Political participation and youth policy are strongly related areas and are becoming almost a phenomenon of everyday (political) discourse. The frequency of appearances in discussions is positive, but this is not necessarily materialized in concrete measures. The Public Interest in the Youth Sector Act, adopted in 2010, defined key areas in the youth sector on the normative level, such as definitions of terms and areas of the youth sector, public interest in the youth sector and the process of establishing the public interest in the youth sector. It has also identified the National Youth Program as a fundamental strategic document in the field of youth. The national program, which defines measures for the achieving the public interest in the youth sector, was adopted in 2013, with concrete goals and measures. However, it is doubtful that the legislative framework and strategic documents, due to the lack of cross-sectoral cooperation between different stakeholders and the lack of financial support for measures, helps to regulate youth policies and increases youth participation. In the master's thesis we try to present the framework of the influence of the normative regulation of youth policy on the actual participation of young people.
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