The change is part of a youth participation drive by the island's department of education and follows several pilot schemes.
Mike Clague, head of the island's youth and community service, said: "Since the 1970s, we've had a system where projects were run by adult management committees who worked with nominal input from young people."
He added: "We felt that had not been particularly successful in involving young people and wanted to give young people a genuine ability to influence the running of projects."
Under the plan, the island's 30 statutory youth projects will establish a management system led by young people, the first of which is expected to be in operation by July.
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