Governance & Accountability
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 )Case Study #18: Country Level Youth Indicators
1) Example indicators from the Commonwealth Plan of Action for Youth Empowerment Example youth Indicators 2) UNDESA on Youth Development Indicators: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/youthindicators1.htm
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Case Study # 17: Launching a Youth Led Partner
1) JYAN Advocacy Toolkit: see http://blog.ygproject.org/2009/09/29/jyan-advocacy-toolkit/ 2) ‘Youth Led Organizations and SRHR’ (a step by step guide to establishing youth NGOs that goes wider than the SRHR sector): http://www.youthcoalition.org/site08/html/home_article.php?id_art=210andid_cat=1 3) Inter-American Development Bank: www.iadb.org 4) YEN/UNIDO/ILO/UNDP Youth-led Development Project in West Africa, see: www.mruyouthplatform.org
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Case Study #9: Uganda’s National Development Plan
1) Mainstreaming Youth (adapted from Commonwealth) 2) For further information on national consultations see ‘Children and Young People: Participating in Decision-making’ (UNICEF): http://www.ifrc.org/docs/pubs/youth/children-and-young-people-participating-in-decision-making-english.pdf 3) UNICEF ‘Child Youth Participation Resource Guide’: http://www.unicef.org/adolescence/cypguide/index_conferences.html 4) ‘So You Want to Involve Children in Research?’ (Save the Children): http://www.unicef.ca/portal/Secure/Community/502/WCM/WHATWEDO/ChildProtection/assets/outline.pdf.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Case Study #7:Research Institutions & Social Dialogue
1) “Choicework” Choice work Methodology 2) For the report of the Dialogue see: http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-91399-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html 3) Democracy, Citizenship and Youth (2009): http://www.idrc.org.sg/en/ev-141345-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html and http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-124648-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html 4) For further information on working with leading research institutions see ODI: http://www.odi.org.uk/themes/childhood-youth/default.asp
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Case Study #6: Bahrain’s National Youth Policy
1) Bahrain Survey Questionnaire 2) ‘Operations manual for the formulation of the Bahraini National Youth Strategy and Action Plan’ (including example surveys, timelines and project management materials): http://hdr.undp.org/docs/network/hdr_net/Bahrain_OperationsManual_Youth.pdf. 3) A 2009 profile of Bahrain’s youth policy with extensive reference to progress made in executing the Youth Strategy, as prepared for the International Association for National [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Case Study #5: Allocating Urban Youth Funds (related resources)
Below are the related resources for this case study: 1) World Bank Youth Advisory Groups – checklist 2) UN Resolutions on engaging with Urban youth: http://www.unhabitat.org/list.asp?typeid=23andcatid=531 3) UNHABITAT Global Campaign on Urban Governance: Youth, Children and Urban Governance http://www.unhabitat.org/pmss/getPage.asp?page=bookViewandbook=2471
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Case Study #3: Youth Fellowships (related resources)
Below are the related resources for Case Study #3: Youth Fellowships: 1) UNFPA Selection processes for fellowships 2) UNFPAs Youth Fellowship Report (2007): http://www.unfpa.org/webdav/site/global/shared/documents/publications/2008/youth_programme_report07.pdf 3) Junior Professional Positions at the UN: http://www.jposc.org/content/JPOs/training_mentoring_2-en.html
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Young Consultants – extra 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 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Section One Draft
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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