Youth - A Strategic Resource for Kyrgyzstan

The proposed analytical document (White Paper) covers the analysis of the present and future of youth policy in the Kyrgyz Republic and contains recommendations and new approaches for subsequent actions to be taken by decision-makers in this area. The White Paper on Youth Policy focuses on presenting recommendations to the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic and setting out priority policies for youth development based on the results of an analysis of public youth policy in the Kyrgyz Republic, international experience and the opinions of various discussion groups (youth, policymakers, government employees and experts) expressed in the course of numerous consultations with them. This paper also proposes new approaches to involving young people in the country’s development process both nationally and locally.