Information is an essential part of a complex and rapidly developing society. Young people need information in order to be able to get to know the possibilities available to them and to be able to make conscious decisions. By means of suitable measures, already available structures, channels and information in Austria are being extended in order to achieve an improvement in quality.

In agreement with the White Paper on Youth, the activities, which correspond to the needs of young people, are based on the following principles:

• Explicit recognition of a real need for information
• Equal access to information
• Free access to all practical information
• Proximity, flexibility and communication with personal advice
• In harmony with high ethical standards
• Involvement of young people in the design, the introduction and/or also in the development of the means of communication intended for them.