Closing event of the 'Youth Team' Thuringia
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The closing event was opened by the Deputy President of the Parliament of Thuringia, Madeleine Henfling, and the Thuringia State Secretary for Youth, Prof. Dr Winfried Speitkamp, who thanked the 'Youth Team' for their commitment, their ideas and their time. The 30 or so participants were then given an update on the progress of the draft legislation under discussion and how the feedback from the ministries responsible had been taken into account in their adaptation. During a group phase, the 'Youth Team' took a detailed look at the Youth Check Thuringia project, learned about other opportunities available for young people to participate in Thuringia and used the opportunity for feedback. The event concluded with a visit to the Thuringia State Parliament.
About the Youth Check Thuringia project
Youth Check Thuringia is a project by the National Institute for Public Administration Germany (NIPAG) and is funded by the Thuringia State Ministry for Education, Youth and Sports (TMBJS) from 2022 to 2025. In the project, draft state government laws are examined for their possible effects on young people in order to contribute to legislation which supports young people. The 'Youth Team' is a format for young people to participate and become involved in the Youth Check project. It consists of 50 young people from all over Thuringia who were invited to take part in a double random selection procedure at the beginning of 2023. Over the past twelve months, the 'Youth Team' has been invited three times to contribute their perspectives and assessments of draft legislation of particular relevance to young people in Thuringia within the framework of the Youth Check Thuringia project. The consultation was led by the Youth Participation Support Centre of the Ministry for Education, Youth and Sports of the State of Thuringia (TMBJS) in cooperation with the Landesjugendring Thüringen e.V. and was supported by the Youth Check Thuringia project bureau, which provided a scientific assessment of the consequences of the legislation.
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Development of a 'youth-check' in Thuringia
In order to incorporate young people's perspectives into the formulation of administrative policy in the German state of Thuringia, a process known as the 'youth-check' was developed, tested and subsequently introduced. The youth-check is a systematic method for recording and presenting the impact of draft regulations and other official/regulatory measures on young people. It has been developed as a test tool in two versions. The first is designed to assess the youth-specific consequences of legislation and policies at national level, while the second is designed to assess the impact of policies and programmes at local government level.
Implementation of the youth-check in Thuringia (Phase 3)
The youth-check is a regulatory impact assessment tool that analyses the impact of legislation on young people. To raise awareness of young people's concerns early in the legislative process, the youth-check is applied to proposed legislation at the draft law stage. Its purpose is to identify and present the intended and unintended consequences of a draft law on young people. In this way, the perspectives of young people in the legislative process are strengthened and makes policymakers and administrators more aware of the independent life phase of youth.
