Towards a Better Understanding of the Model of EU Youth Policy

The study subject of the paper is governance of youth policy of the European Union. The work provides an overview of the historical development of the youth policy, the administrative structure of EU youth policy and the main methods of the EU institutions in the youth field. The decision making process and authority decentralization among various levels is implemented in EU youth policy. This study explores the model of EU youth policy and discuss the capacity of this model to ensure cross-sectorial and multi-level cooperation in the youth field. Therefore theoretical concepts of multi-level governance helps to understand the working model of the EU common youth policy as youth policy model that transcends EU countries, various levels and sectors.