YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

74 Following the data, we have derived the following youth policy recom- mendations: 1. Young people should be encouraged to become more interested and active in the public sphere, as the current locus of their values and interests remains firmly fixed to the private sphere. 2. More should be done to ensure greater existential safety for youth. Feelings of economic and broader existential insecurity are tied to the decline in generalized trust among young people, which is to be interpreted as a serious social problem. The need to address the existential woes of youth is also reflected in the increase of pessimism about the future of society. Most sensibly, reforms should target employment opportunities, housing access, and en- vironmental concerns. 3. Autonomy in gender identity and sexual orientation is very im- portant to young people, which implies that youth policy tied to this sphere should be led in the spirit of liberal values.