On 21-23 May 2008, the European Youth Forum (YFJ) conducted a Youth Work Development study visit to the Czech Republic. The study visit was organised as a part of the YFJ country-by-country approach to the Central European region that is one of the priority regions in the work of the YFJ. The study visits are usually undertaken by the YFJ Bureau and Secretariat members who meet with youth NGOs, the local and national authorities in charge of youth, and other actors involved in, or responsible for, youth work and youth policy development in the given country (donors, foundations, development agencies, international organisations, etc.). The purpose and goal of the visits is to learn as much as possible about the level of youth work and youth policy in the country; to refresh existing and to establish new contacts; and to identify ways in which the YFJ can support the efforts of youth NGOs in the country in order to improve and develop the status of youth work, youth policy and young people in general.