World Urban Forum Dialogue Series Youth in Cities
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Youth in Urban Development: Bringing Ideas into Action
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“Young people are not only the leaders of tomorrow; they can play a leading role in the development of their communities today. Let us hope that their good works today blossom into lifelong commitments that will benefit all the world's people.”
Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General, United Nationsfull and effective youth involvement in society and in decision-making
12 Lessons Learned from Children’s Participation in the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children, Youth and the Millineum Development Goals: Challenges and Opportunities for Implementation,
Nothing for us, Without Us: A Youth Led Starter Kit
Youth in Urban Development: Bringing ideas into action
The needs of children and youth, particularly with regard to their living environment, have to be taken fully into account. Special attention needs to be paid to the participatory processes dealing with the shaping of cities, towns and neighborhoods; this is in order to secure the living conditions of children and youth and to make use of their insight, creativity and thoughts on the environment.
enhancing the engagement of youth
Global Partnership Initiative on Urban Youth Development in Africa
Global Partnership Initiative for Urban Youth Development (GPI
Youth Strategy Strategy for Enhanced Youth Engagement
“The capacity for progress of our societies is based, among other elements, on their capacity to incorporate the contribution and responsibility of youth in the building and designing of the future. In addition to their intellectual contribution and their ability to mobilize support, they bring unique perspectives that need to be taken into account”
United Nations World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000
consistent, committed youth-adult cooperation at
every level
“For your country, If you plan for a year – sow paddy If you plan for a decade – plant trees
If you plan for a future – nurture youth”
Proverb quoted in National Youth Policy of India, 1992
4.4.1 Peer-to-Peer and Mentorship
… the use of same age or same background educators to convey educational messages to a target group. …. Peer educators work by endorsing “healthy” norms, beliefs and behaviors within their own peer group or “community”, and challenging those that are “unhealthy”.
Mentorship
What Works in Youth Participation: Case Studies from around the World
4.5.1
Mainstreaming and Youth-Led Development: Two paths to youth inclusion and engagement
broad-based support, resource allocation, and interpersonal connections.
broad-based support
interpersonal connection
resource allocation
6.1.1 Broad-based Support
6.1.2 Resource Allocation
6.1.3 Interpersonal Connections
quality relationships learning objectives
oriented and trained
6.2.1 Broad-based Support
6.2.2 Resource Allocation
6.2.3 Interpersonal Connection
Kwayastut Multidisciplinary Art Studio
Friendship Underground
KAYA Recording Studio
End the Silence of Violence
6.3.1 Broad-based Support
6.3.2 Resource Allocation
6.3.3 Interpersonal Connections
Good Governance: Making Age Part of the Equation - An Introduction
Youth for Youth: Piecing Together the Peer Education Jigsaw, Second International Conference on Drugs and Young People, 4-6 April 2001
ntegrating Children’s Rights into Municipal Action: A review of progress and lessons learned
Youth with Influence: The Youth Planner initiative in Hampton, Virginia
Get out!: Push your boundaries
Drug education: approaches, effectiveness and delivery
Action planning competencies during adolescence and early adulthood
Creating better cities with children and youth: A manual for participation
Children, Youth and Media
Around the World: An Overview of Trends & Issues
What Works in Youth
Participation: Case studies from around the world
Effects of a theory-based, peer-focused drug education course , 68
Children's participation: From tokenism to citizenship
Youth in Governance: Supports and Resources Are Critical Components for Youth Success.
Peer-Planned Social Activities for Preventing Alcohol Use Among Young Adolescents Journal of School Health
Building Communities from the Inside Out: a Path Towards Finding and Mobilizing a Community’s Assets
Extracurricular activities: Beneficial extension of the traditional curriculum or subversion of academic goals?
Drug Education in Schools: What Young People Say Connexions, Dec 96/Jan 97,
The one stop youth information resource centre.
Nothing for us, without us: A youth-led development starter kit
Capable Cities in British Columbia: Key Informant Report; Engaging Young People in Leadership and Decision Making
Youth Driven
Child and youth friendly cities dialogue paper WUF III
Growing up in Cities: Are Municipalities in B.C. Child and Youth Friendly: A summary of Municipal Youth Engagement Survey
Growing up with Expectations: Better Understanding the Expectations of Community Partners in Participatory Action Research Projects
What work requires of
schools: A SCANS report for America 2000
Blueprints for thinking: The role of planning in cognitive development
Get Out! the Pilot Year: 2005-2006 A Youth Engagement Initiative of the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation
Centre of excellence for children's well-being: Youth engagement
Youth-led development: Harnessing the energy of youth to make poverty history
). Report Of The World Conference To Review And Appraise The Achievements Of The United Nations Decade For Women: Equality, Development And Peace
Report of the Economic and Social Council for 1997
Youth and the Millennium development goals: Challenges and opportunities for implementation
World Youth Report 2005: Young people today, and in 2015
HABITAT Agenda
UN-HABITAT And Youth: Strategy For Enhanced Engagement
Global partnership for urban youth development: Environmental entrepreneurship program evaluation
Enhancing the engagement of youth in the work of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Youth (15-24): Integrating a Neglected Constituency Children & Youth: A Resource Guide for World Bank Staff
). Analysis of One Stop Youth Centre Space
Youth and the state of the world
YOUTH IN DECISION-MAKING: A Study on the Impacts of Youth on Adults and Organizations