Looking for some inspiring reading? Check the DesYIgn Focus Groups outcomes!

2020

Looking for some inspiring reading? Check the DesYIgn Focus Groups outcomes!

In the framework of the Erasmus+ DesYIgn project (Innovative Youth Information Service Design and Outreach), the recent focus group interview report is out! You can read it here. 

Eight focus group interviews were carried out across four different countries, which formed the basis for the DesYIgn Focus Group Interview Report. The Report will be soon available in Spanish and Italian. 

This is the first intellectual output from the DesYIgn project. The participating countries were UK (Wales), Spain (regions of Valencia and Madrid), Malta, and Luxembourg. A total of 37 young people; aged between 15 and 29  participated in the in-depth discussions, where they elaborated their everyday information-seeking practices, their level of awareness of the services, their challenges in accessing the services, and how they would prefer using youth information services.

The purpose of the focus groups was to study young people’s information-seeking behavior so the knowledge extracted from the study can be used in improving the service design and communication activities of youth information and counselling services. 

The overall aim is to bring changes to the way the services are designed and communicated about so they match contemporary young people’s information needs and information-seeking practices. Regarding young people’s information needs and service planning planning, we also recommend you to read Future Youth Information and Counselling - Building on Information Trends and Needs and the Manual for Foresight in Youth Information, both produced in the framework of the Erasmus+ Project Youth.Info: Future Youth Information Toolbox. They are available in English and in Spanish. 

For more information on the DesYIgn project, please contact our Project Manager: jessica.walker@eryica.org