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Project components
- Development of national youth policy and action plan guidelines at the regional level.
- Capacity building of governments and NGOs in promoting national youth policies.
Objectives
- To accelerate the formulation of youth policies and action plans in the AsiaPacific region.
- To formulate guidelines outlining the principles for youth policy formulation, implementation and evaluation.
- To acknowledge and build upon existing initiatives.
- To build capacity of governments, youth organizations and young men and women to contribute to youth policy processes.
- To improve the collaboration at the international as well as at the national level among governments and youth NGOs.
Problems addressed
- Insufficient level of youth policy formulation and implementation within the region.
- Lack of guidelines and appropriate tools.
- Limited information sharing within the region.
- Weak capacity and leadership concerning youth affairs.
- Lack of appropriate methodologies in involvement of young people.
Activities - Stage One
- Review and assess youth policy formulation and implementation within participating countries.
- Initiate a policy dialogue among government and youth organizations.
- Formulate general guidelines for youth policy and action plans.
- Create clearing house function within the region.
- Conduct training needs assessment.
- Develop tools, training curricula, and training materials highlighting youth participatory methodologies, youth policy implementation, and stakeholder collaboration.
Activities - Stage Two
- Identify and train facilitators for development of national youth policies.
- Translate/adapt of resource materials.
- Initiate dialogue among stakeholders within participating countries.
- Provide facilitation and training services.
Activities - Stage Three
- Evaluate the project outcome as well as the content of guideline and facilitation services.
Role of UN agencies
- Catalytic role for pulling existing international and regional experience in the field.
- Technical/financial support.
Role of national counterparts
- Ensure collaboration among national stakeholders.
- Ensure support at the highest political levels.
- Ensure participation of all stakeholders especially young people at every level of the country.
Outcomes
- Creation of wider awareness of the importance of national youth policies and action plans.Creation of guidelines for youth policy and action plans.
- Improvement of the quality of national youth policies and action plans and processes for their formulation and implementation.
- Creation of regional clearing house functions.
- Creation of training resources (materials, human resources).
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