Public administartion

Public administration's role in

policy designing

Youth friendly implementation

Along with its role in legislative leadership, the bureaucracy of public administration play the major role in a given policy issue when a vacuum exist in the area.

IMPORTANT!!!

Policy making is the prerogative of the political or elected actors in government

Regardless of the form of government, public administration is an essential part of it.

The process should be as meaningful, simple, fun and engaging as possible for both young people and decision-makers.

Co-management and co-production

The character, nature and scope of public administration are constantly changing.

These are forms where young people and adults jointly take decisions about the running of a public organisation or project. Co-management is when a group of young people and adults work collaboratively, sharing power to manage and run an institution or organisation on an ongoing basis.

With a thought to methodology, youth friendly language, fun visibility and simplicity of other details.

Youth councils, youth parliaments, youth boards and other formal structures:

Deliberative youth participation:

These are bodies whose role is to represent the views of young people to decision makers.

Forms of

Youth Participation

Executive Leadership's Role of Public Administration

This form aims to include young people from all backgrounds in public debate and dialogue about a decision or group of decisions, to influence the way they are taken. This often takes place as a one-off event or series of events.

Youth activism and protest:

Young people’s digital participation

Digital participation can take many forms. In this study we use the term to mean the use of the Internet, social media and mobile technology to connect young people to decision makers with the aim of influencing the decisions in public authorities and other bodies.

Examples of eParticipation platforms

1. OPIN - is an all-in-one digital and mobile participation toolbox, which was used to contribute to 10 very different eParticipation projects which took place across Europe

2. particip.gov.md

3. U-Report

This form is related to young people’s involvement in campaigning groups and democratic protest as a means of influencing public decision making.

Campaigning groups and protest groups are often focused on a single issue or cause and will seek to campaign for political change around that cause.

Recognising the role of the

National Youth Councils

National Youth Councils need to be recognised as key partners in Youth Dialogue with certain responsibilities (acting as multipliers, ensuring outreach to diverse young people, engagement in consultation and follow up to implementation) and rights (support, recognition and a voice).

Youth-led process

The Youth Dialogue should be a youth-led process, with a strong involvement of National Youth Councils and other youth organisations in planning, delivery and follow up of activities.

The Youth Dialogue itself also needs to be designed together with young people.

Contributing to local, national

policy-making

Thank you!

Ideas that can be implemented immediately on a local and national levels must be taken forward to local and national authorities and implemented together with young people.

Requirements for effective and ethical participation according to UNICEF

In practice youth participation must meet the following nine basic requirements:

Public

administration

and

Youth participation

• Relevant

• Voluntary

• Inclusive

• Respectful

• Supported by training

• Safe and sensitive to risk

• Accountable

• Facilitated with child-friendly environments and working methods

• Transparent and informative

Inclusive for diverse voices

Youth Dialogue should be open for all young people and focus its efforts to reach out to and engage young people who are less active and coming from marginalized backgrounds. There is potential to explore doing school/university/community dialogue with young people to ensure that all voices are equally heard.

Ensuring that starting from a local level activities, the Youth Dialogue takes an inclusive approach.

Roman Banari

Vice President,

National Youth Council

of Moldova

Meaningful youth participation

Youth Dialogue should be a quality process, where young people engage in a meaningful conversations with decision-makers and with each other. The activities run by the National Working Groups and Non Governmental Youth Organisations should aim to foster quality engagement of young people. Young people participating in the dialogue should hear what happened with their ideas and inputs to the policy processes and projects on all levels.

Through face-to-face dialogue with decision-makers and interactive online tools (while using online tools is encouraged, the goal to involve more young people and reach higher numbers should not overshadow the quality of the Youth Dialogue).

Significant youth participation in

decision-making process

In designing legislation for the country the role of public administration depends primarily on the nature of the objectives being pursued and the social conditions prevailing at that time