Lesson 1 6 UNIT
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YOUTH AND RELATIONSHIPS YOUTH AND RELATIONSHIPS
YOUNG AND ACTIVE – Are you a member of any youth organization or movement, state or international? – Can you give any examples of such an institution? What do they work for? – Would you like to join any youth club or community?
READING 1. Read the text about Ukrainian youth state policy, youth movements and organizations. Fill in the table of the main social programmes and youth movements in Ukraine accordingly. #
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Youth policy in Ukraine is among the priorities of the state policy and is implemented for the benefit of young people, society, and the state at a rather high level; taking into account the capacity of Ukraine, its economic, social, historical and cultural development. Context and principles of the national youth policy in Ukraine for 2016-2020 are defined by the Concept State Target Social Programme “Youth of Ukraine”. The Programme targets youth between 14 and 35 and is aimed at creating conditions for development and self-realization of Ukrainian youth, who are a value for the society, building their citizenship position and national patriotism. Ukraine has two main national youth associations. The Public Association “National Youth Council UKRAINE” is a national youth platform, which was established in 2015. The goal of the organization is to represent and protect the civil, political, social, and economic rights of young people in Ukraine, to expand opportunities for personal development and active youth participation in political life. “Ukrainian Youth Forum” was established in 2005, and its goal is the consolidation of youth, improving the state youth sector and implementation of European values, such as active healthy lifestyles, technology, innovation, business development, ecology and democratic development of the state. In 2015 United Nations Development Programme in Ukraine, in partnership with the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, and the State Employment Service launched a career guidance and career building website for the Youth Portal – “My Career”. The portal provides information about the labour market and actual professions, opportunities for development and correct career construction. In addition, it can offer young people to take an internationally licensed test to determine the interests, skills, and the choice of the future direction of study. Nowadays as democratic oriented changes are taking place in Ukraine, our young generation has begun to take more interest in the home and foreign policy of Ukraine. The most well-known youth movements are “The Young Motherland”, “The Students’ Brotherhood”, “The Independent Ukrainian Youth League”, and “European Youth Parliament of Ukraine”.
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