5.4 Young people's participation in policy-making
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Formal Mechanisms of Consultation
Actors
Information on the extent of youth participation
Outcomes
Large-scale initiatives for dialogue or debate between public institutions and young people
Formal Mechanisms of Consultation
There is no prescriptive mechanism for consultations with young people in Croatia apart from the EU Youth Dialogue. It serves as a platform for discussion on issues and priorities of youth policy. The National Working Group for the EU Dialogue with Youth consists of youth representatives, representatives from the state office in charge for young people and the national Erasmus+ agency. Depending on the topic, external members can be appointed. There are various methods used for consultation with young people, for instance, public consultations, national conferences, workshops, discussions, on-line questionnaires and on-line discussions. Depending on the topic, a researcher is contracted to analyse the results of consultation and propose a background paper for defining national priorities.
Actors
The National Working Group for the EU Dialogue with Youth consists of youth representatives, representatives from the state office in charge for young people and the national Erasmus+ agency.
Information on the extent of youth participation
There is no information on the extent of youth participation.
Outcomes
In 2020 the Advisory Board for Youth issued a series of recommendations on the topics of student welfare and participation, young people with disabilities, youth work and local and regional youth advisory boards. However, there is no evidence of concrete outcomes of these recommendations.
Large-scale initiatives for dialogue or debate between public institutions and young people
Apart from the EU Youth Dialogue campaign, named ‘EU asks you’ (Tko te pita – EU pita), there are no large-scale initiatives for dialogue or debate between public institutions and young people