The article analyzes the renewal of youth policy in Uzbekistan in terms of both content and form during the initial stage of independence, the establishment of the Youth Union of Uzbekistan, its tasks in the transition period, and the process through which practical mechanisms aimed at the social protection of young people were formed. The study examines the institutionalization of youth policy through the resolutions, action programs, plenum and congress decisions adopted in 1991-1994, as well as measures to support students socially, increase stipends, and establish foundations and councils. It also reveals the interrelationship among spiritual-educational, economic, organizational, and international dimensions of youth work under the conditions of the transition period. As a result, the article demonstrates that youth policy in Uzbekistan was not merely a renaming of the former Komsomol system, but rather developed into an independent institution closely connected with social protection, civic activity, and state-building [1], [2].

Youth policy, Youth Union of Uzbekistan, social protection

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