Agency Name: | Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society |
Nativename: | Swedish: Myndigheten för ungdoms- och civilsamhällesfrågor |
Preceding1: | Swedish: Ungdomsstyrelsen |
Jurisdiction: | Government of Sweden |
Headquarters: | Växjö |
Employees: | 80 (2017) |
Chief1 Name: | Lena Nyberg (2015–) |
Chief1 Position: | Director general |
Parent Agency: | Ministry of Culture |
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.
The name of the agency prior to 2014 was Swedish: Ungdomsstyrelsen.[2]
The agency distributes between 350 and 600 million SEK annually to about 400 civil society organisations.[3] [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]