This discipline is the result of our university’s victory in the competition to create a new or update the existing elective discipline on youth policy.

The introduction of the discipline is being implemented within the framework of the project “Youth Participation and Politics: Strengthening Youth Involvement, Governance, Budgeting and Life Skills Development in Lviv, Volyn and Transcarpathian Regions”, which is implemented by the NGO “Youth Platform” with the support of UNICEF and funding from the German Government through the German state development bank KfW.

The purpose of the elective discipline is to form in the students an understanding of the key aspects of youth policy formation and the role of youth work in creating opportunities for youth participation in community life and decision-making.

This discipline was chosen for study by bachelor’s students majoring in 231 “Social Work” according to the educational program “Social Work. Social Pedagogy. Practical Psychology” and the second (master’s) level of higher education in the specialty I10 “Social Work and Counseling” under the educational program “Social Work and Counseling. Psychosocial Services”.

The expected result of studying the discipline is not only an increase in the level of professional competencies of students, but also the opportunity to receive grant support for the implementation of their own projects in the field of youth policy.

According to the Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology