Youth politics
Youth policy is to make the living conditions of young people taking into account their needs and concerns. Most parties have expressed their youth political ideas in their party programs. Many providers of youth work have also positioned on issues of youth policy and youth work and published explanations. On the different levels of government, there are committees, committees, working groups, youth councils, youth organizations and loose associations. The main structures include the federal, the state and municipal levels.
- 2.1 Youth work at the country level (using the example of Lower Saxony )
- 2.2 youth policy at the country level (using the example of Lower Saxony )
- 3.1 youth work at local level
- 3.2 Youth Policy at local level
Federal level
Youth work at the federal level
At the federal level are currently 24 youth associations, which together 16 national youth councils and five affiliated associations in the study group of the German Youth ring. He takes over at the federal level youth policy advocacy. The Association of Youth Services is the union of the various youth services. There are other associations such as the German National Committee for International Youth Work (DNK ). The national youth councils network their work twice a year as part of the Conference of Regional Youth Councils.
Youth policy at the federal level
The responsible Ministry is the Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. Some questions and tasks of youth policy can also fall into the jurisdiction of other ministries.
The state level
Youth work at the country level (using the example of Lower Saxony )
In Lower Saxony there are over 80 nationally organized youth associations, which are in turn partially closed in umbrella organizations (such as in the AEJN Working Group of the Evangelical Youth in Lower Saxony or in BDKJ Federation of Catholic Youth). Most of these organizations are members of the National Youth Council of Lower Saxony eV LJR networked whose work and represents the interests of youth work and young people in politics, administration and the public. There are also country-level further support ( eg, youth sports, State Association Cultural Youth Education ), which act similar to AEJN and BDKJ as umbrella organizations for individual areas.
Youth policy at the country level (using the example of Lower Saxony )
At the state level youth policy in the Lower Saxony Ministry is affiliated for Social Affairs, Women, Family and Health. According to youth work is discussed in the Social Committee of the Diet. Especially for the needs of youth work, there are enshrined in the Youth Assistance Act Provincial advisory council for youth work. As a subordinate and executive authority has existed since 1 January 2007 in the National Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Family, the " Section for Children, Youth and Family ," which has taken over the duties of the dissolved Lower Saxony Youth Amter in the field of youth work. As an advisory body acts to the State Advisory Board for Children and Youth Services, which replaces the previous State Youth Assistance Committee. All four fractions of the Lower Saxony state parliament have chosen youth speaker inside.
The local level
Youth work at local level
The vast majority of services for children and young people are offered by the owners of youth work at local level. Youth associations, youth groups and initiatives afford as free carrier the majority of the work and are supplemented by the possibilities of public youth work ( city and county youth care ). The county, city, ( velvet) community and local youth councils are the groupings of youth associations and groups in the respective local authority and represent the interests of youth organizations and young people towards politics and the public.
Youth policy at local level
Every county and every county-level city must have a youth welfare office. The Youth Welfare Office is bipartite and consists of the administration and the Youth Services Committee. The Youth Services Committee and the outdoors providers of youth work are request for and entitled to vote. In addition, there are many cities and towns Committees, in which advise youth work (eg Committee on Social Affairs, Youth and Sports ). There are other working groups, where in many places youth work plays a role, for example, prevention councils or Local Agenda 21 - groups.
Youth policy at European level
The European Union has only a limited youth competence. Decisions are made unanimously. Nevertheless, in particular the European Commission shall endeavor to cooperate with youth organizations. The European Youth Forum is funded accordingly. Is underestimated in this context, the Council of Europe.