Forthcoming policy developments

·         Lifelong career orientation program
·         Amendments to the Youth Law
·         Strategy for youth 2023-2027
·         European Youth Card Development Program 2022-2024
·         Youth guarantees

Ongoing debates

In the 3rd quarter of the current year, the Ministry of Sports and Youth formed a Working Group for the drafting of the Draft Strategy for Youth 2022-2026 with the accompanying AP 2022-2023. The working group, in addition to representatives of relevant institutions, also includes representatives of non-governmental organizations as well as a representative of the representative alliance of non-governmental organizations that implement youth policy in Montenegro. The process of drafting the new Youth Strategy is being carried out with the consultancy and technical support of the UNDP Office in Podgorica.
In the third quarter of the current year, the Ministry of Sports and Youth formed a Working Group for the drafting of amendments to the Law on Youth. The working group, in addition to representatives of relevant institutions, also includes representatives of non-governmental organizations as well as a representative of the representative alliance of non-governmental organizations that implement youth policy in Montenegro. A draft version of the amendments to the Law on Youth has been prepared and work is underway on the preparation of broad consultations with interested parties with the aim of collecting comments and suggestions that will be useful for the finalization of the draft legal text.
In the second quarter of the current year, the Ministry of Sports and Youth formed a Working Group for the drafting of the European Youth Card Development Program 2022-2024 and the accompanying AP 2022-2024. In addition to representatives of relevant institutions, the working group also includes representatives of non-governmental organizations. The process of developing the Program is carried out with the consultancy and technical support of the UNDP Office in Podgorica.