Alex José da Paixão ZAVITOKI; Camila Fernanda BASSETTO and Alvaro Martim GUEDES
RPGE – Revista on line de Política e Gestão Educacional, Araraquara, v. 27, n. 00, e023067, 2023. e-ISSN: 1519-9029
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22633/rpge.v27i00.18420 7
The National Youth System (SINAJUVE)
Between 2005 and 2015, Brazil experienced an important period of implementing public
policies aimed at Youth. This national effort was mainly driven by government initiatives,
during the administrations of Presidents Lula and Dilma, and was strengthened by affirmative
actions in the current context of the Democratic State of Law. It is worth noting that Law No.
11,129 played a fundamental role in establishing the National Youth Program (PROJOVEM),
the National Youth Council (CNJ), and the National Youth System (SINAJUVE). Concurrently,
the period was marked by the first national conferences focusing on Youth, which took place in
2008, 2011, and 2015.
The purpose of the Conferences is to strengthen actions and programs aimed at Youth,
thus representing an opportune moment for the construction of public policies with active
participation from young people (CURY, 2009). The 3rd National Youth Conference focused
on the theme “The various ways to change Brazil” and established the demands and claims of
the Youth. Cury (2009), who held the position of National Secretary of Youth, closely monitored
the implementation of prominent public policies in Brazil. In this context, Youth began to
assume a leading role in new actions and proposals, claiming their space. It was at this moment
that public policies gained a new perspective, moving away from associating Youth with
criminality (SPOSITO; CARRANO, 2003). In line with this advancement, Decree No. 9,974,
amended by Decree No. 10,127, called for the 4th National Youth Conference.
Another significant legal milestone regarding Youth is Constitutional Amendment 65,
which introduced the title “Family, Child, Adolescent, Youth, and Elderly”, and established in
Article 227:
It is the duty of the family, society, and the State to ensure, with absolute
priority, the right to life, health, food, education, leisure, professionalization,
culture, dignity, respect, freedom, and family and community coexistence for
children, adolescents, and Youth, as well as to protect them from all forms of
neglect, discrimination, exploitation, violence, cruelty, and oppression
(BRASIL, 2010, our translation).
The rule mentioned above remained in effect with the Federal Constitution, which, over
the decades, underwent necessary changes, strengthening itself with the Child and Adolescent
Statute - ECA (Federal Law No. 8,069). After 23 years, the Youth Statute (Law No. 12,852)
and the corresponding national plan, the latter with a duration of ten years, were approved with
the aim of achieving goals, actions, budgets, and coordination between various levels. Thus,