National Youth Council of Russia was founded on 10 January 1992 on the initiative of 8 non-governmental organisations. Foundation of National Youth Council was supported by the Russian Federation President’s Decree №1075 “On immediate actions on development of youth policy in the Russian Federation ”, dated 16 September 1992. National Youth Council was registered in Ministry of Justice of Russian Federation (Register-certificate №1195) on 21 August 1992.  A statute was reregistered on 8 September 1997. The status of the organisation is all-Russian.

Nowadays National Youth Council unites 41 all-Russian and inter-regional organisations and 32 Regional youth councils (Roundtables) as its members. Therefore National Youth Council of Russia is the most representative structure of youth and children non-governmental organisations in Russia . It is recognized both by the national state authorities and by international structures: Council of Europe, UNO, INGOs – European Youth Forum, World Assembly of Youth, etc.

National Youth Council of Russia serves as a system of coordination and consultation for youth and children organisations. The main aim of National Youth Council is to support and coordinate activities of Russian youth and children organisations in order to encourage protection and realization of their interests as well as rights of children and youth.

Main directions of activities:

Cooperation with legislative bodies;

Interaction with executive bodies on youth;

Preparation of educational seminars, giving opportunities to participate in training-courses (including those organized by Youth Directorate Council of Europe);

Publishing references, information and other issues on and for youth and children organisations;

Developing public relations and promoting work of children and youth organisations.

Representation of Russian children and youth organisations interests on the international level.

National Youth Council is a full member of European Youth Forum – pan-European platform for National Youth Councils and International non-governmental youth organisations in Europe . It has the observer status in World Assembly of Youth.

The highest decision-making body of National Youth Council of Russia is General Assembly, which is held once in tree year. In between General Assemblies the Board of NYCR run the overall management. The Board meets not less than twice a year. For efficient work of NYCR the Presidium of the Board is elected which meets not less than 4 times a year.  

Chairman of NYCR is Alexander Sokolov, elected 15 April 2005. Viktoria Kharchenko is a deputy chairperson ( Этот e-mail адрес защищен от спам-ботов, для его просмотра у Вас должен быть включен Javascript ). Internal Affairs Secretary of NYCR is Dmitry Barsukov, Denis Barinov ( Этот e-mail адрес защищен от спам-ботов, для его просмотра у Вас должен быть включен Javascript ) is an International Affairs Secretary of NYCR, Maria Vasilyeva is an interational projects manager ( Этот e-mail адрес защищен от спам-ботов, для его просмотра у Вас должен быть включен Javascript ).

To get the information about the youth policy in Russia you can also read the Report prepared by the representatives of the European Youth Forum, who conducted a study visit to Russia in October 2006.