Federal Youth Board of Trustees
The Federal Youth Board of Trustees (BJK) is an expert committee of the federal government, to which up to 15 experts from politics, administration, associations and science belong. The members are appointed by the Federal Minister for Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth for the duration of the current legislative period, but no later than the end of the quarter following a federal election. A re-appointment is permissible.
Tasks of the Federal Youth Board of Trustees
The BJK advises the federal government on fundamental questions of child and youth welfare and on cross-sectional questions of child and youth policy.
The tasks and objectives are specified in Section 83, Paragraph 2 of Book VIII of the Social Code, in a general administrative regulation that came into force on January 1, 2003, and in the respective rules of procedure.
Working method and goal of the Federal Youth Board of Trustees
The advisory mandate is aimed at the matters of child and youth (aid) policy designated by the federal government. In addition, the BJK advises the federal government, the responsible ministry and the (specialist) public on other issues. The BJK deals with processes of social change and their effects on the realities of life of children and young people as well as with the service areas of child and youth welfare. The advisory body publishes statements and position papers and makes recommendations. In doing so, the committee appropriately includes the perspective of young people in its deliberations.
The BJK is supported in its work by the Child and Youth Policy Office at the German Youth Institute e. V. and funded by the Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ).