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Youth-friendly policymaking with the youth-check: A review of the 20th legislative period
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?’
NIPAG represented with three projects at the 18th Child and Youth Welfare Day
The 18th German Child and Youth Welfare Day (DJHT), Europe's largest youth welfare summit, took place in Leipzig from 13 to 15 May 2025. The NIPAG was actively represented with three of its own projects: The Competence Centre Youth Check (ComYC), the Project Office Youth Check Thuringia (ProJCT) and the project ‘Implementation support KJSG: Conversion of administrative structures in the area of integration assistance’ (in short: KJSG project).
Retrospective: Event about the youth-check at the 18th German Child and Youth Welfare Congress
The Competence Centre Youth Check (ComYC) is a project of the National Institute for Public Administration Germany (NIPAG). As part of the 18th German Child and Youth Welfare Congress in Leipzig, the ComYC presented its experiences with the youth-specific regulatory impact assessment tool „youth-check“ and showed how young people’s perspective can be taken into account in legislation.
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.
Development of a ‘youth-check’ to systematically analyse the impact of federal legislation on young people
In the coalition agreement for the 18th legislative period, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) agreed to consider the concerns of young people (aged 12-27) when developing federal policies. In order to achieve this objective the 'youth-check' was developed and implemented in 2016 and 2017. The youth-check is an instrument of youth-specific regulatory impact assessment. The assessment tool was developed by the NIPAG in cooperation with youth policy stakeholdersand presented in August 2017. TheCompetence Centre Youth-Check (ComYC) was founded in August 2017 as the responsible unit for carrying out the youth-check.
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.
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.
Turkish delegation visits the ComYC
On 19 October 2023, a delegation from the Turkish Ministries of Youth and Sports, National Education and Labour and Social Affairs visited the Competence Centre Youth-Check (ComYC) in Berlin. The delegation was invited by the German-Turkish Special Committee of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.
Closing event of the 'Youth Team' Thuringia
On 2 March 2024, around 30 members of the 'Youth Team' Thuringia met for a closing event at the Thuringia State Parliament. Together with the Youth Check Thuringia project bureau team, they reflected on previous meetings, evaluated the results and gave feedback on the consultation format.
Youth-Check Thuringia to continue until 2026
The Thuringian Cabinet has decided to continue the youth-check Thuringia until what is expected to be 2026. This means that the youth-check Thuringia project bureau can continue its work beyond 2024 and continue to contribute to youth-friendly legislation in Thuringia.
