germany-berlin: project management services other than for construction work./ process support for the implementation of the youth strategy of the federal government and further development with a national action plan for child and youth participation (koav)./ the federal ministry for family affairs, senior citizens, women and youth (bmfsfj) intends, as part of a negotiation procedure with a participation competition in accordance with § 119 gwb i. in conjunction with § 14 paragraph 3 no. 3 vgv, to award process support for the "implementation of the federal government's youth strategy and further development with a national action plan for child and youth participation". background information the youth strategy of the federal government end: "in joint responsibility: politics for, with and by young people" is d on the concept of independent youth politics. it was developed across departments with the participation of young people and civil society and was approved by the cabinet on december 3, 2019. the interministerial working group (ima) for youth and the youth policy advisory board of the bmfsfj were used to involve youth and their interest groups as well as civil society. in accordance with the coalition agreement for the 20th legislative period, the federal government's youth strategy will be further developed with a national action plan (nap) for child and youth participation. this places an emphasis on involving young people in the decisions that affect them. a nap for child and youth participation means looking beyond the focus of the youth strategy to the target group "children" and the state levels "states and municipalities". the involvement of young people and their interest groups as well as civil society will take place in particular through the youth policy advisory board of the bmfsfj, in which municipalities and states also participate. the advisory board will actively help to shape the planned dialogue process on the nap with the federal, state and local governments and advise the bmfsfj on the further development of the youth strategy and cross-departmental cooperation on a conceptual and strategic basis. the ima youth under the leadership of the bmfsfj serves to strengthen cross-departmental cooperation in the field of youth policy. the ima will accompany the implementation of the youth strategy and the development of the nap, introduce department-specific perspectives and set new thematic priorities. after a nationwide kick-off event for the nap for child and youth participation on november 14th and 15th, 2022, the more than one-year dialogue process will start with regional target group and topic-specific dialogue forums and think tanks to develop recommendations for action to strengthen the participation of children and youth, e.g . b. in daycare, school, youth work as well as politics and administration. children and young people should always be directly involved in all events; in addition, individual formats, e.g. e.g.: youth audits aimed at specific groups of young people (especially hard-to-reach/marginalized groups of young people or groups with special needs). a regular exchange between the federal government and young people about current youth policy challenges will be continued, especially within the work of the federal youth conferences in 2024 and 2026. other participation formats can be created or developed as part of the dynamic process. external support is required for the implementation of the federal government's youth strategy and further development with a nap for child and youth participation. the tasks of the process support include the technical, administrative and conceptual-strategic support and monitoring of the communication, planning and control of the process. the expected start of the order is april 1, 2023.