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Youth Policies:
UNESCO’s strategic action and response
Golda EL-KHOURY
Chief, Section for Youth, Sport and Physical Education
Division for Social Science Research and Policy
Sector for Social and Human Sciences
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Why cross-sectoral?
Why evidence-based?
Developing the policy : key elements
4 Consensus building
Capacity
Mechanisms/to
development for
ols for
concerned
monitoring and
Ministries
evaluation
Youth
participation
Mobilizing resources: fund-
structures
raising strategies
UNESCO’s response:
linking evidence-based research to policy formulation
Bridging MIGRATION
Research&
Policy
Only UN programme on URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Forums Policy Management of Social
(Social Research
Science- Tool &
Transformations (the MOST
policy nexus) policy briefs Programme). POVERTY
DEMOCRACY
SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS
Multi-stakeholders’
Regional
consultations
Global
Strategy
on Youth &
Strategy
on African
Youth
Feedback
from youth
Global Strategy on Youth: Objectives
Regional priorities
Global Strategy on Youth:
main strands of action
-Policy-oriented
-National Youth Policy
research in the field of -Youth participation
youth Development
mechanisms and networks
-Clearing –house and - Youth civic engagement
consolidation of - Multi-stakeholders’ and social inclusion
networks Policy dialogue
For more information…
Contacts:
g.elkhoury@unesco.org
m.kypriotou@unesco.org
ucj@unesco.org
Online resources:
http://www.unesco.org/youth
http://www.unesco.org/shs/most/tool/
Publications:
-Empowering youth through national policies: UNESCO’s Contribution
(http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001345/134502e.pdf)
-UNESCO’s commitment to youth: the Youth Forum
(http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001345/134501e.pdf)