OECD Youth Policy Toolkit | A Better Future for Young People in Ageing Societies

The OECD Youth Policy Toolkit supports the implementation and dissemination of the OECD Recommendation on Creating Better Opportunities for Young People (hereafter the “OECD Youth Recommendation”), which was adopted in June 2022 by all OECD countries. The Youth Recommendation promotes a government-wide strategy to improve youth measures and outcomes in all relevant policy areas, including employment, entrepreneurship, education and social policies, as well as civic engagement and public governance. The Toolkit has been produced as part of the OECD Horizontal Project “A Better Future for Young People in Ageing Societies,” led jointly by the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS) and the Public Governance Directorate (GOV), in order to provide practical guidance to improve the design and implementation of policies for young people.

Engaging Young People In Open Government | A Communication Guide

Open government strategies and initiatives aim to support democracy and inclusive growth. They are an important tool to increase transparency, accountability, and integrity, whilst building stronger relationships between government and citizens allowing them to participate in policy-making. As the OECD Recommendation of the Council on Open Government underlines, open government, and stakeholder participation initiatives should include specific efforts “dedicated to reaching out to the most relevant, vulnerable, underrepresented, or marginalized groups in society”. Although youth are a highly heterogeneous group with different backgrounds, skills, and capacities, they often find it more difficult than other segments of society to make their voices heard. Youth can be considered as one of the groups that requires specific efforts.