Youth is an important component of the European Union’s external policies and programmes. It is a key element in the EU’s external action as demonstrated by the adoption of the Youth Action Plan (YAP) in the European Union (EU) external action for 2022-2027 – a policy framework for a strategic partnership with young people around the world. Young people are important agents of change who are essential to advance sustainable and inclusive development in every region of the world including the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC). Against this background, this report provides evidence of the main concerns and perspectives of LAC youth on economic, political and social issues in their countries with the objective to provide scientific support for the preparation of the EU-CELAC Summit in July 2023 and consequent relations. It carries out a descriptive analysis of data from the Latinobarómetro public opinion survey which covers 18 countries in the region. It first focused on the primary concerns of youth (defined in the report as people aged between 18 and 29 years of age) and then examined the opinion of LAC youth concerning five thematic areas: (i) digital access and transformation, (ii) environmental protection and climate action, (iii) social cohesion and inequalities, (iv) democratic governance and political participation and (v) attitude towards the EU.
KALANTARYAN Sona;
UEFFING Philipp;
NEDEE Astrid;
Kalantaryan, S., Ueffing, P. and Nedee, A., Youth Perspectives in Latin America and the Caribbean; Evidence from Latinobarómetro survey, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2023, doi:10.2760/64169, JRC134158.
2023-07-11
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC134158
978-92-68-05250-1 (online),
978-92-68-05252-5 (print),
1831-9424 (online),
1018-5593 (print),
EUR 31580 EN,
OP KJ-NA-31-580-EN-N (online),
OP KJ-NA-31-580-EN-C (print),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC134158,
10.2760/10480 (online),
10.2760/64169 (print),
