Priorities of the draft
National Youth Strategy
2014 - 2020
Sergiu STANCIU,
Deputy Minister of Youth and
Sports of the Republic of
Moldova
General information on the
youth sector
Ministry of Youth and Sports
Staff: 41 persons, out of which 5 persons in the youth department (4 persons
in charge of youth policy; one person in charge of the international
cooperation of the MYS)
Budget of the MYS for 2014:
Budget for the Sports activities - 82 137 600 MDL (≈ 4 600 000 €)
Budget for the Youth activities - 7 040 400 MDL (≈ 400 000 €)
Separate budget
Youth Resource Centers in 2014 - 11 653 2 00 MDL (≈ 650 000 €)
District Councils in 2014 – 2 799 200 MDL (≈ 160 000 €)
General information on the
youth sector
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943 047 youth aged between 16 – 30 years of age constitute
approximately 27% of the total population
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29,9% - employed
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8 % - unemployed (15-24 y.o. unemployment rate is 11,8%)
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62,1% - still studying (not officially registered as unemployed (not
active population), or thinking to go abroad)
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14 % - of all young Moldovan are migrants. Average age of migrants in
Moldova is 35 years or 39% of all migrants
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20 Youth Centers funded by APL of over 60 created by 2007/2008
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≈ 400 Local Youth Councils (LYC) in 2010 - ≈ 100 LYC in 2013
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The number of Youth Friendly Health Centers has been expanded
from 12 in 2009 to 37 in 2013, with coverage throughout the country.
15% of young people have accessed youth-friendly health services.
Legal framework for youth policy
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Law on Youth (adopted in 1999, amended in 2003, 2007) (youth age 16-30);
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Government Decision nr. 552 from 07.10.1996 referring to the establishment of the feast
“National Day of Youth”;
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National Youth Strategy and the Action Plan (2004-2006; 2007-2008);
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Local youth strategies in the districts (2006) and the Action Plan (2007-2009);
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National Youth Strategy and the Action Plan (2009-2013);
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Law on Volunteering (2010);
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Government Decision nr. 1213 from 27.12.2010 approving support measures for youth
activities;
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Government Decision nr. 733 from 29.09.2011 on the creation of the government Commission
for youth policy;
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Government Decision nr. 158 from 12.03.2012 on the
volunteering.
implementation of the Law on
Report on the evaluation of the
National Youth Strategy 2009–2013
This report was developed at the request of the Ministry of
Youth and Sports of the Republic of Moldova with the
assistance of UNFPA, and the financial support UNDESA
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The main priorities of the NYS were to:
Provide access to education and information for young
people;
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Develop health and social protection services for young
people;
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Provide economic opportunities for youth;
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Participation of youth in public life and promotion of
active citizenship;
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Strengthen institutional capacity in the youth field
Report on the evaluation of the
National Youth Strategy 2009–2013
National Youth Strategy and its Action Plan
 Coordinator – MYS
 Period 2009 – 2013
 Priorities - 5 Sub-priorities -13 Actions -79
Level of achievement of the results
 Achieved – 37
 Partially achieved -27
 Not achieved -12
 Could not be objectively evaluated - 3
Report on the evaluation of the
National Youth Strategy 2009 – 2013
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Overall recomendations:
Improve RBM and monitoring system
Improve coordination mechanism in the
youth sector
Improve national system for collecting data
on youth for evidence-based policies (align
it to the EU dashboard on youth)
Priorities of the draft National
Youth Strategy 2014 - 2020
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Given the:
Recommendations of the NYS 2009-2013 assessment Report;
Consultations conducted for the development of the new NYS
2014-2020;
Practice and current trends in youth policy at national and
international level;
Functional competence and development guidelines set by the
Ministry in the field of Youth
The vision of the draft youth strategy will focus on developing,
enhancing and recognizing youth sector as a stakeholder in the
development of the country, which will ensure the socioeconomic integration of youth
Priorities of the draft National
Youth Strategy 2014-2020
4 priorities of the draft strategy:
I.
Youth participation
II.
Services for youth
III.
Economic opportunities for youth
IV.
Youth sector consolidation/
strenghtening institutional capacity
Priorities of the draft National
Youth Strategy 2014-2020
I. Youth participation entail:
Involving young people in the decision-making process,
Civic Activism, Local Youth Councils, Youth Mobility, Youth
Information
a)
b)
c)
Projects and initiatives
Creating an online national Platform for youth
participation
Establishment of District Youth Councils in all
districts
Accreditation of volunteering organizations and
creating a databases on volunteering
Priorities of the draft National
Youth Strategy 2014 - 2020
II. Services for youth entail:
Youth Resource Centres, Youth Friendly Health Centers,
outreach services, Interships, healthy lifestyle promotion,
etc.
a)
b)
c)
Projects and initiatives
Development of minimum quality standards for
services for youth and accreditation of youth
service providers
Creating a structure for accrediting youth
services and voluntary work
Development of the Youth Friendly Service
Providers Strategy
Priorities of the draft National
Youth Strategy 2014 - 2020
III. Economic opportunities for youth entail:
Youth economic empowerment, entrepreneurship promotion,
employment opportunities
Projects and initiatives
a)
b)
Developing the components of the National
Programme for Economic Empowerment of Youth
Accreditation of guidance and training services
provided by youth organizations
Priorities of the draft National
Youth Strategy 2014 - 2020
IV. Youth sector consolidation
will be focused on: Strengthen Youth civil society, youth labour and workers,
intersectoral cooperation, development of the legal framework in the field,
non-formal education
a)
b)
Projects and initiatives
Recognition of youth labour and worker (developing and
adapting the regulatory framework, occupational standard,
academic training, retraining, certification, etc.);
NYS 2014-2020 continuous promotion and drafting regularly
the Action Plan, and ensuring a quality monitoring;
c)
Recognition of non-formal education;
d)
Approval of a new Law on youth;
e)
f)
Developing the support mechanism, including the funding of
youth organizations;
Increasing and building human and institutional capacity of
the youth sector, including in the Ministry
Next steps
1. Finalize and approve the Strategy (the end of
February 2014)
2. Establish the coordination mechanisms (May
2014)
3. Promotion of the strategy at the local level
4. Drafting regularly (for 2/3 years) the Action
Plans of the Strategy
Thank you for your attention
Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Moldova
Our contacts:
162, Ştefan cel Mare ave.
MD – 2004, Chişinău, Republic of Moldova
Tel/fax : +373 820-864
email: [email protected]
www.mts.gov.md