1. Youth Policy Governance
Taking into account the objectives of the National Youth Strategy 2024-2027, Romanian youth policy includes measures to ensure inclusive and quality education, promote youth participation in community and democratic life, support social inclusion and employability, foster creativity and entrepreneurship, and create a unified and coordinated framework for youth policies across sectors and levels of governance in Romania. The Ministry of Labour, Family, Youth and Social Solidarity is the main top-level responsible authority in the field of youth, since 23 December 2024. The Ministry of Family, Youth and Equal Opportunities was the main top-level responsible authority in the field of youth, betwee January 2022 and December 2024.
The National Youth Strategy 2024-2027 was developed according to a cross-sectorial approach. However, the youth is not central in other policy fields and there are few policy measures directly dedicated to young people, as presented in the following chapters of Youth Wiki - Romania.
For all policy fields, the main information sources on the Romanian youth are the Youth Barometers commissioned by the Ministry of Youth and Sports every two years between 2012 and 2020, continued by NGOs and research centres in 2022, and by the Ministry of Family, Youth and Equal Opportunities in 2024, as presented in section 1.6 Evidence-based Youth Policy.