National youth program

7.4. Goals
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to increase cultural, tourist and educational youth mobility that expands their horizons, 
opens communication with the world and enables familiarizing with new standards, 
patterns, methods and manners of social acting and eliminates xenophobia 
•
to ensure financial support for the construction and opening of highly standardized 
and multifunctional youth hostels, particularly in inland Croatia 
•
to inform youth about opportunities available and to promote youth tourism and 
youth and student discounts on domestic and foreign markets 
•
to establish school expert teams in high schools with the aim of improving work with 
youth on positive aspects of development on the territory of the entire Republic of Croatia 

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to encourage establishment of youth counselling centers in all parts of the Republic of 
Croatia with the aim to help youth in their personal growth, development, maturing 
and adapting to various life conditions in order to train youth for independent solving 
of current and future problems
•
to encourage and conduct systematic scientific researches on the problems of 
youth, users of counselling centers, expert teams in high schools and teams for crisis 
interventions with the purpose of ensuring data for opening, development and scopes 
of work for youth counselling on several levels
•
to increase the presence of youth in media and to strengthen youth media by 
supporting foundation and monitoring the work of youth press and press for youth
•
to increase the number and quality of informative youth centers
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to increase informing and knowledge of youth about various topics interesting to and 
concerning youth 
7.5. Measures and activities
Measure 1. TO FOSTER DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH TOURISM
IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITY:
DURATION OF 
IMPLEMENTATION:
1.1. Co-financing (in co-operation with local governments) of capital 
projects involving construction of highly standardized and multifunctional 
youth hostels in continental Croatia (Osijek, Vukovar, Varaždin, Plitvice 
Lakes) and Split.
2009 and ongoing
1.2. To adopt amendments to the Tourist Tax Act which would enable young 
persons using youth hostels services and scouting centers to pay a reduced 
tourist tax. 
2009
1.3. To catalogue and standardize facilities for youth tourism and initiate 
informative and promotional activities on domestic and foreign market.
2009 and
ongoing
CARRIER:
Ministry of Tourism
COLLABORATORS IN THE 
IMPLEMENTATION:
Ministry of Science, Education and Sport
Central State Office for Administration of State Property 
civil society organizations and institutions that activities of which 
include youth tourism
FUNDING:
Ministry of Tourism
REQUIRED FUNDING:
resources from regular activities of state administration bodies

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IMPLEMENTATION 
INDICATORS:
− the number of built multifunctional youth hostels and their 
capacity
− adopted amendments to the Tourist Tax Act with the aim of 
offering a reduction on the tourist tax to users of youth hostels
− the number of users of multifunctional youth hostels (individual 
visitors and groups)
Measure 2. DIRECT SUPPORT TO EXTENSION AND STANDARDIZATION OF BENEFITS FOR 
YOUNG PEOPLE AND STUDENTS
IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITY:
DURATION OF 
IMPLEMENTATION:
2.1. Financial support for preparation of a database and a guide/address 
book of benefits for young people and students.
2010 and
ongoing
2.2. To create joint identity cards ISIC and IKS for regular students up to the 
age of 33.
2009 and
ongoing
2.3. To design a student card EURO<26 for high school students.
2009 and
ongoing
CARRIER:
Ministry of Science, Education and Sport
COLLABORATORS IN THE 
IMPLEMENTATION:
Ministry of Tourism
civil society organizations and institutions whose activities include 
youth tourism
FUNDING:
Ministry of Science, Education and Sport
Ministry of Family, Veterans’ Affairs and Intergenerational Solidarity
REQUIRED FUNDING:
resources from regular activities of state administration bodies
IMPLEMENTATION 
INDICATORS:
− increased number of benefits for young people and students
− increased number of users/owners EURO<26 card
− internationalization of the student card
− how much students and pupils are informed about the benefits