A new version of the law "On Youth Policy in the Russian Federation" has been adopted
Yesterday the State Duma of the Russian Federation in the second and third readings adopted the Federal Law "On Amendments to the Federal Law "On Youth Policy in the Russian Federation" (draft No. 716309-8).
According to the amendments, the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs will play a coordinating role in the implementation of youth policy. The Agency has received new powers for effective coordination of Regions including development and approval of recommendations on functioning of youth policy institutions and on organization of interdepartmental cooperation at the level of Regions in the implementation of youth policy. It will also now have such powers as:
authority to carry out state policy, normative-legal regulation of the sphere and approval of the nomenclature of positions of employees of youth policy institutions,
coordination of regional activities on the implementation of youth policy,
formation of key performance indicators of youth policy implementation in the country.
The following changes have been made:
New directions of youth policy in the country are added. Now there will be 27 directions in the state youth policy of the Russian Federation. 15 new ones have been approved:
patriotic education of youth,
spiritual and moral education,
formation of rejection of ideologies of terrorism and extremism,
protection of rights,
socio-psychological assistance,
support for initiative projects,
social tourism,
social sport,
preservation of family values,
self-education,
legal education,
creative potential,
rural youth,
support for self-government bodies and NPOs,
environmental culture.
The law is also supplemented with an article on non-profit organizations in the sphere of youth policy. This article establishes the right for such non-profit organizations to receive state support.