Investing in youth shapes the destiny of civilization. Smart Youth - Bright Future (ANALYTICS)

Children and youth shape the destiny of every state and civilization.

Since regaining independence, Azerbaijan has demonstrated a commitment to supporting its youth through various initiatives aimed at education, employment, and social inclusion. The government has implemented programs to enhance educational opportunities, vocational training, and access to employment for young people.

Azerbaijan has a National Youth Policy aimed at addressing the needs and aspirations of young people in the country. The policy encompasses various aspects of youth development, including education, employment, health, social inclusion, and civic engagement.

Encouraging active participation of young people in decision-making processes at all levels of society, including governance and policy development.

Azerbaijan implements a special national policy to develop the national identity consciousness of its citizens. The essence of this is the policy of preserving the national characteristics of Azerbaijanis, the purity and purity of the Azerbaijani language, the customs and traditions of Azerbaijani national values, the protection of national statehood, and the expansion of political and cultural relations with Azerbaijanis living abroad.

In 1995, the National Leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev initiated the Azerbaijan Youth Forum, to increase the role of youth in the development of society and in solving their own problems, to increase their participation and responsibility in the future development of the country, to create conditions for the exchange of ideas between young people living in the capital and regions, and to facilitate open communication with youth and state institutions and government representatives.

On February 2, 1996, the first forum of independent Azerbaijani youth was held at the initiative of national leader Heydar Aliyev.

On February 1, 1997, on the occasion of the anniversary of the forum, the great leader Heydar Aliyev, who received a group of young people, signed the Decree on the declaration of February 2 - Azerbaijan Youth Day. Since that time, February 2 is traditionally celebrated every year as a holiday for Azerbaijani youth.

Education plays a vital role in shaping the future of Azerbaijani youth, empowering them with knowledge, skills, and opportunities for personal growth and socio-economic advancement. Azerbaijan Youth State Programs (2005-2009, 2009-2015, and 2022-2026), signed by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, is one of the steps taken.

One of the main goals of the mentioned program is the love of the young generation for the Motherland and for the history of the Azerbaijani people. It is to educate them in the spirit of respect for their cultural heritage, state language, and symbols, and national and moral values, strengthen their military patriotism education, and prepare them for military service.

Thanks to taking positive steps like this, the youth of Azerbaijan grew in love for their national moral values and loyalty to their state.

The Victory that Azerbaijan gained during the II Karabakh War, which was waged against Armenia that pursued an occupation policy against Azerbaijan after the first years of independence and kept its territories under occupation for nearly 30 years, showed the world how the youth of Azerbaijan were raised in a patriotic spirit.

By the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, all the young people of Azerbaijan rose to guard the motherland as one and liberated the territories of Azerbaijan that had been under occupation for nearly 30 years.

Azerbaijan's youth have gained victory not only on the battlefield, but also in the information war wherever they live throughout the world, and they hold aloft the flag of Azerbaijan, to which their national identity belongs.

Empowerment of youth is important in terms of the existence of every country. From this point of view, the youth policy is successfully continued in Azerbaijan.

Analytic group of News.Az

The article focuses on the development of national self-consciousness and the upbringing of the young generation in the spirit of patriotism

The article was published with the support of the Media Development Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (MEDIA)