Youth Wiki national description Youth policies in the Netherlands 2017 The Youth Wiki is Europe's online encyclopaedia in the area of national youth policies. The platform is a comprehensive database of national structures, policies and actions supporting young people. For the updated version of this national description, please visit https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/en/youthwiki Youth Youth policies in the Netherlands – 2017 Youth Wiki THE NETHERLANDS Overview ............................................................................................................ 7 1. Youth Policy Governance ................................................................................ 8 1.1 Target population of youth policy.................................................................................. 8 1.2 National youth law ...................................................................................................... 9 1.3 National youth strategy .............................................................................................. 10 1.4 Youth policy decision-making ...................................................................................... 11 1.5 Cross-sectoral approach with other ministries ............................................................... 12 1.6 Evidence-based youth policy ....................................................................................... 13 1.7 Funding youth policy .................................................................................................. 14 1.8 Cross-border cooperation ........................................................................................... 15 1.9 On-going debates and reforms .................................................................................... 16 2. Voluntary Activities ...................................................................................... 17 2.1 General principles ...................................................................................................... 17 2.2 Administration and governance of youth volunteering .................................................... 20 2.3 National strategy on youth volunteering ....................................................................... 21 2.4 Laws and regulations on youth volunteering ................................................................. 22 2.5 Youth volunteering at national level ............................................................................. 23 2.6 Cross-border mobility programmes .............................................................................. 23 2.7 Raising awareness about youth volunteering opportunities ............................................. 25 2.8 Skills recognition ....................................................................................................... 26 2.9 On-going debates and reforms .................................................................................... 27 3. Employment & Entrepreneurship .................................................................. 27 3.1 General context ......................................................................................................... 27 3.2 Administration and Governance ................................................................................... 28 3.3 Skills Forecasting ...................................................................................................... 31 3.4 Career Guidance and Counselling ................................................................................ 32 3.5 Traineeships and Apprenticeships ................................................................................ 34 3.6 Integration of Young People in the Labour Market .......................................................... 35 3.7 Cross-Border Mobility in Employment, Entrepreneurship and Vocational Opportunities ....... 40 3.8 Development of Entrepreneurship Competence ............................................................. 41 3.9 Start-up Funding for Young Entrepreneurs .................................................................... 42 3.10 Promotion of Entrepreneurship Culture ....................................................................... 43 3.11 Current Debates and Reforms ................................................................................... 44 4. Social Inclusion ............................................................................................ 44 4.1 General context ......................................................................................................... 44 4.2 Administration and Governance ................................................................................... 46 4.3 Strategy for the Social Inclusion of Young People .......................................................... 47 4.4 Inclusive Programmes for Young People ....................................................................... 49 4.5 Initiatives promoting social inclusion and raising awareness ............................................ 50 4.6 Access to Quality Services .......................................................................................... 51 4.7 Youth Work to Foster Social Inclusion .......................................................................... 52 4.8 Current Debates and Reforms ..................................................................................... 54 3 Youth policies in the Netherlands – 2017 Youth Wiki 5. Participation ................................................................................................. 54 5.1 General context ......................................................................................................... 54 5.2 Youth participation in representative democracy ............................................................ 56 5.3 Youth representation bodies ....................................................................................... 57 5.4 Young people's participation in policy-making ............................................................... 60 5.5 National strategy to increase youth participation ........................................................... 62 5.6 Supporting youth organisations ................................................................................... 63 5.7 “Learning to participate” through formal, non-formal and informal learning ...................... 63 5.8 Raising political awareness among young people ........................................................... 67 5.9 E-participation .......................................................................................................... 68 5.10 Current debates and reforms .................................................................................... 69 6. Education and Training ................................................................................. 69 6.1 General context ......................................................................................................... 70 6.2 Administration and governance ................................................................................... 73 6.3 Preventing early leaving from education and training (ELET) ........................................... 75 6.4 Validation of non-formal and informal learning .............................................................. 77 6.5 Cross-border learning mobility .................................................................................... 77 6.6 Social inclusion through education and training ............................................................. 77 6.7 Skills for innovation ................................................................................................... 79 6.8 Media literacy and safe use of new media ..................................................................... 80 6.9 Awareness-raising about non-formal and informal learning and quality youth work ............ 84 6.10 Current debates and reforms .................................................................................... 85 7. Health and Well-Being .................................................................................. 85 7.1 General context ......................................................................................................... 86 7.2 Administration and governance ................................................................................... 88 7.3 Sport, youth fitness and physical activity ...................................................................... 90 7.4 Healthy lifestyles and healthy nutrition ......................................................................... 95 7.5 Mental health .......................................................................................................... 103 7.6 Mechanisms of early detection and signposting of young people facing health risks ......... 107 7.7 Making health facilities more youth friendly ................................................................ 108 7.8 Current debates and reforms .................................................................................... 110 8. Creativity and Culture ................................................................................. 110 8.1 General context ....................................................................................................... 111 8.2 Administration and governance ................................................................................. 112 8.3 National strategy