Action Plan is a document outlining the implementation of a specific Strategy for a defined period of time.

Circular economy – an approach that integrates the economy and the waste management system and involves the reuse of waste generated during the production process or after the use of the product.

Cross-curricular competencies – competences that are developed in school through all subjects. They are applicable in different situations and contexts in solving different problems and tasks. In the education system of Serbia, they are defined for the end of primary and secondary education, based on the list of key EU competencies and general outcomes of education defined in the Law on the Foundations of the Education System.  

District school authority – Organizational units established by the Ministry of Education outside the premises of the Ministry.

Drop-out – the process of leaving school during the school (academic) year, i.e. leaving before obtaining a certificate of class completion and not continuing further education.

Early school leavers – individuals who are not in the education and training system and who have only completed primary school or less. At European Union level, early school leaving rates are measured in the population between the ages of 18 and 24.

Fund for Young Talents (Fond za mlade talente) supports the development of young talents by investing in their education, skills, and excellence and is under jurisdiction of the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation.

Individual Education Plan – an individualized document for children, pupils, or students with additional educational needs and/or disabilities, consisting of a needs assessment and recommendations for reducing physical, teaching, and learning barriers, including, where necessary, the revision and adaptation of the curriculum and learning outcomes.

International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) provides a comprehensive framework for organising education programmes and qualification by applying uniform and internationally agreed definitions to facilitate comparisons of education systems across countries. 

Labour youth actions (Omladinske radne akcije, ORA) were a unique social phenomenon developed in the former socialist Republic of Yugoslavia. They were an important tool for building public infrastructure (e.g. railways, public buildings, roads, industrial infrastructure, etc.).

Local Action Plan for Youth is a strategic municipal/city document that defines priority areas for youth and activities that respond to the specific needs of youth in the given environment.

NEET stands for Not in Employment, Education or Training.

Pre-school preparatory programme – Mandatory programme for children from 5 ½ to 6 ½ years old, realized at preschool education and care institutions or primary schools.

Publicly recognized organizer of adult education activities may include nongovernmental organisations, cultural institutions, associations, open universities, career centres, consulting and training centres, private schools or any other institutions registered for educational programmes implementation, which means they have to be accredited, as well as to fulfil adult education standards as prescribed by the Law on Adult Education (Zakon o obrazovanju odraslih). When such standards are met, the institution receives a license which has to be renewed every 5 years.

Sectoral Councils – a type of public body aiming to initiate and facilitate dialogue between employers’ and workers’ representatives and education authorities.

STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, including Computer Science.

The National Association of Youth Work Practitioners (Nacionalna asocijacija praktičara/ki omladinskog rada, NAPOR) is a vocational association of youth organisations whose mission is to create and develop conditions for quality assurance and recognition of youth work with the aim of developing potential of youth and youth workers, who contribute to welfare of community and society.

The National Youth Council of Serbia (KOMS) is an umbrella organisation of over 100 youth organisations and organisations for youth.

Volunteering in Serbia represents an organized and voluntary provision of services for the general good and good of other persons, without any compensation or other material gain.

Young Person is the person aged between 15 and 30, according to the Law on Youth (Zakon o mladima).

Youth Council, is an advisory body, established by the Government, which promotes and coordinates the activities related to the development, realisation and implementation of youth policy, and proposes measures for its improvement. Its main goal is to establish cooperation between different stakeholders – line ministries, different public authorities, institutions, youth and civil society sector.

Youth office is a unit of the city/municipal government responsible for coordination of local youth policies in all areas relevant to young people, and in accordance with the specific needs of their local communities.

Youth Policy actors are: the Republic of Serbia, autonomous province, and local self-government unit as holders of Youth Policy, institutions, association carrying out youth activities, and other actors participating in the implementation of the Youth Policy.

Youth Policy includes all measures and activities of government bodies, institutions, associations and other actors directed at the improvement and promotion of the position and status of young people.

Youth Worker is a professional working in civil society organizations/institutions/local self-government units, who conducts activities of youth work, and whose competences are defined by occupational standards in the field of youth work. Competencies can be acquired through formal, non-formal and informal education and learning. Since January 2019, youth worker has been officially registered as occupation in the National Employment Service’s Record.