Papers by Max (Maksymilian) Fras
The paper analyses the current state of volunteering policy and volunteering activities in Georgi... more The paper analyses the current state of volunteering policy and volunteering activities in Georgia, including the historical context, administration and governance of volunteering, policy frameworks, international volunteering schemes and skills recognition.
Published as a contribution to EU Youth Wiki, Chapter 2
This paper analyses youth policy governance in Georgia, including a review of target populations,... more This paper analyses youth policy governance in Georgia, including a review of target populations, national youth law and strategy, decision-making processes, evidence base, funding, cross-border and international co-operation and current debates regarding youth and youth policy (as of September 2017)
Council of Europe Youth Knowledge Book , 2017
Youth policy in the Eastern Partnership region is a highly dynamic policy area, mainly due to th... more Youth policy in the Eastern Partnership region is a highly dynamic policy area, mainly due to the activities of central governments. The legal basis for youth policy, principally in the form of government policy documents, and activities undertaken by the central administrative institutions of each Eastern Partnership state, has grown considerably over the last couple of years. The main developments include an increased focus on youth-related policies among central government institutions,
increased funding for youth policy implementation and the creation of new institutional frameworks for youth policy. All six countries of the region are currently in the process of implementing a series of updated national youth programmes and youth policy strategies. What is more, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, having signed EU Association Agreements in 2014, are now in the process of ratifying or preparing new youth laws in line with the relevant EU Association Agreement provisions.
Religion, State and Society
This article investigates the relationship between closer integration into the European Union and... more This article investigates the relationship between closer integration into the European Union and the vitality and public presence of religion in three relatively recent accession states: Poland, Hungary and Romania. Using Moyser's (T. Moyser, Politics and Religion in the Modern World, London, Routledge, 1991) model of five levels of political secularisation, we find that there is evidence of growth of religious influence in public life in each of these societies between 1989 and 2007, while using World Values Survey data we find that different patterns of religious vitality are exhibited: growth in Romania, decline from a high level in Poland, and decline from a modest level in Hungary. We argue that to explain this religious ‘re-publicisation’ (growth in the public presence of religion) and different patterns of religious vitality, it is necessary to move beyond secularisation theory to a model which views the social processes identified as underlying secularisation not as the direct cause of decline in religious vitality, but rather as second-order factors creating conditions which can tend, depending on intermediate variables, as much towards growth in public presence of religion as to decline.
The Eastern Partnership Youth in Action Window (EPYW) under the Youth in Action Programme was se... more The Eastern Partnership Youth in Action Window (EPYW) under the Youth in Action Programme was set up for the period 2012
- 2013 to address identified needs of young people in Eastern Partnership countries (emplo yability, skills development, lifelong learning, social inclusion and active citizenship) through the promotion of regional cooperation between policy institutions, youth
organisations, youth workers and youth populations. EPYW aims to achieve this goal by offering more non-formal learning opportunities to young people, with a special focus on young people with fewer opportunities, to enhance their skills, competences and active participation in society. The main objective of this assignment is to evaluate the on-going EPYW regional programme and to
provide recommendations for the design of a future 2015
-2020 regional programme for disadvantaged youth with a focus on their social and economic needs. Geographically the scope of the evaluation covers the six Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine.
The Final Report focuses on presenting the main conclusions of the evaluation process, including an evaluation of the EPYW
implementation and recommendations on the design of a future regional programme for disadvantaged youth, taking into account existing support for youth by the international donor community (including the EU) in the beneficiary countries.
The ‘Eastern Partnership Youth Policy Analytic Report’ (EYPAR) was prepared between Se... more The ‘Eastern Partnership Youth Policy Analytic Report’ (EYPAR) was prepared between September and December 2015, following a request
by the European Commission (DG NEAR) to provide a study on youth policy developments in the EaP region.
The report was developed under the framework of the Eastern Partnership Youth Regional Unit Project (EPYRU), and is based on data available from this project, as well as other relevant sources identified for this purpose.
The report includes information on the current legal frameworks for youth policies in each of the six EaP countries (Republic of Armenia, Republic of Azerbaijan, Republic of Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine) and analyses the current situation on mainstreaming youth issues across relevant policy spheres in EaP region, with a particular focus on youth employment policies. These are accompanied by references and examples of good practice of cross-sectoral cooperation and recommendations on youth policy development and possible measures of EU support.
The current document provides a brief summary of the information contained in the EYPAR.
The 'Getting Across' seminar, organised by the partnership between the European Commission and th... more The 'Getting Across' seminar, organised by the partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of youth, was hosted by the Government of Montenegro (Directorate for Youth and Sport) in Budva, Montenegro from 26 to 27 October 2016.
It brought together 56 participants, including speakers and facilitators, mostly from the Western Balkans, involved in youth policy making and implementation. The seminar’s main aim was to provide young people in the Western Balkans with more and better opportunities for receiving integrated support of cross-sectoral, integrated youth services, enabling active participation of young people in society and reversing the marginalisation of those more in need for support towards their social inclusion.
The purpose of the report is to describe the main findings of the seminar, including an overview of the history of the project, background research, objectives, key institutions and people involved in its planning and implementation, seminar activities and conclusions from key discussions held during the event, notably the cross-sectoral youth policy-making guidelines.
Books by Max (Maksymilian) Fras
Youth Policy in Eastern Partnership Countries and the Russian Federation, 2021
The publication presents key youth policy developments in Eastern Partnership countries and in th... more The publication presents key youth policy developments in Eastern Partnership countries and in the Russian Federation. It also focuses on challenges that young people and youth organisations from the region face, and presents selected foreign mechanisms of youth policy support.
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Published as a contribution to EU Youth Wiki, Chapter 2
increased funding for youth policy implementation and the creation of new institutional frameworks for youth policy. All six countries of the region are currently in the process of implementing a series of updated national youth programmes and youth policy strategies. What is more, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, having signed EU Association Agreements in 2014, are now in the process of ratifying or preparing new youth laws in line with the relevant EU Association Agreement provisions.
- 2013 to address identified needs of young people in Eastern Partnership countries (emplo yability, skills development, lifelong learning, social inclusion and active citizenship) through the promotion of regional cooperation between policy institutions, youth
organisations, youth workers and youth populations. EPYW aims to achieve this goal by offering more non-formal learning opportunities to young people, with a special focus on young people with fewer opportunities, to enhance their skills, competences and active participation in society. The main objective of this assignment is to evaluate the on-going EPYW regional programme and to
provide recommendations for the design of a future 2015
-2020 regional programme for disadvantaged youth with a focus on their social and economic needs. Geographically the scope of the evaluation covers the six Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine.
The Final Report focuses on presenting the main conclusions of the evaluation process, including an evaluation of the EPYW
implementation and recommendations on the design of a future regional programme for disadvantaged youth, taking into account existing support for youth by the international donor community (including the EU) in the beneficiary countries.
by the European Commission (DG NEAR) to provide a study on youth policy developments in the EaP region.
The report was developed under the framework of the Eastern Partnership Youth Regional Unit Project (EPYRU), and is based on data available from this project, as well as other relevant sources identified for this purpose.
The report includes information on the current legal frameworks for youth policies in each of the six EaP countries (Republic of Armenia, Republic of Azerbaijan, Republic of Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine) and analyses the current situation on mainstreaming youth issues across relevant policy spheres in EaP region, with a particular focus on youth employment policies. These are accompanied by references and examples of good practice of cross-sectoral cooperation and recommendations on youth policy development and possible measures of EU support.
The current document provides a brief summary of the information contained in the EYPAR.
It brought together 56 participants, including speakers and facilitators, mostly from the Western Balkans, involved in youth policy making and implementation. The seminar’s main aim was to provide young people in the Western Balkans with more and better opportunities for receiving integrated support of cross-sectoral, integrated youth services, enabling active participation of young people in society and reversing the marginalisation of those more in need for support towards their social inclusion.
The purpose of the report is to describe the main findings of the seminar, including an overview of the history of the project, background research, objectives, key institutions and people involved in its planning and implementation, seminar activities and conclusions from key discussions held during the event, notably the cross-sectoral youth policy-making guidelines.
Books by Max (Maksymilian) Fras
Online version here:
http://parliament.ge/ge/ajax/downloadFile/126708/2019_09_17_Recommendations_on_Youth_Agencies_Structured_Dialogue_Final_draft
Published as a contribution to EU Youth Wiki, Chapter 2
increased funding for youth policy implementation and the creation of new institutional frameworks for youth policy. All six countries of the region are currently in the process of implementing a series of updated national youth programmes and youth policy strategies. What is more, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, having signed EU Association Agreements in 2014, are now in the process of ratifying or preparing new youth laws in line with the relevant EU Association Agreement provisions.
- 2013 to address identified needs of young people in Eastern Partnership countries (emplo yability, skills development, lifelong learning, social inclusion and active citizenship) through the promotion of regional cooperation between policy institutions, youth
organisations, youth workers and youth populations. EPYW aims to achieve this goal by offering more non-formal learning opportunities to young people, with a special focus on young people with fewer opportunities, to enhance their skills, competences and active participation in society. The main objective of this assignment is to evaluate the on-going EPYW regional programme and to
provide recommendations for the design of a future 2015
-2020 regional programme for disadvantaged youth with a focus on their social and economic needs. Geographically the scope of the evaluation covers the six Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine.
The Final Report focuses on presenting the main conclusions of the evaluation process, including an evaluation of the EPYW
implementation and recommendations on the design of a future regional programme for disadvantaged youth, taking into account existing support for youth by the international donor community (including the EU) in the beneficiary countries.
by the European Commission (DG NEAR) to provide a study on youth policy developments in the EaP region.
The report was developed under the framework of the Eastern Partnership Youth Regional Unit Project (EPYRU), and is based on data available from this project, as well as other relevant sources identified for this purpose.
The report includes information on the current legal frameworks for youth policies in each of the six EaP countries (Republic of Armenia, Republic of Azerbaijan, Republic of Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine) and analyses the current situation on mainstreaming youth issues across relevant policy spheres in EaP region, with a particular focus on youth employment policies. These are accompanied by references and examples of good practice of cross-sectoral cooperation and recommendations on youth policy development and possible measures of EU support.
The current document provides a brief summary of the information contained in the EYPAR.
It brought together 56 participants, including speakers and facilitators, mostly from the Western Balkans, involved in youth policy making and implementation. The seminar’s main aim was to provide young people in the Western Balkans with more and better opportunities for receiving integrated support of cross-sectoral, integrated youth services, enabling active participation of young people in society and reversing the marginalisation of those more in need for support towards their social inclusion.
The purpose of the report is to describe the main findings of the seminar, including an overview of the history of the project, background research, objectives, key institutions and people involved in its planning and implementation, seminar activities and conclusions from key discussions held during the event, notably the cross-sectoral youth policy-making guidelines.