In the Irkutsk region, the Youth Policy program should help reduce youth outflow from the region by addressing housing issues and supporting employment. Measures include assistance in buying and building housing, developing career guidance centers in municipalities, as well as preventing extremism and drug use and patriotic education. More than 579 million rubles are planned for the 2014 2018 program.

The activities of the Irkutsk Region’s “Youth Policy” program are intended to reduce the outflow of young people from the Angara region. This was stated by Pavel Nikitin, Minister of Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy of the Irkutsk Region, at a meeting of the regional Government.
- As part of the implementation of the program, it is planned to address housing problems among young people and issues of their employment. In particular, support will continue for the purchase and construction of housing, as well as support for the activities of career guidance centers in municipalities, - the minister explained.
In addition, the program provides for measures to prevent extremist manifestations, the abuse of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, as well as patriotic education of young people.
In total, more than 579 million rubles will be required to implement the state program of the Irkutsk Region “Youth Policy” for 2014-2018.
Based on materials from the press service of the Governor of the Irkutsk Region and the Government of the Irkutsk Region