Young people and future generations face a rapidly changing world shaped by the green and digital transformations, demographic shifts, economic uncertainties, and challenges to democratic governance. The OECD Recommendation on Creating Better Opportunities for Young People promotes coherent government-wide strategies to improve young people’s lives and empower them in economic, public, and social life.

To help policy makers implement the OECD Youth Recommendation, the OECD Youth Policy Toolkit provides practical guidance on designing and executing policies for young people. The Toolkit gathers a range of good practices from all OECD countries, covering policy areas such as education and skills, employment and entrepreneurship, health and social inclusion, participation and representation in public life, and public governance and intergenerational justice.

To support inclusive policies, the OECD Youth Policy Toolkit recognises the diverse characteristics among young people across national contexts, including socio-economic status, geographic location, age, gender, race, ethnicity, indigeneity, migrant status, (dis)ability status, and all other identities young people associate with, and their intersections.