Projects
EU Monitoring: Current socio-political developments in Europe
In our EU-Monitoring, we provide a monthly overview of the activities of the European Union, the Council of Europe and the European civil society organisations in the field of social policy. A special focus is on issues in the fields of child and youth policy, family and reconciliation pol-icy, gender equality policy and policy for older people.Accompanying the monthly EU Monitoring, we publish focus issues in which the European Union's sociopolitical relevant measures and strategies are presented.
If you would like to receive the monthly EU-Monitoring by e-mail, please write us stating your name and organisation: beobachtungsstelle (a) iss-ffm.de
Please note that the EU-Monitoring is only published in German.
Youth Policy in the EU
Climate change, technological and demographic trends, political instability and Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine are changing society and democratic interactions. In our interconnected world, many young people are concerned with these global issues and are looking for solutions for a sustainable society. At the same time, too little attention and consideration are given to young people at the political level.
With youth policy initiatives like the European Year of Youth 2022, the European Union aims to involve young people and their priorities more in policymaking and to open up new opportunities for them.
Equality of LGBTIQ* persons
Over the course of the last one and a half years, the Observatory focused its research on the equality of LGBTIQ* persons in Germany and Europe.An essential political instrument for promoting and implementing the rights of LGBTIQ* persons is drafting a National Action Plan. In Germany, political and civil society stakeholders have demanded a National Action Plan for many years. The implementation of National Action Plans in the other EU Member States shows that they systematically advance the equality of LGBTIQ* persons.
Together with other crucial queer policy projects for combating hate crimes against LGBTIQ* persons and for advancing the equality of rainbow families, the German Federal Government under Chancellor Olaf Scholz included the drafting of a National Action Plan in the Coalition Agreement 2021–2025.
With our publication series, we are making a substantive contribution to the process of drafting a National LGBTIQ* Equality Action Plan in Germany. You can find all publications under our new key topic: Equality of LGBTIQ* persons