The Guide

Involving Young People in PRSP processes – extra resources

Posted on December 11, 2009. Filed under: Part 2: Case studies and Resources |

1) ‘Practical Implications of Participation in the PRSP Process’ Extracted from ‘Children and Young People Participating in PRSP Processes – Lessons from Save the Children’s Experience’ http://www.eldis.org/fulltext/SCUK-participation-PRSP.pdf 2) ‘Putting Young people into Poverty Reduction Strategies’ (UNFPA): http://www.unfpa.org/upload/lib_pub_file/751_filename_poverty.pdf

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Young Consultants – extra resources

Posted on December 11, 2009. Filed under: Governance & Accountability, Part 2: Case studies and Resources |

Below are a few extra resources mentioned in our Guide – relating to young consultants: 1) ToR for Assessment in Nepal for the young researchers in Nepal 2) The Final report which young consultant researchers were involved in collecting the findings for on behalf of the Save the Children led reseacrh on the situation of [...]

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Institutional Audits – extra resources

Posted on December 11, 2009. Filed under: Part 2: Case studies and Resources |

Below are some extra resources that are supporting the case study in the Guide: 1) The YGP Questionnaire; this offers advisers a quick analysis mechanism in order to assess how their agency is working with and for youth. To see the YGP Quick Questionnaire please click here. 2) The United Nations Youth Advisory Panel (Nepal) [...]

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Youth and Political Participation in Nepal: SLN 4

Posted on November 26, 2009. Filed under: Part 2: Case studies and Resources, Part 3: Our process |

Before the Peace Agreement in 2006 and since then youth remain at the forefront of political change in Nepal. The largest political parties have always been the ones with the largest youth base. The nineteen days pro-peace agitation that reinstated democracy saw thousands of youth mobilised. Many of those who are engaged in non partisan [...]

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SLN 4 Uganda: Youth Led Monitoring & Evaluation

Posted on November 17, 2009. Filed under: Part 2: Case studies and Resources, Part 3: Our process |

It was on this day of 12th November 2009 when we held our last and fourth sharing and learning network, during which participants dug deep on the topic  “In what ways has including young people as participants in monitoring and evaluation added value to our work?” The out comes of this session gave a number [...]

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Some YPO Reflections

Posted on November 2, 2009. Filed under: Part 3: Our process, Reflections and Questions |

It’s over 9 months since we began work on the Youth Guidance project and there has been an immense amount to learn; numerous meetings, phone calls, emails and late nights writing case studies have brought us this far. With a first draft completed and plans underway for the final version and its launch we are [...]

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Peer Education and SRH Approaches…

Posted on November 2, 2009. Filed under: Part 2: Case studies and Resources, Post-Conflict Transitions, SRH & HIV |

One of our case studies is of YEAH (Young Empowered and Healthy) Uganda, a youth orientated SRH organisation working on a regional and national level. This document is the current campaign strategy for the ‘True Manhood’ Campaign launched earlier this year. It provides an insight into YEAH’s approach across its work as well as to [...]

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Youth & Employment: SLN 3 in Uganda

Posted on October 14, 2009. Filed under: Part 2: Case studies and Resources, Part 3: Our process |

One of the key challenges of the future for Uganda’s youth is youth unemployment. Reversing this trend is a major challenge for any developing country, more so for Uganda which has an upright population pyramid with a high dependency ratio. According to the state of Uganda population report 2006, over the past two decades, youth [...]

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SLN III: Youth Conducting Research in Nepal

Posted on October 13, 2009. Filed under: Part 2: Case studies and Resources, Part 3: Our process |

The world has realized the potential inherent in youth. Meaningful youth participation in development has been recognized as something indispensable. Any development project rests upon the foundation of a strong research, and is incomplete without monitoring and evaluation. The third Sharing and Learning Session (SLN III) on “In what ways has an including young people [...]

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Section One Draft

Posted on October 5, 2009. Filed under: Governance & Accountability, Part 1: Why involve young people?, Post-Conflict Transitions, SRH & HIV, Updates and News |

A big post today as we upload a working version of the first part of our document. This section is entitled ‘The Rationale For Working With And For Youth’ and can be accessed using the link below. Please take the time to read through our work and leave comments. Thank You! Draft_Section One_41009

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