FEATURES OF YOUTH COUNCIL ACTIVITIES OF TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The article provides a theoretical analysis of the activities of youth councils in territorial communities. Presented the definitions of the youth council, the peculiarities of their creation and functioning in the conditions of social transformations in Ukraine. It is clarified, that ensuring the coordination of youth work and active involvement of youth in the life of local communities is possible on condition of formation of youth infrastructure in territorial communities. Modern literary sources on the problem of research of the youth council in the community are analyzed. The regulatory and legal framework that governs communities when forming a youth council has been defined. It was found that the youth council should also shape youth policy in communities: create socio-economic, political, organizational, legal conditions and guarantees for the socialization of children and youth, as well as their integration into social processes in the interests of youth and youth participation. The algorithm of forming a youth council in the community is considered. It is noted that the youth council creates an effective system for collecting, processing and responding to requests and local youth initiatives. An example of the functioning of youth councils in Vinnytsia region is given. A number of regional social programs aimed at recognizing the subjectivity of young people, the need for their self-realization and development of their own potential in their country, improving the civic competences of young people and their participation in all spheres of public life have been studied. It was found that positive results can be achieved by systematic implementation of successive steps of organizing youth work at the community level.