European Parliament resolution on the legacy of the European Year of Youth 2022 The year 2022 has become the European Year of Youth thanks to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who announced the initiative in her State of the Union address delivered on September 15, 2021. In that address, she stressed the importance of young Europeans in building a better future - one that is greener and conducive to social and digital inclusivity. The idea behind the European Year of Youth was to give y ...

A publication by the Institute for the Development of Legal Education and Civil Society titled "Election of members of youth assemblies - a new reality with old solutions," authored by Jan Zapolski-Downar, will soon be distributed to decision-makers. Despite the existence of groups titling themselves "youth assemblies" in 10 provinces, prior to June 2021 they did not have the legally sanctioned character of advisory bodies. They were mainly educational in nature, and the method of selecting mem ...

Apprenticeships The earliest young people have to deal with apprenticeships is in high school. They are regulated by the Ministry of Education's Regulation on Practical Vocational Training of February 22, 2019[1]. According to the regulation, practical classes can take place at employers, under the principles of a dual system of education. Two forms of contracts are envisaged as the basis for vocational training. The first is an employment contract for the purpose of professional preparation, c ...

Public policies are created on the basis of medium- and long-term strategies that aim to achieve specific effects in a particular area of public life. Proposed solutions very often, due to their long-term effects, directly and indirectly affect young people, including outside the areas that are most associated with this age group (educational law, social law, higher education). In recent years, both in Poland and around the world, a new field of public policies has emerged - youth policy, which ...

Youth participation in social and political life is the theme of the Be Seen Be Heard campaign, which aims to increase young people's participation in politics and help make their voices heard in all spheres of public life. The Body Shop International, in cooperation with the UN Secretary General's Office of the Envoy for Youth Affairs, conducted research and created a report outlining how and why young people are involved in political decision-making, and what challenges they face. For the pur ...