form the framework of Danish youth policy. Whilst the Ministry for Children, Education and Gender Equality does not have any national youth policy, the Ministry of Higher Education and Science has however identified the European Commission’s youth programmes to be in line with their principles. In this regards, the Ministry is acting as the National Agency for the European Commission’s programmes for youth: Erasmus + programme (2014 – 2020), and it was for the preceding ‘Youth’ (1997- 2007) and ‘Youth in Action Programme’ (2007 – 2013), as it is referenced in The Youth Policy Article 2008: The activities of the Youth Programme fit in with the structures of the non-formal Danish educational system and have promoted internationalization and offered participants opportunities they would otherwise not have received. Activities have been complementary to the national system. Whilst it has been identified that there are no governmental policies or Ministries directly relating to or responsible for youth affairs and youth education, there are however national entities who are solely engaged in achieving a set of objectives regarding youth affairs and education. The Danish Youth Council (hereafter DUF) as such an entity. DUF is a national umbrella organisation representing 70 organisations that work with over 600,000 children and young people. They distribute state funding for youth and deliver a range of youth programmes including politics, scouting, religion, environment, youth clubs, theatre, exchange and international projects. DUF distributes over DKK 100 million (13€ million) annually to youth projects. DUF is a member of the European Youth Forum. In addition, DUF is a member of The Network of Youth Councils (NAU). The funds distributed by DUF are obtained from the national lottery, various national ministries and the European Unon.
Conclusion: Despite youth work is very well established as concept in Denmark, there is no clear definition of youth work. Also, the term youth work is not clearly translated into Danish context, becoming confusing. There is no governmental body that has prime responsibility for youth affairs. Instead, Denmark has an integrated youth policy approach, measures coming throughout government and across different national, regional and local authorities. The Danish Governments general approach to youth education and development is an adoption of EU policies in the youth field. Non-Governmental youth organisations are often focused upon reacting to a very narrow niche need regarding young people. Other youth NGOs typically have a set of values, principles or beliefs which they aim to promote amongst young people.
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FRANCE – RÉUNION
The French law states that the family is the sole body responsible for the education of children and this is based upon a long tradition related to education in France. There is a distinction between informal education within the family and formal education in the public school system. Formal education is carried out mostly in public schools and for one out of five kids is the private school. In the same time we allocate a high importance to the way which a child uses his time outside the classroom outside the school and this is very important for his success in school as well as for the development of the character and learning how to be an active member of the society.
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