text: rePresentatives of government. bodies concerned with education, healCh, culture andsports as well as of the Free Gernan Trade Unions, The National Comnission is responsible for preparing and co-ordinating activitiea for Ehe Vear. The plan of activiti,es for the observance of the Year includes: young innovators, exhibitions to fosEer the intarest ot youth in creative acf,ivities and research norki Spartakiad Games and other sports activitiesi inEernational student camps !opronote international fri.endship and solidarityt and a Gallery of Friendship Codisplay $orks by young people in paint.ing, phoeoEraphy and sculpture. The nahional highlighe of the Year was the xII Congress of the Free Gernan Youth organizationheld in t4ay 1985. Leading figures of the c€rman Denocratic Republic joined young people in the debate over Ehe path Eo foltow in the next few years. Inmediatelyafter the Congress, neetings of young people at the local level took place throughout ebe country. Ehphasis is being given to activieies ained at achieving a durable and secure peace for the sorldrs younger generation, reducing armanenCs, encouraging tbe right for youth participaCion in politicaL life and the righEs Eo work, education and recreation. About 17,000 youCb are involved in a nationalconstruction project in lhe capi.tal of Che German Democratic Republic. In 1985, M tl'600 million are being nade available for t.he edgcation and training of the younger generation and a network of 9,000 youth clubs is beinq extended during the Year. qernany, Federal Republic ot: a nat.ional connission for the International youth Year eas established in January 1984. The chairnan is the lrtinister of Yout.h, Family and Health. Ttte Connission is conposed of represenCatives of the Gernan Federal Youth Council, politicat, cultural and sports youth organizations, government youth organizations on the provincial and national levels, selfareorganizations, 1ocal authorj.ties and a youth research instituEe. The National
analysis: The text appears to focus on the activities and initiatives of the German Democratic Republic to commemorate the International Youth Year, highlighting various projects and programs aimed at promoting youth development, education, culture, and sports. The emphasis on education, training, and youth participation in political life, as well as the involvement of government bodies, suggests that the category of Education and Employment are likely to be relevant.