Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present an evaluation of the informal and non-formal learning programs that have been implemented in 10 Youth centres in the South of Italy. The research objectives focused on the programme effect as regards to the youth agency. Furthermore, some specific assumptions about «how programs worked» has been tested, with a special attention to the learning experiences of the young articipants. To this end, a single-case quasi-experimental design has been adopted and all the youths attending the programs have been nvolved.