Contenu du sommaire : Les jeunes dans la société de l'information.

The development of ICT : stakes for the education system The education system is questioned by the development of new information and communication technologies (ITC). Behind them, cultural stakes, risks of deregulation and of social gap are looming The state education plans for the equipment of schools and for the support to the development of digital campuses constitute an answer to these stakes but the necessary integration of the ICT requires, on one hand, to clarify their place and role within the education system whose aims are to be reviewed and, on the other hand, that the teachers'training be notably reconsidered.

Internet in Africa : an immense hope and a digital gap to reduce urgently Internet arouses an immense hope for young students in Africa. In the universities equipped departments, computer classrooms are always crowded. The critical mind develops and teachers are led to review their courses. The revolution of ICT does not even spare the illiterates, still representing a majority in many countries. The hope born out of Internet gives a new meaning to the learning of writing... But, how to answer such a hope in countries where a computer costs a one year public servant's salary ?

New practices of social and educational activities : The example of «Fragments of the world» Based on the experience of «Fragments of the world», what are the stakes for the acquisition of the information and communication technologies by the community education circle ? How does it change educational and cultural practices ?

Young people and Internet : What uses ? Based on a research «Youth and Internet : representations, uses and acquisition», a team of the Clemi tries to outline the relation that young people aged 12 to 17 have with Internet, at home and at school. Far from being trained net surfers communicating worldwide or enthusiastic and fascinated consumers, young people give a more subtle image of themselves, made of moderation, sometimes of lack of understanding, but always showing an interest for what they perceive as a major evolution. Therefore, the necessity to develop an education to Internet is hinted at in order to draw closer relations between the often distant media representations and uses.

Response to youth problems through Internet : the experience of on-line answers on the «Youth rights site» To work for the young people's free access to their rights -and duties, to give within 48 hours personalized answers to their questions is the remarkable mission of public service offered by the site www. droitsdesjeunes. gouv. fr which has been implemented and animated since two years by the Jessi unit at the Injep. Free and anonymous, the online response favors the youth's free expression and allows to assess their difficulties and preoccupations. The reinforcement of such a project combined with the development of ways of access to Internet for all young people, should quickly be used as an observatory helping to feel the youth pulse.

Work and employment in new services : a survey concerning the youth employment policy This paper gives some significant results based on a grass-root survey carried out during the first half of the year 2000 concerning the implementation of the new French policy «New services, youth employments». After the description of the socio-administrative characteristics of our population and having outlined some social standard features, we develop, on one hand, the differentiated strategies for the acquisition of the measures by great types of conventional employers, the pregnance of the opposition, and, on the other hand, we analyse the young people's motives for their choice to hold a youth employment. On the whole, the survey shows that the policy responds rather satisfactorily to the goals. Despite the permanency of some social inequalities, it fights against youth unemployment and finally constitutes a rather demanding start in the world of salaried work. for young people.

Youth violence : education before the all security measures We are more confronted to the increase of violent behaviours aiming at the institutions and their agents than to the rise of serious criminal acts. The demands for identity and reactive micro-violences of the young people of the inner-cities are the expression of their suffering and a call adressed to adults. The educative work, though more complex and less spectacular than repressive answers enables to achieve better results in matter of prevention of violence and is in better accordance with the needs for children and adolescents' welfare.

To be young in Douala : the difficult path for statutory conquest Today, the Cameroonian society is heavily struck by the crisis. Within this background, it appears difficult to live one's youth, meaning to win a status of responsible being... And yet, all possible sorts of strategies are being implemented.