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1. Governance

2. Cross-sectoral cooperation

Governance

Main actors:

Main governmental authority involved in policy-making on youth work is the Ministry of Social Policy, Demography and Youth. 

The main non-public actor who is taking part in the development of policies in the field of youth work is the Union for Youth Work  which is a network of youth work providers: youth organizations and organizations working with and for youth whose mission is to regulate and standardize youth work, support youth workers and raise public awareness of the importance of youth work.

Cross-sectoral cooperation

The process of recognition and establishment of youth work in the Republic of North Macedonia is still at an early stage. Previously, cross-sectoral cooperation in this area was carried out by the Agency of Youth and Sport, in partnership with the Municipalities (Local Self-Governance) and the Union for Youth Work. Following the recent governmental reorganization, the responsibility for youth work has been transferred to the Ministry of Social Policy, Demography and Youth, which is now the lead institution in this field.

In order to realize the right to free organization, as well as easier access to information that is of interest to young people, the Law on Youth Participation and Youth Policies provided for the establishment of a youth officer in all organs of the state administration, as well as in municipalities and in the city of Skopje. In every state and local institution there is a responsible person or youth officer who is responsible for the operation of the Youth Office for coordinating, implementing and monitoring issues of interest to young people within the scope of competence of the institution itself.