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4. Social Inclusion

4.8 Current debates and reforms

Last update: 29 November 2025

The 2023-2027 action plan of the national youth policy provides goal 1 - to ensure social inclusion, well-being and global citizenship education of young people. To achieve this goal, the following tasks are planned:

1. The task is to develop the citizenship of young people by encouraging them to participate in the activities of youth organizations, voluntary activities and other civic activities.

2. The task is to develop the system of work with youth, increasing the coverage and integration of youth with fewer opportunities and challenges into society, the education system and the labor market.

3. The task is to promote a healthy lifestyle of young people, active leisure time and to develop various measures that ensure the strengthening of mental health of young people.

4. The task is to strengthen relations with the youth of the Lithuanian diaspora, ensuring the implementation of Lithuanian state policies that meet their needs and the implementation of community activities, with the aim of actively participating in solving issues relevant to Lithuania, and encouraging them to return or come to Lithuania.

5. The task is to promote the involvement and empowerment of youth in the implementation of sustainable development goals, the green course, creating a harmonious relationship with the environment.

6. The task is to strengthen the digital literacy of young people and their ability to use the media, the resistance of young people to misinformation and hostile propaganda, segregation and radicalization.

7. The task is to ensure youth mobility, international and intercultural dialogue, recognition in the world and representation of the interests of Lithuanian youth in the EU and international institutions and organizations.

The Youth Capital of Lithuania for 2025 - Kretinga city. The purpose of the competition for capital was to strengthen youth policy and cooperation between the youth sector and local self-government, creating favorable conditions for young people to participate in municipal life, empowering young people, volunteering, improving the quality of work with young people and developing coverage, strengthening inter-agency cooperation (more about the competition - here).