YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

Use of information and communications technology, and the digital environment  339 to working with ICT, they mostly perform only basic tasks (e.g. working with a text editor). 5. Compared to the rest of the adult population, young people par- ticipate in online institutional policy processes to the same or greater extent. On this basis, we make the following policy recommendations: • It is necessary to encourage more advanced use of ICT, which will be more focused on production and not just the consumption of content. Therefore, it is necessary to introduce ICT literacy pro- grams. • It is especially necessary to promote programs for the introduc- tion of computer programming within formal education (e.g. kin- dergartens, schools) and through various non-formal programs (youth work programs, youth organizations, non-governmental organizations and public institutions in education, etc.). • It is necessary to promote reading culture also online and to de- signmeasures that will guide young people in obtaining informa- tion from trusted sources and reduce the influence of social me- dia as the primary source of information. • It is necessary to create as many opportunities as possible for young people to participate in the processes of formulating and implementing public policies online.