National Policy on Youth Development.

In order to create human resources for national development, the Royal Government has a long-term vision by calling on all concerned sectors to work together to improve youth’s capacity and provide them with opportunity to develop their potential in education, employment, health and decision making, and participation in development of their families, communities, nation and the world. The Objective of this Policy aims to develop young people in a way that enable them to have physical integrity, intelligence, conscience, morality, value, and skills so that they can become good citizens. Its goal is: provide young people with access to education and vocational training with quality and equality; promote gender among young people and especially give opportunity and rights to women; provide opportunity for young people to express opinions and to make decision concerning community and national development; call on all concerned sectors such as ministries, institutions, development partners, civil societies, communities and parents or guardians to join youth development.
To achieve those above mentioned goals and objectives, strategies as followings are set: 1. Develop legal framework and mechanism; 2. Promote education, training and capacity building; 3. Increase education, care and provision of health service; 4. Increase entrepreneurship and labor market (cooperation among ministries, public institutions and private sectors to ensure improvement of labor market and entrepreneurship for youth); 5. Promote protection of social security, peace and justice; 6. Increase youth’s participation (facilitate youth’s participation in local communities and institutions); 7. Promote relaxation, leisure activities, and sports; 8. Promoting Art and Culture; 9. Promoting Knowledge on Environment, Agriculture, and Tourism (increase youth awareness of environmental issues, environmental protection and preservation); 10. Increase volunteer work; 11. Promote Gender Equity (strengthen the implementation of laws, policies, and legal framework which promote the gender equity in every situations); 12. Drug Prevention and Rehabilitation.