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1. Existence of a National Strategy

2. Scope and contents

3. Responsible authority

4. Revisions/ Updates

Existence of a National Strategy

There is at the moment no explicit national strategy for youth volunteering in Sweden. Young people's participation in society is though a core element in the national youth strategy presented in the government's bill ’With youth in focus – a policy for good living conditions, power and influence’ (Med fokus på unga – en politik för goda levnadsvillkor, makt och inflytande). Key parts of the bill were decided by the Parliament in 2014 (see 1.3 National youth strategy).

Scope and contents

The national youth strategy does not include youth volunteering.

Responsible authority

Since there is not any national strategy for youth volunteering in Sweden, the volunteering is under the competence areas of Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. The Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society (Myndigheten för ungdoms- och civilsamhällesfrågor, MUCF) is the national agency for the EU youth programmes, including the European Solidarity Corps programme.

Revisions

Not applicable.