Social Democratic Youth (Portugal)

Social Democratic Youth Juventude Social Democrata
President	Alexandre Poço
Founded	1974 (1974)
Headquarters	Lisbon, Portugal
Ideology	Liberal conservatism[1] Christian democracy[2]
Mother party	Social Democratic Party
International affiliation	Youth of the Centrist Democrat International
European affiliation	Youth of the European People's Party
Website	www.jsd.pt

Social Democratic Youth (Portuguese: Juventude Social Democrata) is the youth organisation of the Social Democratic Party of Portugal and it is commonly known by its initials, JSD. Founded by Francisco Sá Carneiro, the JSD has become an essential basis of the PSD itself. Its activity is recognized in election campaigns, with a crucial position in terms of mobilization and as a "laboratory of ideas of the party". While defending the values affirmed by the Social Democratic Party, the JSD is a structure with its own identity and, therefore, works in an autonomous manner in respect to the party.

Nowadays, the JSD has mainly based his political activity in areas such as Education, Entrepreneurship, Employment, Housing, Environment, Addiction and Childhood Obesity. In addition to this, the JSD defends a constitutional review of the Portuguese Constitution, and advocates European integration, employment, culture and environment, generational issues in which the JSD focuses its intervention.