Central
National Government
State authorities are responsible for:
Youth
- National Steering Committee on Youth;
- Drafting the Youth Law (to be adopted by end of 2016);
- Develop and coordinate youth policy, including management of stakeholders and liaising with cooperating NGOs.
- Competencies at the local level will be further defined by the Youth Law to be adopted by end of 2016.
Sport
- National Sports Plan.
- Coordination and implementation of sports activities;
- Facilitation of sports competitions and events;
- Overseeing sports activities of the national interest, as defined by the Sport Act;
- Operational model for sport in Montenegro is based on voluntarism and parternships;
- Monitoring frameworks and reporting on Montenegrin sport;
- Strategy development;
- Maintaining registry for sports organisations;
- International cooperation in the sports sector.
Local
Municipalities are responsible for:
Youth
- Local youth action plans; these are currently implemented in Podgorica, Kotor, Budva, Tivat, Cetinje, Niksic, Bijelo Polje, Pljevlja, Mojkovac, Kolasin, Pluzine, and Savnik.
- Participation in Youth Councils and forums over youth policy.
- Providing conditions for the development and improvement of sports for children, youth and citizens, and development of inter-municipal sports cooperation.
- Development of youth policy at the local level.
- Voluntary attendance to training events related to youth policy (by municipal officials).
- Competencies at the local level will be further defined by the Youth Law to be adopted by end of 2016.
Sport
- Promotion of local sporting events on a voluntary basis.
- Local sport action plans;
- Local Sports councils;
- Authorise the status promotion of amateur sports clubs to “professional” status;
- Sports federation creation;
- Ensuring objectives of national plan are met.
Responsible ministries/bodies
Directorate of Youth and Sports (Independent body under the
Ministry of Education)
Youth Offices (in three municipalities)
Offices for Drug Prevention and Youth (in two municipalities)
Local Youth Councils
Steering Committees
Sources:
Directorate for Youth and Sport
General Law on Education (Off. Gazette of RM no. 64/02, 31/05, 49/07 and "Off. Gazette of Montenegro", no. 45/10)
Law on Local Self-Government
Sport Act
