) which facilitate and/or inhibit citizens’ civic and political
participation.

Young people, women, minorities and migrants have been examined as four
specific groups at risk of political disengagement. The research is
exploring the differences as well as the overlap between political and
civic participation. Particular attention has been paid to relevant
phenomena at regional, national and European levels.