Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society

Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society
Myndigheten för ungdoms- och civilsamhällesfrågor
Agency overview
Preceding agency
  • Ungdomsstyrelsen
JurisdictionGovernment of Sweden
HeadquartersSweden Växjö
Employees80 (2017)
Agency executive
  • Lena Nyberg (2015–), Director general
Parent agencyMinistry of Culture
Websiteeng.mucf.se

Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society (Swedish: Myndigheten för ungdoms- och civilsamhällesfrågor, MUCF)[1] is a Swedish government agency which deals with youth policy and issues relating to Swedish civil society.[2]

The name of the agency prior to 2014 was Ungdomsstyrelsen.[3]

The agency distributes between 350 and 600 million SEK annually to about 400 civil society organisations.[2][4] According to an evaluation by the Swedish Agency for Public Management, about half the organisations receiving funding from MUCF state that they are dependent upon state funding to a great or very great extent and that their economical dependence upon state grants has been increasing since 2014. On average, the recipients state that state funding represents about 60-70% of their income. Of the 150 investigated organisations, 14 stated that their only income is state funding from MUCF. Of the fifty investigated ethnic-community organisations, four stated their only source of income was from MUCF.[5]

Late 2017 announcement of planned relocation to Växjö led to resignation of many employees.[6]

State aid distributed by MUCF, 2013–2018[7][8][9][10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Myndighet flyttas från Stockholm till Växjö" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  2. ^ a b "MUCF behöver skärpa kontrollen av statsbidrag till ideella organisationer" (in Swedish). Swedish Agency for Public Management. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-11. MUCF fördelar årligen ut ungefär 350 miljoner kronor i statsbidrag till omkring 400 organisationer.
  3. ^ Myndighetsanalys av Myndigheten för ungdoms- och civilsamhällesfrågor (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Agency for Public Management. 2017-09-27. p. 11. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Statskontoret: Kontrollen av statliga bidrag till ideella organisationer måste skärpas" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  5. ^ Myndighetsanalys av Myndigheten för ungdoms- och civilsamhällesfrågor (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Swedish Agency for Public Management. 2017. pp. 41–42.
  6. ^ Aaby-Ericsson, Thomas (17 December 2017). "Många vill inte flytta med – flyr Växjös nya myndighet". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  7. ^ Årsredovisning 2014 (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society. 20 February 2015. p. 34. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  8. ^ Årsredovisning 2015 (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society. February 2017. p. 34. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  9. ^ Årsredovisning 2016 (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society. February 2017. p. 52. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  10. ^ Årsredovisning 2017 (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society. 2018. pp. 72 "lämnade bidrag". ISBN 978-91-88455-65-9.
  11. ^ Årsredovisning 2018 (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society. p. 72. ISBN 978-91-88455-96-3. Retrieved 2019-08-04.