The Guide

An Overview

The DFID Working Group on Youth’s core principles, which are guiding this project, strategically place it at the forefront of youth focused development. The group has three key values:

1. ‘We believe that youth have the right to participate in development decisions that affect them’
2. ‘We see youth as a catalyst for transforming our societies and an essential asset for all efforts to address the urgent development issues facing us’
3. ‘As partners, we commit to working with youth to build their capacities and agency, to champion an asset-based approach’

These values are imbued within the Guide, which will be a user-friendly resource kit divided into three key sections:

Part 1 – Presentation of the rationale for working with and for youth

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Part 2 – A Series of key generic resources on youth policy and programming (see this draft outline Part_2_Structure_A__SH_4-6-09_(1)_SG. It will also include specific tools for three priority areas:

Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV and AIDS

Governance, Voice and Accountability

Post – Conflict Transitions and Youth Civic Participation

Part 3 – A reflection on the process of producing the Guide itself: a project in youth participation. Has it worked? What have been the key learnings, successes and the challenges?

The tools/resources and case studies will be sourced through Members of the DFID/CSO Working Group on Youth, other civil society organisations, as well as donor partners which include: DFID, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNAIDS, NZ AID, and the World Bank.

If you are interested in learning more about the full overview of the Guide, please click below.

Guide Outline 2-1-09 (2)