The IDEA Research Community has been established to support and encourage development education research amongst IDEA members and I have been hired to develop this community. The research community aims to be relevant to members needs and will have a strong capacity building element.

On 29th and 30th of April the National Youth Council of Ireland held a 2-day residential seminar to bring young people and policy-makers closer together to have conversations about the new EU Youth Strategy- in particular the focus on "Youth in the World" in the Strategy.