Youth policy

National youth policy

Having a good life can involve a lot of different things for young people – amongst other things it is about having a good standard of living, being able to influence one’s own life and having the same rights and opportunities to participate in society as other groups.

The objectives of a youth policy are that all young people between the ages of 13 and 25 are to have good living conditions, the power to form their own lives and influence over developments in society.

A national youth policy is formulated by the government and parliament. MUCF is responsible for following up and analysing young people’s life situation in the most important areas of youth policy in Sweden. We present the findings through various reports: Scroll through MUCF's English-language reports.

Municipal youth policy

A national youth policy is not binding for the municipalities. Instead each municipality formulates its own local youth policy. At the regional and local levels, MUCF works to support and develop youth policy work. We also work to ensure that the measures that are implemented are based on knowledge about young people’s situation, the conditions affecting their lives and their opinions.

Half of Sweden’s 290 municipalities have made use of MUCF's youth questionnaire Lupp®, which is formulated as a follow-up tool for youth policy at the local level. The questionnaire is designed to enable municipalities, city districts or regions to easily obtain a picture of young people’s situation. The questionnaire includes questions to young people on work, school, health, future dreams, influence and democracy.

International youth policy

The EU programme Erasmus+ is one of the European Commission tools for implementing a joint European youth policy. MUCF is Sweden’s national agency for Erasmus+ Youth and Sport, as well as the European Solidarity Corps.