The CAPEJ project aims at strengthening the emancipation of youth actors and young people by equipping them with the skills to act in order to design new youth practices/policies and taking into account the principles of participation. You will find in this site the general approach and tools to conduct action-research with young people. These tools are meant to be easy-to-use guides that can be adapted to the realities of the field and the habits of young people: young people who are used to these approaches or not, to be carried out indoors or outdoors, etc.
Participation
Building with youth? What does this imply as a practice of participation? How and why do we seek/suscitate participatory processes? Presentation of the concept and the issues related to the notions of effective participation of young people.
Emancipation
What do we mean by emancipation? And what can we expect from an emancipatory policy for young people? Presentation of this concept and of the postures and skills needed to promote youth empowerment.
Research for action
How and why do we use research methodologies to transform situations, to act? Presentation of the action research process and its usefulness in transforming problem situations.
Figure adapted from Van Campenhoudt, L., Marquet, J., & Quivy R. (2017). Handbook of social science research (5th ed.). Paris: Dunod.
1. By respecting the order of these steps, while allowing yourself to go back and forth between them.
2. By consulting all the elements associated with each of these steps to understand the ins and outs of them.
3. By using the tools associated with each of these elements in order to respond concretely to the issues of the current stage.
Step-by-step" and "tool sheets" are available to help you carry out your project.
