EASTERN PARTNERSHIP YOUTH POLICY: TENDENCIES OF DEVELOPMENT

The desire of post-Soviet countries to integrate into the global financial and economic system and successfully integrate into the European Union makes it necessary to meet certain international requirements and bring national legislation into conformity with the norms and standards of international law, one of which is to ensure the implementation of effective youth policy. Youth policy is implemented by state authorities and local governments to ensure equal rights and opportunities for young people to successfully integrate into society and politics, as well as to actively participate in the economic processes of the country. This article aims to substantiate the theoretical and applied principles of youth policy formation and implementation in the Eastern Partnership countries and assess its effectiveness. The study uses the method of analysis and synthesis to study the essence of youth policy, comparison methods, and analogy to analyze the specifics of youth policy of Eastern Partnership countries; generalization and systematization in the formation of research results and conclusions. Concerning research results of youth policy tendencies development of the Eastern Partnership countries, it is necessary to ascertain that it is realized taking into account strengthening influence of globalization and European integration factors and according to norms of the current national legislation. It was defined that the population from 14 to 35 years old in the EaP countries is considered to be young people. The main problem of implementation of youth policy in the analyzed group of countries was revealed - the growth of youth unemployment.