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Youth as drivers of change

Introducing UNESCO’s action on youth

Sector for Social and Human SciencesUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Paris, 10 February 2011

Information meeting for Permanent Delegates & Observers to UNESCO

Youth: partners for development UNESCO’s approach

Social change conducive to peace and non-violence, sustainability and economic opportunity, through engaging youth as partners

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YOUTH

HOWKnowledge

managementPolicy advice

Skills & platforms for participation

Regional priorities

Building and sharing knowledge

Engaging youth in global debates & in

national & community action

Intersectoral cooperation: building on the interdisciplinary nature of youth issues

UNESCO’s work

Global Priorities

Supporting policy

development

Working with…

Engaging youth as partners in national and community

development, peace and non-violence: UNESCO’s work

YOUTH organizations

International & regional IGOs & NGOs

Academic institutions, research networks

UNESCO Chairs, clubs, centers

Private sector, media

UN System

Governments, local authorities, municipalities

What we do with existing resources (2010-2011)

Building knowledge

GLOBAL

Development of indicators on youth development (UN interagency initiative – in progress)

Technical paper on youth with disabilities (in cooperation with UN DESA and UNICEF – in progress)

Media factsheet on the “Role of youth in promoting intercultural understanding” (developed jointly by UNESCO and the UN Alliance of Civilizations)

“Migrating alone”, study on the migration of unaccompanied young migrants


Building knowledge

REGIONAL

Regional papers on youth civic engagement (in progress)

“Public Policies for Youth in Latin America: concrete progress and challenges to be faced in the framework of the International Year of Youth”, UNESCO Brasilia/UNESCO Santiago, May 2010

“Education, Youth and Development. UNESCO in Latin America and the Caribbean”, UNESCO Santiago, August 2010

UNESCO-IDB publication based on the project “Best practices in Youth Policies and Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean” (in progress)

Paper on “Research Issues on Youth in the Horn of Africa”, August 2010

Regional paper on “Beyond the global crises. Challenges and responses in the Asia-Pacific region” (supported by the National Commission of the Republic of Korea for UNESCO, December 2009)

Study on sports’ role in promoting gender equality in Africa, including a focus on young women (in progress)

Development of youth observatory for Latin America (extrabudgetary – in progress)

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Building knowledge

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Building knowledge

Studies on Youth Civic Engagement in Azerbaijan and in the Russian Federation (December 2010 – January 2011)

“ Guia para formar un negocio en Guatemala ”

(extrabudgetary)

Lebanon: “National Youth Profile – An Overview of the Situation of Young People in Lebanon” ; Report on “Young Women’s Employability in Lebanon”; “Youth Participation – An Analysis of Lebanese Laws and their Implication on Youth Participation” (extrabudgetary – in progress)

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Policy work

Policy dialogue

Conference on “Youth and Social Transformations: Involvements and Initiatives” (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Republic of Moldova and Russian Federation), March 2011, Moscow

UNESCO-ISESCO regional policy dialogue meeting on “Youth civic engagement as a means to support economic participation of youth in the Arab States’ region”, May-June 2011, Beirut

Round-table on “Youth policies and violence prevention in the Great Lakes region”, summer 2011, Nairobi (extrabudgetary)


Policy work

Tools

UN DESA-UNESCO cooperation on the development of a global database of national policies on youth (in progress)

Publication on evidence-based youth policies, highlighting available research and concrete experiences (Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth, in cooperation with UNESCO – in progress)

Online handbook on preventive policies for violence from, among and against youth (in progress)

Policy advice

Cooperation on youth policy development in Tuvalu and Tokelau

UN Joint programme on youth policy in Lebanon (extrabudgetary)

Policy advice

Cooperation on youth policy development in Tuvalu and Tokelau

UN Joint programme on youth policy in Lebanon (extrabudgetary)

Policy advice

ToolsTools

Building skills and providing platforms for youth civic engagement


Follow-up action by youth delegates on the recommendations of the 2009 UNESCO Youth Forum: establishment of youth representation structures in National Commissions and development of community projects

Handbook on “Youth engagement in National Commissions” (National Commission of Canada for UNESCO with the support of UNESCO, fall 2011)

4th UNESCO Asian Youth Forum on “Youth Creativity and Vision for Community in Asia” (September 2010, co-organized with the National Commission of the Republic of Korea - 5th UNESCO Asian Youth Forum anticipated in 2011 prior to the UNESCO Youth Forum)

Regional Youth Participation Conference (organised by the Austrian National Commission for UNESCO with the support of the Secreatriat, September 2011, Vienna)

2nd International Youth Peace Ambassador Training Workshop (28 March to 1 April 2011, Phnom Penh, Cambodia)

Ethics Education workshops for students and youth (ASPAC - ongoing)

Youth-led conferences and forums on SHS areas of work (ASPAC - ongoing)

Potential cooperation with the International Youth Foundation on the development of a social entrepreneurship programme in Africa

Training workshop for youth delegates of the 2011 UNESCO Youth Forum from SIDS in the Caribbean (June 2011, in cooperation with the National Commission of St. Lucia for UNESCO)

Youth development and violence prevention project in the Dominican Republic (extrabudgetary –in progress)

RETEJOVEN – prevention of violence project in Guatemala (extrabudgetary)

“Empowering People and Building Capacity in Society-based Organizations” (focusing particularly on those supported by the CriançaEsperança program – Brazil, extrabudgetary project – in progress)

“Empowering young people especially most at risk populations as regards responses to HIV and particularly HIV-related stigma and discrimination”project (Belarus, Moldova, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru)

Capitalizing on the social dimension of sport : European Athletics -UNESCO Young Leaders Forum, Barcelona, Spain, July 2010; IOC-UNESCO 7th World Conference on Sport, Education and Culture: “Giving a Voice to Youth” , Durban, South Africa, December 2010.


Building skills and providing platforms for youth civic engagement

El Salvador; Nicaragua; Honduras; Guatemala; Dominican Republic

5 National

Projects

Forum of Ministers and High-Ranking

Officials responsible for

Youth in Central America

Capacity-building in micro-enterprisemanagement

Entrepreneurship

Support of local radios, television andInternet; training workshops forjournalists and meetings with mediaactors, with the aim of promoting abalanced perception of youth

Communication

Creation of identity benchmarksthrough cultural activities and bestpractices for the prevention of violence

Culture

Activities for the promotion of bestpractices such as “Open Schools” andtraining courses for teachers

Education

Promotion and dissemination ofknowledge; advocacy andstrengthening of linkageswith policy-makers

SocialSciences

Prevention of violence among youth: key components of the project

National observatories for youth development &violence prevention

A comprehensive approach: youth development and violence prevention projects

A Framework to convene partners around a common set of priorities on youth in Africa

-Revitalization of the Panafrican Youth Union

- Establishment or review of democratic, representative & inclusive National Youth Councils

-Grant scheme for young entrepreneurs

-Inclusive & democratic

representation of youth concerns

-Youth social entrepreneurship programme

Youth participation, civic engagement & social inclusion

- Building the capacities of governments

- Integrating the Charter’s components in national policies and strategies

- Integrating youth rights into national legal frameworks and policies

-Policy dialogue initiatives and policy reviews in select countries

- Regional campaign for the ratification and implementation of the African Youth Charter

Policy development & policy dialogue

-Harmonization of data systems

-Indicators for the collection of data on youth development

-Reports on the situation of youth

-Popularization of the African Youth Charter

- Compilation & management of

information & knowledge on African youth

-Policy-oriented research on

issues affecting African Youth

Knowledge building & management

Linkages with the AUC Plan of Action for the Decade on Youth Development and

Youth Empowerment in Africa (2009-2018)Main actions Objectives

Mobilizing partners: the UNESCO Strategy on African Youth (2009-2013)

Mobilizing partners: the UNESCO Strategy on African Youth – Initiatives developed or planned

AU Commission

Campaign for the ratification of the African Youth Charter, in cooperation with the AU Commission

IGAD and the government of Djibouti

Greater Horn Horizon Forum: cooperation on research and policy dialogue on the situation of youth in the Greater Horn of Africa (2 meetings in 2010; paper on “Research Issues on Youth in the Horn of Africa” )

Veneto Region, Italy

Extrabudgetary funding for the “Youth policies and violence prevention in the Great Lakes region” project, focusing on related research and policy dialogue

Mobilizing partners: the UNESCO Strategy on African Youth – Initiatives developed or planned

UNESCO Chair in Children, Youth and Civic Engagement, University of Ireland, Galway

Cooperation for the development of a research programme on youth civic engagement and a model for a youth centre which willuse integrated sports, training and civic engagement interventions for youth in Zambia

International Youth Foundation

Potential collaboration for a programme for young social entrepreneurs in Africa which will help build the youth social innovation sector in the continent

Junior Chamber International

Potential collaboration on capacity building programme for National Youth Councils and youth organizations

The UNESCO Strategy on African Youth What can Member States do?

Mobilize resources through bilateral and

multilateral cooperation frameworks

Africa Group Implementation Group

Ratify the African Youth Charter

Develop or review policies to align with the African Youth Charter

Initiate research programmes, centers or UNESCO Chairs on Youth and develop statistical capacity to measure different

areas of youth development

Establish representative and inclusive mechanisms for youth participation in decision-making

Provide capacity building for youth through community centers

Support youth-led community projects

Greater synergies at all levels

Strengthened commitments to and increased investments in youth development

What is the Year about?

UN Framework approach

Lead agency

UN DESA

Co-ordinating UN collaborative work for the YearCo-chairs: UN DESA (permanent)

UNESCO (1-year term, until March ’11)

Interagency Network on Youth development

The UN celebration of the Year

Connect and build bridges: Increase intercultural understanding among youth

Mobilize and engage: Increase youth participation and partnerships

Create awareness: Increase commitment and investment in youth

UN System coordination

International Year of Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding (12 August 2010 - 11 August 2011)

International Year of Youth: UN Interagency Network on Youth Development

Launch

UNESCO HQ, Paris, 18-19 February 2010: 1st meeting of Heads of UN Youth Programmes launches the Network and adopts its Terms of Reference

Milestones

UN framework approach for the celebration of the Year

Joint statement by Heads of UN entities for the launch of the International Year of Youth

14 media factsheets on areas affecting youth development

UN Plan of joint initiatives for the celebration of the Year

Coordination of UN input to the World Youth Conference (Mexico, August 2010)

UN Collaborative work on indicators on youth development

Milestones Key contributions

UNESCO’s contribution to the International Year of Youth

Regular and extrabudgetary programme for 2010-2011 feeds into the celebration of the Year

UNESCO-led interagency initiative on the development of a joint follow-up mechanism of key youth events

Contribution to the 5th World Youth Congress (Turkey, July-August 2010) and the World Youth Conference (Mexico, August 2010): a total of 14 workshops during the two events , allowing youth to share their views on key youth development issues and UNESCO’s work

Promoting linkages with the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures

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An integral part of theGeneral Conference

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Involving young women and men in the

development of youth-related policies

UNESCO action with and for youth

UNESCO’s highestdecision-making bodymeets every two years

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UNESCO General

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Engaging with youth: the UNESCO Youth Forum

A key role for National Commissions

Testimonies from the youth delegates

As a mechanism, the forum should be seen as the beginning of a continuing dialogue, not just a finite opportunity to connect with other delegates and share our ideas with UNESCO. … The forum can be used to promote youth participation by providing access to continued involvement opportunities in UNESCO’s work or the work of other like-minded international organizations and NGOs Brian Bell, youth delegate from the United States of America at the 2009 UNESCO Youth Forum

Since the Youth Empowerment Team was officially established in the National Commission (2010),in follow-up to the UNESCO Youth Forum recommendations, youth participation has further developed, not only by involving youth internally within the Commission but also by engaging with schools, youth groups and community organizations.Edwin Haluoleo A. Mokodompit and Jasmine Sagita, Indonesian youth delegates at the 2009 UNESCO Youth Forum

Testimonies from the youth delegates

Though we’ve not yet finalized the process for the establishment of a youth desk , we have worked closely with the Commission, since the Youth Forum, to involve more youth in its activities both in urban and rural communities. The Commission now greatly facilitates youth groups which are participating in its work to a greater extent and can attend workshops and voice their views. At first it was not that easy, but at least now we have a platform where we can voice our opinions as we wait for the youth desk to be fully set up!Stella Nakawuki Lukwago and Sylvia Namukasa, Ugandan youth delegates at the 6th UNESCO Youth Forum

Following the 2009 UNESCO Youth Forum, we teamed up with youth peers in Greece and with the National Commission to establish the Youth Committee of the Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO. The Youth Committee is a structure through which we provide young people the opportunity to play an active and significant part indecision-making, the formulation of proposals and in concrete action on issues that concern them, in the framework of UNESCO’s programmes. Nikolaos Syrios, Greek youth delegate at the 6th UNESCO Youth Forum

The 2011 UNESCO Youth Forum

Proposed dates

Theme

Further innovative format: opportunities for capacity-building and representation of marginalized and vulnerable youth, and of youth with disabilities

Linkages to the UN Conference on Youth

How can Member States support the Youth Forum?

Ensure nomination of youth delegates on time, in line with criteria proposed by the UNESCO Director-General and through a participatory process

Facilitate consultations (virtual or other) with a great number of youth groups in the country in preparation of the Youth Forum

Provide financial support for the participation of youth delegates from LDCs

Provide financial support for the participation of youth from disadvantaged or vulnerable youth groups and of youth with disabilities

Sponsor cultural activities during the Youth Forum

What would we do with additional resources?

Strategy on African Youth

Youth development and violence prevention

Evaluation and impact analysis of the 'Youth development and violence prevention' projects in Central America

Implementation of “Youth Development and Violence Prevention” projects in identified vulnerable urban communities affected by high rates of violence

Social entrepreneurship programme with the International Youth Foundation

National policy reviews for the implementation of the African Youth Charter

Initiation of research programmes or UNESCO Chairs on youth in select universities in Africa

Capacity development for the Panafrican Youth Union

Revision or development of National Youth Councils (including capacity-building)

Capacity building for youth organizations

Strategy on African Youth

Youth development and violence prevention

What would we do with additional resources?

Knowledge management

Global Outlook Report on Youth

Global platform for online interaction and knowledge sharing among youth

Building capacities

Resource guide on the elaboration, costing and implementation ofnational development plans and public policies investing in youth

International online master course on youth civic engagement (with the UNESCO Chair of the National University of Ireland, Galway)

Applications for i-tunes on youth civic engagement

Development of tools for reconciliation through youth

Building capacities

Resource guide on the elaboration, costing and implementation ofnational development plans and public policies investing in youth

International online master course on youth civic engagement (with the UNESCO Chair of the National University of Ireland, Galway)

Applications for i-tunes on youth civic engagement

Development of tools for reconciliation through youth

Building capacities


Global Outlook Report on Youth

Global platform for online interaction and knowledge sharing among youth


Thank you !

For more information

Section for Youth, Sport and Physical Education

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