Retrospective: Youth-friendly policymaking with the youth-check: A review of the 20th legislative period
Description and content of the event
Presentation of the ComYC’s third report, handover to Federal Minister for Youth Karin Prien and panel discussion on the topic ‘What's next in the 21st legislative period?’
The Competence Centre Youth-Check (ComYC) presented its third report on 23 September 2025 at the event ‘Youth-friendly policymaking with the youth-check: A review of the 20th legislative period’ and handed it over to Federal Minister for Youth Karin Prien. The report provides an overview of the work of the ComYC and the impact of the youth-check in the 20th legislative period. The report and its results was commented on by Jasmina Hostert (Member of the Bundestag), spokesperson for youth policy for the SPD parliamentary group, and Ralph Edelhäußer (Member of the Bundestag), youth rapporteur for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group.
In the subsequent panel talk on the topic of ‘Youth-friendly policymaking with the youth-check: What's next in the 21st legislative period?’, the members of parliament discussed the youth-check and the youth policy priorities in the 21st legislative period with Karin Prien, a member of the youth-check Advisory Board and the ComYC.
The ComYC is a project of the NIPAG and has been conducting the youth-check for legislative proposals at federal level since 2017. The aim is to make the intended and unintended effects of proposed legislation on young people between the ages of 12 and 27 visible and to raise awareness among politicians and public administration.
Time, Location & Organisation
| Time: | 23 September 2025, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm, followed by a get-together until 2 pm. |
| Location | National Representation of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Berlin |
| Flyer | Event Flyer (in German) |
Related Projects
Competence Centre Youth-Check (ComYC)
The youth-check helps to raise awareness of young people’s concerns during the legislative process. It is a regulatory impact assessment tool to analyse the impact of federal legislation on young people aged between 12 and 27 years In order to raise awareness of the concerns of young people at an early stage in the legislative process, the youth-check is applied to proposed legislation during the draft bill stage. The youth-check is carried out by the Competence Centre Youth-Check (ComYC). The ComYC is an independent unit with a unique expertise in youth-specific regulatory impact assessment in Germany. It is the only scientific institution in Germany that carries out an accompanying regulatory impact assessment (ex-ante assessment) for all federal government bills.
