The National Youth Council (NYC) is an autonomous agency under the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth set up by the Government of Singapore as the national co-ordinating body for youth affairs in Singapore.

Background

The National Youth Council (NYC) was established on 1 November 1989 to be the central body responsible for the planning, coordination and management of youth affairs, based on the recommendations of the Advisory Council on Youth (Feb 1988 – Feb 1989) chaired by Lee Hsien Loong and approved by then First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. It was expanded from the National Youth Coordinating Committee that was a non-executive body with no policy making powers, and would be placed under People's Association (PA).

On 1 January 2015, NYC was taken out of PA and restructured as an autonomous agency under the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) with the addition of two operational divisions – Outward Bound Singapore, which conducts national-level outdoor adventure-based education and leadership programmes, and the Youth Corps Singapore which runs youth volunteering and service leaders programmes. This would serve to strengthen NYC's national role as the central agency for youth development and engagement, broadening its reach to more diverse young people and partnering with youth sector organisations.

Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth is the chairperson of the 16th Council.[1] The Council comprises members from various government ministries, youth organisations, academic institutions, voluntary welfare organisations, media and private sector organisations.

David Chua is the current chief executive officer of the organisation.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". Archived from the original on 30 July 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "David Chua appointed National Youth Council's first CEO". The Straits Times. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Siau Ming En (27 June 2016). "National Youth Council aims to be enabler for causes of the young". todayonline.com. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Youth pay tribute to Mr Lee with art". AsiaOne. 21 March 2016. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.


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