Abstract:
The 'Program for organizing studies, scientific, and research activities in the field of youth' is a coherent collection consisting of a description of the current situation, fundamental challenges and constraints, basic principles, goals, strategies and approaches, policies and executive guidelines, programs and executive actions, future vision, and national division of labor. It has been prepared by utilizing the results of fundamental, applied, and comparative research from the National Youth Organization and other scientific-research centers in the country, as well as the opinions of experts and planning and executive managers of the country. Its mission is to act in coordination with the country's comprehensive higher education document regarding orientations related to the study program concerning youth affairs, towards researching the program's goals and achieving the vision's ideals. This program was approved in the 32nd meeting of the Supreme Council of Youth on 2008/08/12.
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4-2-Specific Goals 4-2-1-Training specialized and educated human resources in the field of youth affairs 4-2-2-Institutionalizing research and investigation regarding youth issues in the country 4-2-3-Optimizing the use of scientific and research credits and facilities of agencies responsible for youth affairs 4-2-4-Organizing research and evaluating research projects based on research priorities and striving to conduct research projects to reduce existing gaps 4-2-5-Establishing inter-sectoral and inter-agency coordination and cooperation in the field of youth studies 4-2-6-Achieving a systematic national system for research information dissemination in the field of youth studies 4-2-7-Improving the quantitative and qualitative level of the national statistical production system in the field of youth studies 4-2-8-Improving the level of scientific-research interactions at regional and international levels in the field of youth studies 4-3-Quantitative Goals 4-3-1-Creating a major in youth studies with various specializations in at least four main universities of the country by the end of the program 4-3-2-Establishing 8 specialized centers and 03 regional centers for youth studies in the country by universities and higher education institutions by the end of the program 4-3-3-Allocating and determining a percentage of the research budget of agencies involved in youth affairs for conducting youth studies and appropriately increasing it during the fourth development program 4-3-4-Formulating and implementing four annual national research programs in the field of youth studies with the participation of agencies during the fourth development program 4-3-5-Increasing the records of the comprehensive bank of youth studies and information by 07 percent through the cooperation of all relevant parties 4-3-6-Increasing the quantity of research in areas where study gaps exist, every year compared to the previous year until the end of the program Neglect of education and research in this field; - The possibility of specialized and regional youth studies centers acting passively if they depend on the support of the National Youth Organization; - Spending predicted credits on research projects where there is no possibility of optimal use in the field of youth studies; - The systematic nature of the evaluation process for conducting research projects; - Lack of attention to the active presence of regional countries, especially Islamic countries including Iran, in the international arena of youth studies; - Abandonment of research results and achievements in the field of youth studies due to lack of attention to continuous evaluation and publication; - The emerging and unknown nature of the field of youth studies and the lack of sufficient motivation among the scientific and academic community to enter this field; - Cumbersome processes and mechanisms in the path of creating research institutions and academic disciplines specific to youth studies; 2-Basic Challenges and Bottlenecks 2-1-The lack of institutionalized group and inter-agency cooperation in research areas, which leads to non-productive movements and actions in the field of youth studies.