INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES


Here's a list of international websites relating to youth development and youth research. It's by no means exhaustive. So, if you know of any useful link, please email us at Youth Research Network.

S/NSite / Description 

1

All-China Youth Federation
It is a federative body of Chinese youth organisations with the Communist Youth League of China as the core. It is a broad patriotic united front organisation of youth of all ethnic groups and all walks of life in China.


2

American Youth Policy Forum
The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) is a non-profit, non-partisan, professional development organisation providing learning opportunities for policymakers on youth policy issues at the national, state and local level.


3

Australian Clearinghouse of Youth Studies
ACYS provides information products and services for those working in the youth field and for anyone with an interest in youth.


4

British Studies Web Pages : Youth Culture and Fashion
There has been a great deal of activity and interest in British Studies in recent times and the website is an exciting development related to this.


5

British Youth Council
BYC monitors new policy and practice developments affecting young people at local, national and international level and disseminates this research through Youth Index.


6

Child Trends
Child Trends is dedicated to improving the lives of children and families by providing research and data to inform decision-making that affects children.


7

Commonwealth Youth Programme
Commonwealth Youth Programme works for a world where young women and men (15-29 years) can reach their full potential. Where they can use their creativity and skills as productive members of their societies.


8

Country Profiles on Youth, United Nations
This website monitors the situation of youth at the national, regional and global levels. It provides major indicators on youth, and information on organizations working on youth issues, such as governments, NGOs and UN agencies.


9

CYFERnet - Children, Youth & Families Education and Research Network
CYFERnet is designed to be used by anyone who needs comprehensive children, youth, or family information including: educators, researchers, parents, youth agency staff, community members, human services and health care providers, students, policy makers, youth, media.


10

Human Sciences Research Council
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) is South Africa's national research agency dedicated to the social sciences. With over 100 researchers, the HSRC is also the largest dedicated social science research organisation in Africa and plays a leading role in social science research in Sub-Saharan Africa.


11

International Sociological Association
The on-going scientific activities of the ISA are decentralised in Research Committees, Working Groups and Thematic Groups. These groups bring together scholars who wish to pursue comparative research on a transnational basis and they constitute basic networks of scientific research, intellectual debate and professional exchange.


12

International Youth Foundation
Established in 1990 to bring worldwide resources to young people in need, IYF works with hundreds of companies, foundations, and civil society organizations to strengthen and "scale up" existing programs that are making a positive and lasting difference in young lives.


13

Korea Institute for Youth Development
The Korea Institute for Youth Development is research institute for developing youth policies under the Prime Minister's office. It performs duties related to developing and enforcing government policies on youth development and basic research, advising, analysis and evaluation.


14

National Network for Youths
The National Network for Youths is dedicated to ensuring that young people can be safe and lead healthy and productive lives. In doing so, young people are championed, especially those who because of life circumstance, disadvantage, past abuse or community prejudice have less opportunity to become contributing members of their communities.


15

National Youth Development Information Centre
Don't miss this website. You can find all information relating to youth development, career development, program development, fund development, statistics, etc. in this website.


16

National Youth Gang Center - Institute for Intergovernmental Research
The purpose of the NYGC is to expand and maintain the body of critical knowledge about youth gangs and effective responses to them.


17

Nordic Youth Research Information (NYRI)
NYRI is the general organisation of a range activities and information systems for youth research in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden).


18

Search Institute
At the heart of SI's work is the framework of 40 developmental assets on the positive experiences, relationships, opportunities and personal qualities that young people need to grow up healthy, caring and responsible.


19

Society for Research on Adolescence
Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) is a dynamic, multidisciplinary, international organization dedicated to understanding adolescence through research and dissemination.


20

The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups - Youth Research Centre
The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups has been involved in various district and Hong Kong wide youth research projects. A youth research team was established in 1993, which developed three different series of youth studies for the Federation.


21

The National Marriage Project : The Next Generation Series
The series presents an intensive look at the family behaviour and attitudes toward marriage among the young people in the United States of America.


22

Trust for the Study of Adolescence
TSA was founded in 1989 to help improve the lives of young people and families. Its work is derived from the belief that there is a lack of knowledge and understanding about adolescence and young adulthood. It tries to close the gap through research, training for professionals and parents and projects that develop professional practice, etc.


23

U.S. Department of Education - Research and Statistics
This website contains information related to educational research and improvement, program evaluation, education statistics, etc.


24

UNESCO Youth Coordination Unit
The Unit works with and for young people aged between 15 to 25 years old.


25

United Nation's Human Resource Development in Asia and Pacific (Youth)
The HRD Section of ESCAP serves as the focal point for youth affairs in the Asian and Pacific region within the United Nations system. The HRD Section's mandate as the focal point for youth includes awareness raising on key issues for young people in Asia and the Pacific.


26

Youth Affairs Research Network, University of Melbourne
YARN has been set up as an informal and interactive network to enable people interested and involved in youth research to communicate with each other.