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| Youth Participation Guide: Assessment, Planning, and Implementation |
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The Youth Participation Guide, created by YouthNet and Family Health International in collaboration with Advocates for Youth, seeks to increase the level of meaningful youth participation in reproductive health (RH) and HIV/AIDS programming at an institutional and programmatic level. The target audience includes senior and middle management, program managers, staff involved in implementing activities, and youth who may be engaged at all levels of an organization's work. Title Page/Acknowledgements (PDF, 148 KB)
The Swahili proverb, "Youth development will be brought about by youth themselves," illustrates YouthNet's belief that only through active participation and empowerment will youth be able to make safe, informed, and responsible decisions regarding their reproductive health and to contribute effectively to programs. The introduction functions as a table of contents, explaining the overall Guide, with an easy-to-use flow chart and key boxed information.
This essay provides an overview of the key conceptual issues regarding youth participation. It addresses why youth participation is important, both from a "human rights" perspective put forward by UNICEF and others and from an "impact on program results" perspective. It places the background handouts in a research-based context.
This section provides in-depth information through nine handouts on subtopics involved in youth participation, which can be used as background reading and handouts for facilitators and participants in the training sessions. Another nine handouts provide summaries of programs involving youth in various models throughout the world. (Those using this PDF to duplicate the printed document will need to insert some blank pages; for information, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
This section helps organizations evaluate the level of youth participation in their institutions and plan for greater youth participation in the future. It assumes that organizations want to explore meaningful youth participation but need guidance. This section includes a tool for conducting an assessment of institutional youth participation and a process to utilize the assessment results to develop a work plan for involving youth at the institutional level. Section III Facilitator Resources and Participant Handouts (PDF, 108 KB) (These are also included in the PDF for Section III above.)
The training curriculum is designed to build the skills of individuals and organizations to engage and involve youth and adults more fully in youth reproductive health (RH) and HIV/AIDS program design, development, implementation, and evaluation. The curriculum emphasizes how youth-adult partnerships strengthen youth programming by facilitating a process that builds a better understanding of the different needs and styles of youth and adults in the workplace. For those groups with sufficient time, it includes a section on planning specific activities for greater youth involvement. Printed slides for Training Curriculum (PDF, 174 KB) This file contains 33 transparencies/slides to be used in many of the training sessions in Section IV. They can be shown as transparencies or written on a flip chart. PowerPoint slides for Training Curriculum (391 KB) This file contains the 33 slides for Section IV in a PowerPoint format for imaging or on-screen presentations (Microsoft PowerPoint or PowerPoint Viewer required). Section IV Facilitator Resources and Participant Handouts (PDF, 152 KB) (These are also included in the PDF for Section IV above.)
This includes a bibliography of 52 publications in the field and an annotated guide to 35 organizations working in the field with links to their Web sites. |
