The Regional ministry for Youth is the department of the Styrian Government responsible for youth work, supporting and funding youth concerning institutions and activities and aiming for the holistic support of youth’s intellectual, physical, mental and ethical development. Styria has currently about 1.2 million inhabitants, 344,000 of which are young people under the age of 26.For the Styrian Minister for Youth Elisabeth Grossmann it is an honor to welcome the World Summit Youth Award and especially its winners in Graz. Youth is not just the time between childhood and maturity. It is the phase in life for personality development as well as the acceptance of responsibility for society. In a global world with cross-border challenges this includes a worldwide responsibility. Today’s most urgent socio-political aims are combined in the MDGs. The participants of the WYSA sustainably support the development of a global information society in order to reach the MDGs.
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