Regional councils for youth policy

The first meeting of the Working Group on improving the activities of regional councils on youth policy under the akims of the regions was held.

The Working Group included representatives of the Committee for Youth and Family Affairs of the MISD RK, the Youth Research Center, youth resource centers, non-governmental and international organizations.

The Youth Research Center presented the results of the analysis of the current activities of the regional youth councils, noted the existing problems and proposed a number of recommendations for revising the provisions of the councils, in which the main priorities are publicity, transparency, gender and inclusiveness.

Members of the Working Group noted the actuality of proposals designed to increase the efficiency of the regional councils, the importance of expanding functionality, strengthening the potential and highlighting the work of the councils through social networks.