At the constituent session of the Federal Youth Advisory Board, Dr. Petra Bahr, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Females and Youth (BMBFSFJ), officially appointed the 15 board members. “The Federal government counts on sound knowledge from academic community and practice to more develop its policies for children, adolescents and young people systematically and efficiently. In this context, the Federal Youth Board of advisers acts as a crucial source of concepts and suggestions across department limits,” explained Bahr. “We anticipate trenchant recommendations, for example on how to upgrade early learning and improve instructional transitions.”
Along With Professor McElvany, 14 other specialists from academic community, politics, administrative bodies and professional practice are likewise members of the Federal Youth Advisory Board. They will mostly deliver guidance on processes of social modification and the concern of how these affect the truths of life for kids, teenagers and young people. As a representative of the academic neighborhood, Professor McElvany’s committee work will concentrate on questions related to the education of kids and teenagers between 6 and 18 years of age. In addition to the question of how child and youth well-being can be expediently dovetailed with academic concerns, the committee will likewise provide input on instructional equity, academic transitions, democracy education and media literacy. Here, the panel of specialists connects specific significance to including young people’s views in its assessments.
The Federal Youth Advisory Board is designated anew at the start of each parliamentary term. Members are assisted by the Child and Youth Policy System at the DJI (German Youth Institute), with which TU Dortmund University is collaborating within a research alliance.