Development and Implementation of a Youth-Check for Berlin
The project engages with the development and introduction of a youth specific regulatory impact assessment tool (‘youth-check’) for the Federal State of Berlin. Based on a Senate resolution from April 2024, stipulating the implementation of a youth-check, NIPAG was commissioned by the Senate Department for Education, Youth, and Family Affairs to develop a Berlin youth-check between September 2024 and July 2025. The youth-check is a regulatory impact assessment tool that helps to raise awareness for the concerns of the young generation. The youth-check helps to visualise the effects of draft legislation on the young generation.
The aim of the project was to develop an assessment tool consisting of an assessment chart and assessment procedure for the Berlin Youth-Check. The project built on experience with the Youth-Check at the federal level and in Thuringia, and adapted the assessment chart and assessment procedure to the specific circumstances in Berlin. The assessment procedure was developed in consultation with the Senate Department for Education, Youth, and Family Affairs and adapted to the specifics of the Berlin legislative process. It covers, among other things, the age group, the subject of the assessment, the timing of the assessment, and the assessment procedure. In addition, the concept outlines possibilities for the participatory involvement of young people.
Regulatory impact assessment in Germany
The Competence Centre Youth-Check (ComYC) was founded in 2017 as a project of the National Institute for Public Administration Germany. It is responsible for carrying out the youth-check for all federal government bills. The ComYC is an independent unit with a unique expertise in youth-specific regulatory impact assessment. With its work, the ComYC helps to raise awareness for the concerns of young people.
In 2022, the first youth-check on the federal level was introduced in Thuringia. The youth-check in Thuringia is likewise a project of the National Institute for Public Administration Germany.
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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.
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.
