2.3 National strategy on youth volunteering
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Existence of a National Strategy
The National Programme for Youth 2013-2022 (Resolucija o nacionalnem programu za mladino 2013–2022) introduces youth volunteering and encouragement of youth volunteering as its important objective, particularly in terms of educational potential and its contribution to the development of local communities. It emphasizes voluntary activities among young people as one of eight key areas that should be promoted and developed. Among the priority guidelines of the Programme is to promote volunteering among young people and reduce the proportion of young people who never engage in voluntary activities.
Slovenia has not introduced a national strategy that would specifically consider youth volunteering, there is also no specific law on youth volunteering in Slovenia. There is only the Act on Public Interest in the Youth Sector (Zakon o javnem interesu v mladinskem sektorju) that introduces youth volunteering as one of the core areas of youth policy, and the Volunteering Act (Zakon o prostovoljstvu), with the adoption of which volunteering has been legislated in 2011. Based on Volunteering act the National strategy for the development of non-governmental sector and volunteering until 2023 (Strategija razvoja nevladnih organizacij in prostovoljstva do leta 2023) was adopted in 2018. The National Programme for Youth 2013-2022 is aligned with all three documents and other Slovenian key development documents.
Scope and contents
The National Programme for Youth 2013-2022 (Resolucija o nacionalnem programu za mladino 2013–2022) was adopted by the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia on 24 October 2013 for the period 2013–2022. It serves as an overarching strategic public document or action plan that integrates the major directions to be followed in policy making on youth matters at the national level. The National Programme for Youth is based on the study Youth 2010 (Mladina 2010) on the position of young people in Slovenia which was carried out in 2010 and published in 2011.
Responsible authority
The responsible public body for implementing the National Programme for Youth 2013-2022 (Resolucija o nacionalnem programu za mladino 2013‒2022) is the Office of the Republic of Slovenia for Youth. Relevant ministries report to the Office for Youth because monitoring and evaluation of the national youth strategy are under its jurisdiction. The interim report is to be submitted to the National Assembly every three years, whereas the final report is to be submitted after the expiry of the validity of the National Youth Programme.
Ministry of Public Administration was responsible for the coordination of preparation of the National Strategy for the development of non-governmental sector and volunteering (Strategija razvoja nevladnih organizacij in prostovoljstva do leta 2023). The strategy was adopted by the National Assembly in 2018.
Revisions/ Updates
The National Programme for Youth 2013-2022 (Resolucija o nacionalnem programu za mladino 2013–2022) containing references to youth volunteering has not yet been revised.