Article 3. Basic concepts

The following basic concepts are used in this Law:

state youth policy — a system of socio-economic, organizational and legal measures implemented by the state to create conditions for the social formation of youth and the development of their intellectual, creative and other potential;

youth (young citizens) — persons who have reached the age of fourteen and are under the age of thirty;

young family — a family in which both spouses are under the age of thirty, or a family consisting of a single father or a single mother under the age of thirty raising a child (children), including a divorced, widowed man or woman;

young specialist — an employee under the age of thirty who has graduated from a higher or secondary specialized, vocational education institution, has started working in his/her specialty within three years after graduation, and has worked for no more than three years in the specialty indicated in the educational document;

youth entrepreneurship — entrepreneurial activity carried out by young citizens without establishing a legal entity, as well as by legal entities founded by young citizens.