Resources - reports
This section provides detailed information on the
Our Shared Europe programme and on some of the activities that are developed within its frame.
- UK Youth Research 2010
Why do young Muslims often hesitate to get enrolled in Youth Exchange programmes?
The British Council and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation conducted a piece of research that looked into the accessibility of international youth exchange programmes to young Muslims.
- Report of meeting on European Muslim take-up of youth exchange opportunities 2009
In December 2009, the British Council brought together twenty-five people involved in exchange programmes, local government, academia, and a wide range of Muslim organisations. The aim was to capture their 'expert' opinions on the research questions posed by our present research project on young Muslim participation in youth exchanges.
The discussion was moderated by Peter Kellner, the President of YouGov, which is a UK research and consulting organisation that provides an 'authoritative measure of public opinion and consumer behaviour'.
- Our Shared Europe Pilot Prospectus 2009
Based on the results of the Our Shared Europe report from 2008, the plan for the pilot phase of the project was set up around five threads of activity fertilising each other. These strands were called Ideas & Debates, Dissemination & Engagement, Imagination & Creativity, Education & Knowledge, and Youth & Leadership.
- Our Shared Europe Full Report 2008
Written by journalist and writer Ehsan Masood, with a foreword from British Council Regional Director for West Europe and North America Stephan Roman, this 90 pages report goes through the consultation process that was at the basis of the project in 2008.
As much as Our Shared Europe has evolved ever since, this document provides important elements to understand where the project comes from, how it was born and what it aims at achieving.
This wide external consultation was run at many different levels, each of them being thought of as playing a key role in the understanding of the place of Muslim populations in Europe: schools, medias, local governments, research communities, as well as a specific view from laicism.
