17 October, Minsk /BELTA correspondent/. 2015 has been declared the Year of Youth in Belarus. The corresponding decree was signed by the President of Belarus on 16 October, the press service of the head of state informed BELTA.
17 October, Minsk /BELTA correspondent/. 2015 has been declared the Year of Youth in Belarus. The corresponding decree was signed by the President of Belarus on 16 October, the press service of the head of state informed BELTA.
The document has been adopted with the aim of developing the creative, scientific and professional potential of youth, their active involvement in socio-economic transformations in Belarus, and fostering patriotism and civic responsibility among young citizens.
The Government has been instructed, jointly with the regional executive committees and the Minsk City Executive Committee, to develop and approve a national action plan for holding the Year of Youth in 2015.
As of the beginning of 2014, the number of young people aged 14 to 31 in Belarus was 2.185 million people, or 23.08% of the country's total population.
Addressing the issues of concern to youth is an integral part of the state policy in the field of socio-economic, cultural and national development of the country. The declaration of 2015 as the Year of Youth will attract additional attention from state administration bodies and the general public to the issues of implementing the main directions of the state youth policy in Belarus, the press service noted.-0-
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