Youth council

They are appointed or elected bodies that exist on local, state, provincial, regional, national, and international levels among governments, non governmental organisations (NGOs), schools, and other entities.

Article 12 of the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child is also widely credited with promoting youth councils.

In the Philippines, the Sangguniang Kabataan, formerly known as Kabataang Barangay (KB), is the main national youth council.

Central Council established in 2004 by the presidential pledge,[8] takes a form closer to a policy advisory body belonging to the government.

At the institutional level, the Council of Europe has a specific co-managed system to run its youth sector.

Notable for being the only other organisation able to meet in the House of Commons, all young people between the ages of 11-18 can vote for their local Member of Youth Parliament.

500 of these are members of an umbrella organisation created in 1991 called Anacej[9] (National Association of Youth and Children Councils).

[10] In the United States and Canada, youth councils have been formed by non-profit organisations and at all levels of government.

Prior to being established as a program of this commission, it was operated as Mayor Tom Bradley's Youth Advisory Board.

Several state-level government agencies and legislatures have created youth councils, including Washington, Minnesota, Maine, Arizona, Iowa, Indiana, Louisiana, New Mexico, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

This form of Youth Council embraces all of the above-mentioned qualities; advisory, assessment & evaluation skills & the importance of partnering etc., as well as the traditional consideration of gaining access to what timeless knowledge that may still be of value and, in theory, the effect of "the path of leadership on our current leaders" and what kind of examples there are to study (if any) and capitalize/maximize of what is worthy and ongoing.

It was created by a group of Alumni of the English Access Micro-scholarship Program, and it is a non-profit and pluralistic organization of young volunteers that promotes education and youth participation in society, and that works for human development.