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LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

of March 27, 2025 No. ZR-58

About youth policy

Accepted by National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on March 5, 2025

The purpose of this Law is creation of the legal basis of the policy pursued by the state in the field of youth, ensuring processes of development and realization of youth policy, regulation of the legal relations arising between state bodies, local government bodies, the youth organizations, the youth centers.

Chapter 1. General provisions

Article 1. Subject of regulation of the Law on youth policy

1. This law regulates processes of development and realization of youth policy, and also the legal relations arising between the subjects participating in implementation process of youth policy and state bodies.

Article 2. The basic concepts used in the law

1. In this Law the following basic concepts are used:

1) the young man - the citizen of the Republic of Armenia aged from 13 up to 35 years or the person which does not have citizenship of the Republic of Armenia and living in the Republic of Armenia;

2) the state youth policy system of the programs and actions accepted by the Government, directed to identification and development of requirements, capabilities and preferences of youth, satisfaction of educational, cultural and other interests and preferences of social nature, the problem resolution which the youth, and forming of public statements around these decisions, ensuring involvement of youth in political, social and economic and cultural life and increase in level of participation of youth in decision making faces;

3) work with youth - the work aimed at the personal development, social integration and forming of active citizens from among youth;

4) the youth worker - person who is carrying out youth work on paid basis (with provision of utilities or paid services, or within employment contractual relations) or on voluntary basis;

5) the youth program system of the planned actions following from the state youth policy;

6) youth action - the planned action directed to implementation of youth programs held for youth, young people or with their participation;

7) young family family in which at least to one of spouses from 18 to 35 years and the cumulative age of spouses does not exceed 70 years, or the loner parent with the child whose age does not exceed 35 years;

8) the youth organization - the non-profit organization having the status of the legal entity which charter provides implementation of youth work and youth programs and which at least 2/3 members are constituted by young people and in case of the organizations which do not have membership, at least 2/3 members of governing body are constituted by young people;

9) the joint body of the youth organizations - the non-profit organization having the status of the legal entity which in the territory of the Republic of Armenia combines the organizations of civil society dealing with youth and issues of youth represents the interests and the rights of youth and acts as representative body of the youth organizations of the Republic of Armenia at the national and international levels which together with the state on behalf of authorized body of public administration in the field of youth policy (further - authorized body), shall be signed the memorandum of cooperation of social partnership. At least 2/3 joint bodies of the youth organizations shall consist of the youth organizations, and at least 2/3 members of the supreme governing body shall be young people. Criteria and procedure for membership in the joint body of the youth organizations will be established by the charter of the joint body. He will act irrespective of state bodies and local government bodies and on the basis of the memorandum, signed;

10) youth initiative groups groups, formed due to self-organization of the young people who do not have the status of the legal entity which activities follow from the state youth policy;

11) the youth center organization or the structural division of the legal entity having the status of the legal entity, created by the state, community or non-governmental organizations or in bilateral or multilateral cooperation between them which carries out youth work will organize intellectual entertainments and realizes the programs and actions following from the state youth policy;

12) youth research - the research activities connected with youth problems, directed to data collection about the youth provision, their expectations, aspirations existing and potential problems and opportunities in youth lives and also on measurement social, psychological, economic, political, cultural and other impacts of youth influencing youth policy and work of youth;

13) youth policy of community system of the planned actions reflecting the communal features following from the state youth policy.

Article 3. Principles of youth policy

1. The principles of youth policy are:

1) consideration of youth as driving force of development of the country, ensuring emphasis on youth in different industry programs;

2) participation: importance of involvement of youth, youth initiative groups in decision making processes in all spheres of public life;

3) youth policy on the basis of the facts developments of the state youth policy and programs on the basis of reliable and urgent researches, monitorings, estimates and other facts;

4) synchronized youth policy development of the state youth policy on the basis of the perspective strategies of development for the Republic of Armenia directed to their realization or creation of premises for realization. Be guided by accurately particular strategic objectives and build each action on the basis of achieved achievements and results;

5) measurability determination of results of realization of the state youth policy and mechanisms of measurement of these results;

6) inclusivity for each young man, providing necessary conditions and the adapted circle according to features of development, implementation of the steps aimed at providing the maximum participation in the programs realized in the youth sphere.

Chapter 2. Subjects of youth policy, their right, obligation and power

Article 4. Subjects of youth policy

1. Subjects of youth policy are the public authorities and local self-government performing youth policy, the youth organizations, the youth centers, youth workers, youth initiative groups and youth.

Article 5. Powers of the government in the field of youth policy

1. Treat powers of the Government:

1) to approve the strategic document promoting development of the state youth policy directed to forming of creative, enterprising, capable and competitive youth for the purpose of expansion of opportunities of young people for ensuring own wellbeing in the country which guarantee shall be competitive economy and the stable state;

2) to approve programs of support of youth and young families.

Article 6. Powers of authorized body

1. Treat powers of authorized body:

1) to coordinate the actions performed within the state youth policy;

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