Mechanisms and actors

The norms that regulate horizontal cross-sectoral cooperation among public bodies is contained in law241/1990 regulating administrative proceedings.

To coordinate youth policies at national level, the Department for Youth Policies and the Universal Civic Service  makes regular use of two tools, namely protocols of understandings and inter-ministerial working groups.

Within the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, for the development of specific measures addressed at youth, the Department for Youth Policy and the Universal Civic Service has the support of the following sectoral Departments:

• Department for anti-drug policies;
• Department for the family, natality and equal opportunities;
• Department for sports;
• Department for policies in favour of people with disabilities;
• Department for cohesion policies;
• Department for information and publishing.

However, the promotion of youth rights is not exclusively assigned to the Department. All the Ministries are called upon to develop specific policies in favour of youth. The major programmes in favour of youth have been developed by the following Ministries:

• Ministry of Education and Merit;

• Ministry of Universities and Research;

• Ministry of Labour and Social Policies;

• Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy;

• Ministry of Health;

• Ministry of Culture.

As of 2024, the Department activated the following initiatives:

• Collaboration with all the Ministries of the Republic and the Departments of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers for the identification of the opportunities offered to young people throughout the country. These opportunities are published on the Youth 2030 platform, active since 15 March 2021;
• Collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for the drafting of bilateral and multilateral agreements and arrangements for the promotion of cross-border youth mobility;
• Collaboration with the Department of Sport for the implementation of the European project "Combating hate speech in sport".

Inter-ministerial working group of the national authorities responsible for the various sectors of the Erasmus + Program, in particular the Ministry of Labour, the Ministry of Education and Merit, the Ministry of University and Research and the Department of Sport.