The National Council of Belarusian Youth and Children’s Public Associations or the Belarusian National Youth Council “RADA” (hereinafter referred to as «RADA») is a voluntary union of Belarusian youth organizations created to consolidate their activities in the sphere of representation, promotion and protection of common interests of those organizations, to realize their right to freedom of association and other constitutional rights and freedoms of youth civil society organizations and young people of the Republic of Belarus.