Ashgabat - On 5 October, the International Organization for Migration in Turkmenistan (IOM), in partnership with the Eurasia Foundation (EF) within the framework of the Social Innovations in Central Asia (SICA) program and with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), successfully held a round table on the topic “Implementation of the Youth Policy – ​​new opportunities and perspectives” in Ashgabat. Representatives of ministries and governmental agencies, public organizations and associations of Turkmenistan (NGOs), as well as active young leaders took an active part in this event.

- The main goal of the round table was to create a platform for discussing the new version of the law of Turkmenistan "On State Youth Policy" dated September 1, 2022. This law defines the main directions of the state youth policy, "and is also aimed at increasing state support in ensuring the rights and freedoms of young people and formation of their complete personality." Changes in the law create favorable conditions for comprehensive support for the development of youth and at the same time provide new directions and tasks for state institutions, as well as for the society and international organizations.

In addition to the law "On State Youth Policy", during the round table were discussed such topics as: the main directions and principles of organizing work with youth; achievements in the implementation of the youth policy and the State program in the field of the state youth policy of Turkmenistan for 2021–2025; youth with disabilities in sports.

During the plenary discussion, the participants of the event made the following proposals: organization of preferential short-term training courses for farmers; proposals for improving career guidance activities for schoolchildren; opportunities for training and production practice in public organizations and the private sector; inter-sectoral interaction to implement youth policy.

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