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The Positive Youth Development (PYD) Symposium marked a dynamic start to 2024, offering a rich learning ground for practitioners and youth stakeholders. From policy to psychological safety, it delved into integrating PYD into programming, policies, and evaluation. In this edition, we recap the symposium, spotlight valuable resources, and present opportunities for enhanced peer-to-peer learning. Join us in exploring insights and actionable knowledge to advance positive youth development.
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Around the World with YouthPower
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Unpacking 10 Years of Positive Youth Development
The Positive Youth Development (PYD) Symposium, hosted by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and YouthPower2: Learning and Evaluation (YP2LE), recently concluded its two-day gathering at the National Housing Center in Washington D.C. The symposium convened PYD champions, implementers, and practitioners to engage in insightful discussions, advance evidence-building, and unpack the nuances of fostering meaningful and inclusive youth engagement. While the invite-only gathering on January 23-24 had limited in-person attendance, portions of the event were available to the public via livestream to ensure a wider reach and sharing of key learnings. Read on.
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Use, Utility, and Uptake Report
The Use, Utility, and Uptake Report encapsulates the significance of YP2LE's embedded learning plan, a pivotal component in the adaptive management process. This report not only serves to inform learning and implementation within the Activity but also plays a crucial role in enhancing overall performance. By synthesizing results from a mixed-methods monitoring, evaluation, and learning study, which involved feedback surveys, key informant interviews, and analysis of indicator tracking table data, the report sheds light on the impactful contributions YP2LE has made to the youth sector after completing its fourth year. Utilizing the Kirkpatrick model, the report navigates through four levels—Reaction, Learning, Behavior Change, and Results—offering a comprehensive understanding of how YP2LE's activities address these levels to bring about meaningful change. For anyone seeking insight into the evaluation perspective of YP2LE's work on positive youth development, this report is an invaluable resource.
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Analyzing Young Women's Needs in Programming
As we approach International Women's Day on March 8, it is a great time to think about gender equity and social inclusion in our programming. The Youth and Gender Analysis Toolkit provides examples of best practices and links to tools that implementing partners can apply to ensure that information about young women’s needs, interests, challenges, and opportunities are adequately captured during the analysis process. The resources in the toolkit will enable implementers to develop more integrated, gender-equitable responses to youth challenges.
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Deadline Extended: YEO 2030 Call for Proposals
The Call for Proposals deadline has been extended to March 11 for the 2024 Global Youth Economic Opportunities (GYEO) Summit! Hosted by the YEO 2030 Initiative, they are looking for engaging proposals on their climate change companion theme and emerging programming and evidence on the just transition, green skills, green jobs, climate-smart agriculture, green entrepreneurship, climate finance, and youth-led policy and advocacy. Get more submission details.
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Motivating Young People to Engage Politically Using the Barrier Analysis Toolkit
The Barrier Analysis Toolkit is a step-by-step research guide specifically designed to identify the factors motivating young people to engage in political life or not. Understanding these motivating factors is essential for designing and implementing targeted programs that encourage greater and more meaningful political participation of young people. The Toolkit builds upon existing barrier analysis methodologies but has been tailored to assess the political participation of young people. The six steps include: setting up the barrier analysis, preparing the interviews, interviewing, data entry, data analysis, and applying findings. Download toolkit.
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YP2LE Communities of Practice
YP2LE's Communities of Practice (CoPs) are spaces where youth and youth-serving practitioners can come together to share ideas, tools, and build and test practical resources to advance PYD through collaboration, dialogue, and collective learning. These communities are free and open to all interested youth and youth-serving practitioners:
Learn more at YouthPower.org.
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NEW RESOURCES ON YOUTHPOWER.ORG
Agriculture/Food Security
Education
Entrepreneurship
Environment
Health
Youth Engagement
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