4. National Youth Conference

The 4. National Youth Conference organized by the Ministry of Family, War Veterans' Affairs and Intergenerational Solidarity took place from 4 till 5 October in Bjelolasica.

The Conference was a platform for a public discussion on the new National Youth Action Plan. During the opening of the Conference the Croatian Youth Network organized and carried out a protest which had been previously announced. The protest called Croatian ministry for youth: "We have more important things to do" took place during the speech of the State Secretary Mr Stjepan Adanić.

CYN believes that the conditions for an adequate implementation of the national youth policy (implementation capacities, methodology for monitoring and evaluation) have not been created yet and wonders if the the implementation of the new National Youth Action Plan will be any different than the old one.

# protest (NOVA TV footage)
# poster and leaflet

The Croatian Youth Network is announcing new protests until the conditions for the implementation of the new National Youth Action Plan be met and is calling upon Croatian Government for cooperation and dialogue in the creation of more transparent relations between young people and the government in the implementation of youth policy.