Youth Participation in Development

A Guide for Development Agencies and Policy Makers
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    • Foreword
    • Introduction
    • Part One
    • Part Two
    • Part Three
    • Conclusion
    • Appendices
      • Producing this guide
      • Related Resources
      • Further Reading
      • References

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Related Resources

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Case Study Additional Resources
1. Adviser Field Visits (DFID Tanzania)

1) Internal guidelines adapted from Action Aid's Training Manual on Action Aid – Immersion trips

2) Resources on the following website: www.planotes.org

2. Youth Audit (UNFPA/UNCT Nepal)

1) The YGP Questionnaire; this offers advisers a quick analysis mechanism in order to assess how their agency is working with and for youth. View the YGP Quick Questionnaire (Doc).

2) The United Nations Youth Advisory Panel (Nepal) UNYAP Terms of Reference (Doc).

3) The United Nations Country Team in Nepal’s Youth Score Card (Doc) (November 2009). This is a more involved audit process, which is more comprehensive than the YGP audit. Depending on your organistaional set up one may be more relevant than the other.

4) IPPF, ‘Setting the Standards for Youth Participation’: http://www.bit.ly/due9DN (Website)

5) Family Health International’s ‘Institutional and Assessment Planning Tool’ see p. 37 of: http://www.bit.ly/bmvfb8 (PDF)

6) The Commonwealth’s ‘Putting Youth Engagement into Practice’ see page 15 of: http://www.bit.ly/a3qMP7 (PDF)

3. Youth Fellowships (UNFPA)

1) UNFPA Selection processes for fellowships (Word document)

2) UNFPAs Youth Fellowship Report (2007): http://www.bit.ly/bw4TuF (PDF)

3) Junior Professional Positions at the UN: http://www.bit.ly/amZSy1 (Website)

4. Young Consultants (Save/Ministry of Youth, Nepal)

1) ToR for Assessment in Nepal for the young researchers in Nepal

2) Save the Children (1999) Involving Young Researchers: http://bit.ly/9BeC6j  

3) The National Youth Agency UK: Young Researcher Network: http://bit.ly/bV3ySx 

4) Young Advisors ToR, adapted from the UK National Youth Agency.

5) The YGP SLN discussion in Nepal on research and M&E: http://bit.ly/c2Z4Xf  

5. Allocating Urban Youth Funds (UN-HABITAT)

1)  World Bank Youth Advisory Groups – checklist

2) UN Resolutions on engaging with urban youth:  http://bit.ly/cDKdC8

3) UN-HABITAT Global Campaign on Urban Governance: Youth, Children and Urban Governance:  http://bit.ly/91Anvh

6. Bahrain’s National Youth Policy (UNDP)

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://bit.ly/buQujP

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 Youth Service (IANYS):  http://bit.ly/brmeEq

4) Making Commitments Matter: A Toolkit for Young People to Evaluate National Youth Policy (UNDESA):  http://bit.ly/ahQl2l

5) Get Youth On Board Toolkit on Youth Policies and Action plans (GTZ, 2008):  http://bit.ly/90yJFl

7. Research Institutions and Social Dialogue (Government of Brazil)

1) “Choicework” Choice work Methodology

2) For the report of the Dialogue see: http://bit.ly/dcFvtC

3) Democracy, Citizenship and Youth (2009):  http://bit.ly/cql0AV and  http://bit.ly/beW07R

4) For further information on working with leading research institutions see ODI:  http://bit.ly/9ju3Ci

8. Poverty Reduction Strategy (Government of Vietnam)

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://bit.ly/b85IDc

2) ‘Putting Young people into Poverty Reduction Strategies’ (UNFPA): http://bit.ly/dBTxA5

9. Uganda's National Development Plan (DFID)

1)  Mainstreaming Youth (adapted from Commonwealth)

2) For further information on national consultations see ‘Children and Young People: Participating in Decision-making’ (UNICEF): http://bit.ly/asGm2N

3) UNICEF ‘Child Youth Participation Resource Guide’: http://bit.ly/awY4t2  

4) ‘So You Want to Involve Children in Research?’ (Save the Children): http://bit.ly/a3aDNf

10. SRHR Needs Assessment,(UNICEF, Sierra Leone)

1) The SPW Sierra Leone Out of School Study Final – SPW SL on their Needs Assessment

2) DFID Zimbabwe draft DFID Zimbabwe Youth Scoping Study Draft 21-04-08 on the situation of youth in the country.

3) Pacific Regional Youth Mapping Exercise power point

11. Displaced youth – livelihoods and alternative education (WRC)

1) Youth and Sustainable Livelihoods:Linking Vocational Training Programs to Market Opportunities in Northern Uganda’: http://bit.ly/ahz5dR

2) Women’s Refugee Commission Market Assessment Toolkit

3) ‘Untapped Potential: Displaced Youth’ : http://bit.ly/cJwSLE

4) ‘Right to Education during Displacement: A resource for organizations working with refugees and internally displaced persons’ was developed for international and local organizations, the United Nations and governments working with displaced communities: http://bit.ly/c1CROH

5) Too Little for Too Few: Meeting the Needs of Youth in Darfur (December 2008): http://bit.ly/9MaP2Q

6) Save the Children Norway publications on youth participation in post-conflict settings: http://bit.ly/aZT1Qn

12. Employment Fund, Nepal (DFID/SDC)

1) The Helvetas RMA concept note_Draft_ CKA 09

2) Shared Learning Network in Nepal. Read the report here: http://bit.ly/c2Z4Xf   

3) Get Youth On Board Toolkit on Youth Employment (GTZ, 2008): http://bit.ly/cl3zGR

4) International Alert – governance, youth unemployment and post conflict: http://bit.ly/cAzd5k

13. Mainstreaming SRHR in Education (USAID, Senegal
13. Mainstreaming SRHR in Education (USAID, Senegal)

1) Operations Research Toolkit: http://bit.ly/9WWrIM

2) ‘FRONTIERS’ Programme Legacy findings: http://bit.ly/dl2DlO

3) Multisectoral ARH Interventions: The Scale Up Process in Kenya and Senegal: http://bit.ly/a7SPRW

4) UNFPA/EU Reproductive Health Imitative for Youth in Asia: http://bit.ly/9E3dZ3

5) Toolkit for Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in Education (UNAIDS 2008): http://bit.ly/bepYLv

14. SRHR Peer Education (NAC, Uganda)

1) Formative and vulnerability research that informs campaign strategies targeting young people: http://bit.ly/d1QMhL

2) Order Y.E.A.H Men and HIV and AIDS manual for training peer educators: http://bit.ly/cpl6ia

3) The Youth Guidance Project Sharing and Learning Network session in Uganda on SRHR: http://is.gd/768Kq

4) InterAgency Youth Working Group resources on youth reproductive
health and HIV/AIDS:  http://bit.ly/asPDo6

15. Educating New Voters, (Finnish Embassy, Nepal)

1) The Alliance for Peace Finland_Voter_Ed_Final_Report_February08

2) Search for Common Ground: http://bit.ly/bkjYbT

3) The YGP SLN discussion in Nepal: http://bit.ly/90nUck

16. Participatory Budgeting (GTZ, Argentina)

1) ‘Participatory Budgeting with Youth’ Josh Lerner (Unpublished, 2006): Attached (PDF, 607Kb)

2) ‘Learning Citizenship and Democracy Through Participatory Budgeting: The Case of Rosario, Argentina’ Josh Lerner, Daniel Schugurensky: http://bit.ly/bnFxZ9

3) ‘72 Frequently Asked Questions about Participatory Budgeting’ (UN Habitat): http://bit.ly/ahBNgo

17. Launching a Youth-Led Partner (USAID, Jamaica)

1) JYAN Advocacy Toolkit: see http://bit.ly/cCd9KR

2) ‘Youth Led Organizations and SRHR’ (a step by step guide to establishing youth NGOs that goes wider than the SRHR sector): http://bit.ly/cxcm3h

3) Inter-American Development Bank: www.iadb.org

4) YEN/UNIDO/ILO/UNDP Youth-led Development Project in West Africa, see: http://bit.ly/bL9T8c

18. Country Level Indicators (Commonwealth/UN)

1) Example indicators from the Commonwealth Plan of Action for Youth Empowerment: Example youth Indicators

2) UNDESA on Youth Development Indicators: http://bit.ly/9XMZUk

19. Youth Empowerment Programme (NAC, Uganda)

1) SPW M&E training VPE Initial Training Session #2_17Feb09 (2) for young evaluators

2) SPW Uganda Volunteer SPW UGANDA VOLUNTEER ME GUIDELINES 2009 (2)

3) Shared Learning Network 4 Uganda report: http://bit.ly/90nUck

20. Measuring Adolescent Empowerment (UNESCO, Nepal)

1) Questions

2) ME Report Mainbody

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