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1. Existence of a National Youth Strategy

2. Scope and contents

3. Responsible authority for the implementation of the Youth Strategy

4. Revisions/updates

Existence of a national youth strategy

In October 2014, the Government of the Republic of Croatia adopted the third youth strategy of the Republic of Croatia entitled the National Youth Programme for the Period 2014-2017 (Nacionalni program za mlade 2014 – 2017).

The new National Youth Programme 2019-2025 is in the drafting phase (cross-reference to 1.9.).

Responsible authority for the implementation of the youth strategy

The Central State Office for Demography and Youth (Središnji državni ured za demografiju i mlade) is in charge of proposing and implementation of strategic documents, laws, acts, programmes and projects in the youth policy filed as well as their monitoring and evaluation.

For the implementation of measures concerning competencies, the main designated competent authorities are also:

• The Ministry of Science and Education,
• The Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy,
• The Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development (Ministarstvo gospodarstva i održivog razvoja)
• The Ministry of Regional Development and EU funds (Ministarstvo regionalnoga razvoja i fondova Europske unije)
• The Ministry of the Interior,
• The Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets,
• The Ministry of Health (Ministarstvo zdravstva)
• The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs,
• The Ministry of Culture and Media, and
• The State Electoral Commission.

New Government of the Republic of Croatia was formed in summer of 2020, after parliamentary elections in Croatia.  Here are listed newly formed Ministries.

The National Youth Programme is not part of a general national development policy but is a separate strategy.

Revisions/Updates

The new National Youth Programme 2019-2025 is in the drafting phase (cross-reference to 1.9.).