Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society

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]

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

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]

References
  1. "Myndighet flyttas från Stockholm till Växjö" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  2. "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. "Många vill inte flytta med – flyr Växjös nya myndighet" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 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.
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