Part 3: Our process
DFID Youth Mapping Study, 2007
In 2007 DFID commissioned an international situational assessment of their work with and for youth. This was the catalyst for the Youth Guidacne Project. Please click here to view the DFID Youth-Mapping Study_Oct 2007.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Process Evaluation of YGP
As this project has been rather unusual – in its participatory approach to producing a Guide - it was crucial that the YGP Team and partners were given the opportunity to reflect and learn from the process. Parts of the evaluation will be acknowledged in Part 3 of the Guide. We also hope that this [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Focus Groups with young people: Review and uptake of the Guide
In December 2009 and January 2010 the YGP Team (led by our Youth Participation Officers) conducted small focus groups in Nepal, Uganda and the UK. The aims being to: Raise awareness of the guide Elicit feedback on format and content from a youth perspective Generate ideas for next steps in maximising value of guide (uptake [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Youth and Political Participation in Nepal: SLN 4
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 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )SLN 4 Uganda: Youth Led Monitoring & Evaluation
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 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Some YPO Reflections
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 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Youth & Employment: SLN 3 in Uganda
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 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )SLN III: Youth Conducting Research in Nepal
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 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )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 )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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