Nigeria, Zambia and Zimbabwe ABSTRACT Three young Africans – Mantate Mlotshwa from Zimbabwe, Winnie Akidi Adile from Uganda and Oluwafemi John from Nigeria – collaborated to create the GenDem Think Tank, a Generation Democracy project. The GenDem Think Tank created spaces for young people in Nigeria and […] read more
Armenia, Bangladesh, Georgia and Ukraine ABSTRACT In 2010, IFES developed a global, university-level civic education approach entitled‘Strengthening Engagement through Education for Democracy’ (SEED). This was designed to better engage young people in learning about their rights and responsibilities and applying them in their communities and democratic processes. […] read more
Nepal ABSTRACT The Promotion of Youth Engagement in Local Governance Process (PROYEL) project began from the belief that youth can become leading agents for development. PROYEL encourages young people to engage in local governance processes. This way, they can positively influence local inclusive planning, transparent operations and […] read more
Uganda ABSTRACT The 2016 National Youth Policy of Uganda acknowledged the need for policies that empower young people to participate effectively in the national development agenda of the country. Despite this, the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of these youth-focused policies has barely involved young people. Many […] read more
Global ABSTRACT There are a number of known challenges facing youth in agriculture: these include a voice in decision-making processes and inclusion in organisational management, decent employment, and access to land, relevant knowledge and to financial services. Fairtrade works to correct these imbalances. Among other priorities, Fairtrade’s […] read more
South Africa ABSTRACT Pupil transport is vital to fully realising the right to basic education, as stipulated in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. In 2014, members of Equal Education (EE) in Nquthu, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) raised long, dangerous walks to school as an obstacle to […] read more
Albania ABSTRACT EDYN is seeking to address the threat of polarisation by ensuring that the composition of its Country Chapters – its organisational structure at the country level – is inclusive across the ideological spectrum. EDYN’s efforts to secure the representation of its geographic and political scope […] read more
Denmark ABSTRACT Youth participation is a key priority in Denmark’s development cooperation, recognising that development should be done with, by and for youth. Denmark ‘walks the talk’ through a number of tangible initiatives and a budget that allow for real and meaningful youth participation at all levels […] read more
MENA Region ABSTRACT The Young Mediterranean Voices (YMV) programme has trained more than 9000 young leaders from the Southern Mediterranean region and Europe. It has provided them with skills such as critical thinking and cultural intelligence, facilitated constructive online engagement and has been part in more than […] read more