Archive for August, 2009
Growing Pains: Youth and Employment Opportunities in Nepal (SLN 2)
One of Nepal’s greatest post conflict challenges is how to provide for and engage with its young labour force. In a country where 46% of young people aged 20-24 are ‘highly underutilized’ (according to the Nepal Labour Force Survey, 2008) much more needs to be done by the government and all development partners to halt [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Livelihoods:Market Assessment Toolkit
This is comprehensive toolkit produced by the Commission for Refugee Women and Children geared to supporting organisations to plan and execute appropriate interventions to promote sustainable livelihoods. Our team has used it for a study under the ‘Post Conflict Transitions..’ theme of the project. Mkt assessment toolkit_youth livelihoods As ever, comments are welcome. Derek
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Case Study #16: Participatory Budgeting
1) ‘Participatory Budgeting with Youth’ Josh Lerner (Unpublished, 2006) http://blog.ygproject.org/2009/08/17/participatory budgeting-with-youth-powerpoint-presentation/ 2) ‘Learning Citizenship and Democracy Through Participatory Budgeting: The Case of Rosario, Argentina’ Josh Lerner, Daniel Schugurensky: http://www.linesofflight.net/work/rosario_pb_columbia.pdf 3) ‘72 Frequently Asked Questions about Participatory Budgeting’ (UN Habitat) www.internationalbudget.org/themes/PB/72QuestionsaboutPB.pdf
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )SLN 1 in Nepal – Reaching Out to Marginalised Youth
Nepal is a young country. A country where 26.5% of its population is young, where every year about 300,000 youth are ready to work. In order for this young country to prosper it is necessary that the youth population is provided with a meaningful space. No doubt, there are actions being taken to increase youth [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )SLN 1-Lessons Learnt: Reaching Out to Excluded Youth in Uganda
The Uganda Sharing and Learning Network (SLN) on “How to reach out to Marginalised Youth” was the first out of four sessions (to be held by the end of November 2009) by the DFID – CSO Youth Guidance Project Team. SLN 1 was held on the 30th July 2009 at the World Bank offices in [...]
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