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Subcommittee on Innovation, Information Society and Social Policy 28.01.2010
YOUTH POLICY
AGENCY FOR YOUTH AND SPORT
Subcommittee on Innovation, Information Society and Social Policy 28.01.2010
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACTION PLAN
The Action Plan for implementation of the National Strategy for Youth was adopted on April the 7th, 2009 by the Government of the Republic of Macedonia
Civil associations and institutions from the Republic of Macedonia supported and start implementing the activities envisaged in the Action Plan
Work-shop organized in the course of November by the Agency for youth and sport :
• Coordinating the process of monitoring the implementation of AP and gathering information from civil associations and governmental sector on the projects and activities
• Presentation of the priorities of the Agency’s Youth Sector for 2010 delivered
Subcommittee on Innovation, Information Society and Social Policy 28.01.2010
Implementation of the priorities
EDUCATION
YOUTH SELF-IMPLOYMENT
QUALITY OF LIFE
PARTICIPATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH INFORMATION
CULTURE
LOCAL YOUTH WORK
Subcommittee on Innovation, Information Society and Social Policy 28.01.2010
PRIORITY: EDUCATION The following activities directed towards attaining
integration of youth within the educational process were organized:
• 12 youth training sessions• 18 work-shops on inter - cultural learning and resolution of
conflicts • 3 inter-cultural exchanges with other countries• 4 sport matches played 70 young people volunteered in the following institutions:
Secretariat for European Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Finance, several National Banks.
Subcommittee on Innovation, Information Society and Social Policy 28.01.2010
PRIORITY:YOUTH-SELF EMPLOYMENT
Raising awareness of youth for the need of individual approach towards resolving the issue of unemployment, by organizing several
trainings and workshops:• Educational work-shops• 2 seminars on self-employment• 3 panel discussions• 1 round table• Several training sessions on entrepreneurship Results: 30 young people were trained to start own business• 10 young people started their own business ( Roma people)• 50 practicing employees acquired working experience, 15 of them were
regularly employed
Subcommittee on Innovation, Information Society and Social Policy 28.01.2010
PRIORITY: QUALITY OF LIFE
Improving the sport infrastructure – implementation of the Projects for construction of sport halls and football playgrounds
•Project “Construction of 35 sport halls”
•Project “Construction of 50 football playgrounds”
•The Agency of Youth and Sport awarded 500 scholarships for the most talented athletes in all sports
•The Agency of Youth and Sport donated sport equipment in many schools
• A Campaign for promoting voluntary activity launched in Skopje
Subcommittee on Innovation, Information Society and Social Policy 28.01.2010
PRIORITY: PARTICIPATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE
Numerous activities towards raising the awareness of youth for the importance of their inclusion within the public life and decision making process organized:
• A campaign for promoting the necessity of youth inclusion launched• 25 young women were trained on topics such as: gender’s equality, team
work and leadership• Voluntary info points were established• The Strategy on voluntary activity was promoted• 106 youth exchanges were realized among young people from the
Republic of Macedonia and young people from EU.
Subcommittee on Innovation, Information Society and Social Policy 28.01.2010
PRIORITY: YOUTH INFORMATION
•The process of establishing Youth Information Center is ongoing
•A Web - site for youth information was designed
•International training for on - line journalism was organized
• Informative meetings and meetings with representatives from ethnic communities were organized discussing the subject of human trafficking
Subcommittee on Innovation, Information Society and Social Policy 28.01.2010
PRIORITY: CULTURE
Activities realized by the Ministry of Culture within the frames of the priority
79 Projects from the sphere drama were supported• 3 Projects on the sphere of film were supported• 340 Projects from the sphere of publishing activity were
approved• 194 Projects from the sphere of music were approved• 265 Projects from the sphere of art were approved• 58 students for postgraduate and Ph.D. studies were supported
Subcommittee on Innovation, Information Society and Social Policy 28.01.2010
PRIORITY: LOCAL YOUTH WORK
•Training programs for promoting the necessity of increasing the youth inclusion delivered
•5 small grants in 5 Municipalities were allocated to newly established youth organizations to support organizing campaigns on local level
•Trainings for 10 Youth organizations on Youth inclusion, representation and lobbing were organized
• Process of creating local Youth Strategies in 10 Municipalities is underway
Subcommittee on Innovation, Information Society and Social Policy 28.01.2010
Results
106 Civil Associations were financially supported by the Agency of Youth and sport with a budget of 6 million denars
50 other civil association were additionally supported with the amount of 11 million denars.
Total annual consumption for Youth Sector in 2009 adds up to 17 million denars