Published: 2011-01-01
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Passed 17.06.2010
RT I 2010, 44, 262
Entry into force 01.09.2010
| 17.06.2010 | RT I 2010, 44, 262 | 01.01.2011, enters into force on the date which has been determined in the Decision of the Council of the European Union regarding the abrogation of the derogation established in respect of the Republic of Estonia on the basis provided for in Article 140 (2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Council Decision 2010/416/EU of 13 July 2010 (OJ L 196, 28.07.2010, p. 24 - 26). |
This Act provides the legal bases for the organisation of youth work.
The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act apply to administrative proceedings prescribed in this Act, taking account of the specifications provided for in this Act.
In this Act, the following definitions are used:
1) a young person is a natural person between 7 and 26 years of age;
2) a youth work agency is a state agency administered by a ministry, a rural municipality or city administrative agency or an institution administered by a rural municipality or city administrative agency, a legal person in private law, or an undertaking of a legal person in private law the main activity of which is the organisation of youth work;
3) a youth work association is a non-profit association, an union of non-profit associations or a foundation the objective of which is the integration of youth workers, youth work agencies or other exercisers and organisers of youth work and representation of their interests;
4) a permanent youth camp (hereinafter youth camp) is a camp of a person entered in the commercial register, the non-profit associations and foundations register or the register of religious associations, or a camp of an agency entered in state register of state and local government agencies, or a camp of a legal person in public law (hereinafter youth camp manager) which is conducted on the basis of youth camp statutes and activity licence issued by the Minister of Education and Research and the duration of one camp period of which is at least six twenty-four hour periods and which operates more than sixty days in a year;
5) a youth project camp (hereinafter project camp) is a camp of a person entered in the commercial register, the non-profit associations and foundations register or the register of religious associations, or a camp of an agency entered in state register of state and local government agencies, or a camp of a legal person in public law (hereinafter project camp manager) which is conducted with the permission of rural municipality or city government and the duration of one camp period of which is at least six twenty-four hour periods and which operates up to sixty days in a year;
6) a youth council is an advisory participation council consisting of young people which operates at rural municipality or city council;
7) a youth programme is an action plan in the field of youth work together with the forecast of value and the duration of which exceeds one year;
8) a youth project is an action plan in the field of youth work together with a budget and the duration of which is up to one year;
9) a youth association is a non-profit association at least two thirds of the members of which are young people and the objective of which is the organisation and performance of youth work;
10) a union of youth associations is a non-profit association the members of which are youth associations.
(1) Youth work is the creation of conditions to promote the diverse development of young persons which enable them to be active outside their families, formal education acquired within the adult education system, and work on the basis of their free will.
(2) The organisation of youth work proceeds from the following principles:
1) youth work is performed for the benefit of and together with young people by involving them in the decision making process;
2) upon creating the conditions for the acquisition of knowledge and skills the needs and interests of young people shall be proceeded from;
3) youth work is based on the participation and free will of young people;
4) youth work supports the initiative of young people;
5) youth work proceeds from the principle of equal treatment, tolerance and partnership.
The worker of a youth work agency, youth programme, youth project, youth association and union of youth associations and the director or counsellor of a youth camp or project camp shall not be a person who has been punished or towards whom coercive treatment has been applied for a criminal offence specified in § 133 (2) 2), § 141 (2) 1), § 142 (2) 1), § 143 (2) 1), § 1431 (2) 1), § 144–146 or § 175–178 of the Penal Code, the data concerning punishment of which have not been deleted from the punishment register according to the Punishment Register Act or the data concerning punishment of which have been deleted from the punishment register and entered in the punishment register archives.
The Ministry of Education and Research shall:
1) prepare the national programmes of youth work;
2) support the activities of youth associations and allocate annual grants thereto;
3) exercise state supervision in the field of youth work within the competence provided in the legislation and monitor the purposeful use of funds allocated for youth work from the state budget;
4) perform other functions provided by law.
County governors shall:
1) co-ordinate the implementation of national youth work programmes in the county by entering into agreements with legal or natural persons for the implementation thereof if necessary;
2) analyse youth work and the organisation of youth work in the county and prepare the corresponding overviews;
3) exercise state supervision in the field of youth work at the assignment of the Minister of Education and Research within the competence provided in the legislation and monitor the purposeful use of funds allocated for youth work from the state budget;
4) perform other functions provided by law.
Rural municipality and city councils shall:
1) determine the priorities of youth work in their administrative territories and set out the tasks necessary for the achievement thereof in the rural municipality or city development plans;
2) approve the support principles of youth associations, youth programmes and youth projects from the rural municipality or city budget, the procedure and conditions for applying for and payment of support, providing the terms and conditions of cost-sharing for the grant of support if necessary as well as the application forms of support and the procedure for reporting the use of support;
3) support the youth programmes and youth projects of youth associations operating in the administrative territory of the given rural municipality or city in case of existing budget funds;
4) consult with the youth council, in case it exists, upon planning, implementation and assessment of youth work;
5) approve the conditions and procedure for the conduct of project camp in the administrative territory of the given rural municipality or city and the procedure for issue of the permit for the conduct of project camp;
6) perform other functions connected with the organisation of youth work in their administrative territories.
(1) Youth council can be established at a rural municipality or city council. The objective of youth council shall be the discussion of issues concerning young people which are in the competence of the rural municipality or city and the making of proposals to the rural municipality or city council and rural municipality or city government in connection therewith proceeding from the needs and interests of young people.
(2) Youth council shall be elected democratically by the young people of the rural municipality or city pursuant to the procedure established by the rural municipality or city council.
(3) The bases for the activities of youth council shall be established by the rural municipality or city council.
(4) The rural municipality or city shall support the sustainable activities of the youth council in their administrative territory pursuant to the procedure established by the rural municipality or city council.
(5) Upon the request of the youth council the rural municipality or city council shall forward the drafts of their hearing agendas and draft legislations regarding young people to the youth council and before the taking place of the rural municipality or city council hearings.
(1) Youth camp manager shall offer young people the service of diverse recreational holidays promoting their development in a youth camp in a consistent manner.
(2) An application for a youth camp activity licence shall be submitted by the youth camp manager to the Minister of Education and Research or an agency authorised by the Minister of Education and Research no less than three months before the commencement of activities of the youth camp. An application for a youth camp activity licence shall be reviewed within thirty working days since the submission thereof.
(3) The following shall be annexed to an application for a youth camp activity licence:
1) the statutes of the youth camp;
2) the written consents of the director and counsellors of the youth camp who comply with the requirements established by legislation and documents which allow to assess their compliance with the requirements;
3) information concerning the existence of the area, buildings, premises, and furnishings necessary for the activities of the youth camp, and information concerning the compliance thereof with health protection and safety requirements;
4) an activity plan for camp periods including a list of activities which promote the development of young people;
5) document certifying the payment of state fee.
(4) The statutes of youth camp shall be approved by the youth camp manager and it shall set out:
1) the name of the youth camp;
2) the location of the youth camp;
3) the objective and tasks of the activity of youth camp;
4) the structure of the youth camp;
5) the competence and functions of the director and counsellors of the youth camp;
6) the rights and obligations of young people participating in the youth camp;
7) the conditions for admission of a young person to the youth camp;
8) the language of the youth camp;
9) the bases for calculating the rate of the fee for participation in the youth camp;
10) the bases for financing the youth camp;
11) the procedure for termination of the activities of the youth camp.
(5) The qualification requirements for the directors and counsellors of youth camps and the procedure for establishing the compliance therewith shall be approved by the Minister of Education and Research.
(6) Youth camp shall correspond to the health protection requirements established on the basis of Public Health Act. A young person shall not be admitted to youth camp if the young person’s state of health may endanger his/her health or the health of other people considering the orientation of the camp.
(7) The Minister of Education and Research shall decide on the issue of youth camp activity licence with the term of up to three years. The format of youth camp activity licences shall be approved by the Minister of Education and Research.
(8) The Minister of Education and Research shall refuse to issue the youth camp activity licence if the youth camp manager, application for the youth camp activity licence or the information or documents annexed thereto do not comply with the requirements established by legislation or if the youth camp has not followed the requirements of processing sensitive personal data pursuant to the Personal Data Protection Act.
(9) The Minister of Education and Research shall revoke the youth camp activity licence if the youth camp manager has submitted false information upon applying for the youth camp activity licence, has made a decision concerning the termination of the activity of youth camp, bankruptcy of the youth camp manager has been declared, the activities of the youth camp manager or the youth camp do not comply with the requirements established by legislation or the youth camp manager has not observed the precept issued in the course of state supervision within the given term and pursuant to the given procedure.
(10) The Minister of Education and Research shall communicate the decision on the issue, refusal to issue and the revocation of a youth camp activity licence to the manager of the youth camp within five working days as of the date on which the decision is made in a format which can be reproduced in writing.
(1) The project camp manager shall offer young people the service of recreational holidays promoting their development mainly in one field of youth work.
(2) The project camp manager shall submit an application for the issue of a permit for the conduct of project camp to the rural municipality or city government on the administrative territory of which he/she wishes to conduct the project camp. The application for the permit for the conduct of project camp shall be reviewed within thirty days since the submission thereof.
(3) The following information shall be set out in the application:
1) the name and seat (residence) of the project camp manager;
2) the name, personal identification code and place of residence of the person responsible for organising the project camp and the exact location in which the project camp is conducted;
3) the objective and schedule of the project camp;
4) the written consents of the director and counsellors of the project camp which comply with the requirements established by legislation and documents which allow to assess their compliance with the requirements;
5) information concerning the right of use of the area, buildings, premises and furnishings necessary for the activities of the project camp and which correspond to health protection and safety requirements;
6) other documents which allow to assess the compliance of the project camp manager or the object necessary for the operation of project camp with the requirements established by legislation.
(4) The qualification requirements for the directors and counsellors of project camps and the procedure for establishing the compliance therewith shall be established by the Minister of Education and Research.
(5) Rural municipality or city government shall decide on the issue of the permit for the conduct of project camp with the term of up to sixty days.
(6) Rural municipality or city government shall refuse to grant the permit for the conduct of project camp if the project camp manager, the application for the conduct of project camp or the information or documents submitted therein do not comply with the requirements established by legislation.
(7) Rural municipality or city government shall revoke the permit for the conduct of project camp if the project camp manager has submitted false information upon applying for the permit, has made a decision concerning the termination of the activity of project camp, the activities of the project camp manager or the project camp do not comply with the requirements established by legislation or the project camp manager has not observed the precept issued in the course of supervision within the given term and pursuant to the given procedure.
(8) Rural municipality or city government shall communicate the decision on the issue, refusal to issue and the revocation of a permit to the project camp manager within five working days as of the date on which the decision is made in a format which can be reproduced in writing.
(1) State supervision over the educational activities of youth camps shall be exercised by the Ministry of Education and Research or the county governor of the location of the youth camp at the assignment of the Minister of Education and Research by appointing the officials exercising state supervision.
(2) Officials exercising state supervision shall have the right to visit the youth camp by informing the youth camp manager thereof in advance, inspect the documents of the youth camp and receive information concerning the application of legislation.
(3) If the educational activities of a youth camp do not comply with the requirements established by legislation, the official exercising state supervision shall have the right to issue precepts to the manager to eliminate the deficiencies.
(4) Upon failure to observe the precept the official executing state supervision shall have the right to impose penalty payment pursuant to the procedure specified in Substitutive Enforcement and Penalty Payment Act. Maximum penalty payment shall be 640 euros.
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(1) Rural municipality or city government shall execute supervision concerning compliance with the conditions and procedure for operation of project camp.
(2) If rural municipality or city government detects a deficiency concerning compliance with the operation of project camp in the course of supervision, the official executing supervision shall have the right to issue precepts to the project camp manager to eliminate the deficiencies.
(3) Upon failure to observe the precept the official executing supervision shall have the right to impose penalty payment pursuant to the procedure specified in Substitutive Enforcement and Penalty Payment Act. Maximum penalty payment shall be 640 euros.
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(1) The following grants shall be prescribed in the state budget within the budget of the Ministry of Education and Research:
1) youth programmes and youth projects;
2) national programmes for development of youth work;
3) youth research;
4) youth work agencies;
5) international co-operation in youth work;
6) training for youth workers;
7) youth work associations;
8) activities of youth associations (annual grant).
(2) The conditions and procedure for applying for and allocating grants for youth programmes, youth projects, national programmes for the development of youth work, youth research and youth work agencies shall be approved by a regulation of the Minister of Education and Research.
(1) The objective of annual grants for youth associations shall be the increase of the capability of youth associations and the achievement of national objectives of youth policy.
(2) The following shall have the right to apply for an annual grant for youth association:
1) youth association the membership of which includes at least 500 young persons and the local units of which operate in the territory of at least one third of the counties;
2) union of youth associations the members of which include at least 30 youth associations;
3) s chool student councils' union if it aggregates at least one third of Estonian basic school, upper secondary school or vocational educational institution students through its members;
4) federation of student unions the members of which include at least one half of all student unions of educational institutions implementing higher education level studies.
(3) The allocation of annual grants to youth associations, refusal to allocate annual grants and the amount thereof shall be decided by the Minister of Education and Research, taking into account:
1) the national priorities of youth work and youth policy;
2) the youth association development plan, activities and former achievements in the field;
3) the scope of activities of youth association, target group, membership and capability including the performance of former duties;
4) the compliance of the applicant and application with the established requirements. The Minister of Education and Research may involve experts for the decision making.
(4) The specific conditions and procedure for applying for, allocating and refusal to allocate annual grants shall be established by the Minister of Education and Research.
(5) The applicant shall be notified of the decision to allocate, refusal to allocate the annual grant for youth association within five working days as of the date on which the decision is made in a format which can be reproduced in writing.
(1) Violation of the restriction on working with young people specified in § 5 of this Act by the manager of youth camps or project camps is punishable by a fine of up to 100 fine units.
(2) The same act, if committed by a legal person, is punishable by a fine of up to 1300 euros.
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(1) The provisions of the General Part of the Penal Code and of the Code of Misdemeanour Procedure apply to the misdemeanours provided for in § 16 of this Act.
(2) The body conducting extra-judicial proceedings of misdemeanours specified in § 16 of this Act shall be the Ministry of Education and Research and rural municipality or city government according to their competence.
The register of youth associations and the register of youth camps shall be liquidated in conformity with the requirements specified in the Archives Act and Public Information Act.
Youth camp activity licence which has been issued to the manager according to the requirements applicable prior to entry into force of this Act shall be valid until the period of validity specified on the licence.
§ 20. – § 34. [Repealed
