336. Concerning sports activities and leisure for the youth: Algeria has completed its project
of a society guaranteeing a dignified and decent life for its citizenry. First of all, it concerns the
youth fully participating in the efforts and fruits of development and their involvement in the
decision-making process at all levels; this is carried out by providing them the resources, the
role, the opportunity and the needed support to participate in decisions on issues concerning and
influencing them on the one hand; and bringing them on board in the implementation,
monitoring and evaluation of youth policies, on the other hand.
337. It is in this light that Algeria has established a national youth policy adopted at a Cabinet
meeting of government in May 2008, consisting of mechanisms and programmes for the
promotion of the youth at all levels and in all areas of activities in order to properly channel the
youthful energies. This approach consequently opens the way for self-fulfilment of the latter and
ensures their empowerment and preparation for working life. The proactive youth policy of
Algeria derives its foundations, guidelines and its means of implementation from the
Government. It is expressed in the Government’s short, medium and long term action plan for
the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the inter-ministerial policy on the youth
including the different sectoral plans of action for the youth in order to ensure equal
opportunities for all categories of the youth throughout the nation.
338. It comprises three strategic areas of national life: political, social and economic. It outlined
six general strategic objectives to be achieved:
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Ensure education, training and youth apprenticeship;
Promote employment and vocational integration of the youth;
Promote the integration of the youth into the social environment;
Consolidate the fight against social ills and aberrations;
Ensure the involvement and synchronization of sector-based activities;
Ensure effective care and response to the needs and expectation of the youth;
339. Concerning the youth segment and sports, the State has provided considerable financial,
human and material resources. These efforts are expressed by the size of the offer in terms of
programmes, mechanisms, youth and sports infrastructure as well as assistance and grants
provided for sports movement and the youth for the attainment of the following objectives:
For the youth segment:
o Fight against idleness and inactivity of the youth, particularly through the
densification network of youth establishments;
o Fight against any form of anti-social behaviour in youth circles;
o Promote tourism and youth exchange programmes;
o Strengthen the attractiveness and modernization of youth establishments;
o Promote women’s activities in establishments reserved for the youth;
o Fight against illiteracy among the youth;
o Contribute to the fight against drug addiction;
o Promote partnerships with associations and movements;
o Promote information and communication in youth circles;
o Promote socio-educational development among the youth;
- For the sports segment:
o Improve governance in the sports system;
o Overhaul the financing and control system;
o Intensify the network of sports infrastructure at the highest level and at the local
level;
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