Youth Mapping Youth Mapping Exercise Exercise

Secretariat of the Pacific Secretariat of the Pacific CommunityCommunityIn collaboration with In collaboration with

Commonwealth Youth Programme South Commonwealth Youth Programme South Pacific, UNICEF Pacific and UNFPAPacific, UNICEF Pacific and UNFPA

Youth Mapping Exercise Youth Mapping Exercise Objectives:Objectives:

Map the magnitude of youth challengesMap the magnitude of youth challenges identifying all stakeholders supporting youth identifying all stakeholders supporting youth

activities in the region (national, regional and activities in the region (national, regional and international) and the respective roles they play; international) and the respective roles they play;

identifying the youth priorities that are best identifying the youth priorities that are best addressed nationally and those where regional addressed nationally and those where regional coordination / intervention might add value to coordination / intervention might add value to national initiatives; national initiatives;

quantifying and mapping the total resources flowing quantifying and mapping the total resources flowing into youth programmes in the region by sources of into youth programmes in the region by sources of funds and allocation by priorities; and funds and allocation by priorities; and

identifying gaps in resource allocations / availability identifying gaps in resource allocations / availability that would need to be addressed to ensure a more that would need to be addressed to ensure a more comprehensive approach to addressing youth comprehensive approach to addressing youth challenges in the Pacific islands region. challenges in the Pacific islands region.

YME - MethodologyYME - Methodology

Self-administered QuestionnairesSelf-administered Questionnaires SPC ProgrammesSPC Programmes UN AgenciesUN Agencies Government Youth DepartmentsGovernment Youth Departments Civil Society OrganizationsCivil Society Organizations

Literature ReviewLiterature Review

Respondents SASRespondents SAS

17 PICTs (gov’t & NGOs/CSOs) 17 PICTs (gov’t & NGOs/CSOs)

47 programmes of SPC 47 programmes of SPC

13 IATY members 13 IATY members

4 Regional CSO 4 Regional CSO

LimitationsLimitations No data received from Faith based No data received from Faith based

organizationsorganizations

Limited data received from gov’t youth Limited data received from gov’t youth offices offices

Technology difficulties (internet access) – Technology difficulties (internet access) – affects distribution and receiving of survey affects distribution and receiving of survey formsforms

Low and slow responseLow and slow response

YME - FindingsYME - Findings

Youth challengesYouth challenges Stakeholders’ support and role in the Stakeholders’ support and role in the

youth sectoryouth sector Linkages with regional youth strategiesLinkages with regional youth strategies Gaps in resource allocationGaps in resource allocation Gaps in programming and institutional Gaps in programming and institutional

capacitycapacity RecommendationsRecommendations

YME – Youth ChallengesYME – Youth Challenges

EmploymentEmployment EducationEducation HealthHealth Support for Support for

youth & youth youth & youth initiativesinitiatives

Youth Youth engagement, engagement, participation & participation & representationrepresentation

Gender and Gender and young womenyoung women

Youth crimeYouth crime Rural to urban Rural to urban

migrationmigration Youth & culture Youth & culture

(loss of (loss of traditional traditional culture)culture)

Stakeholders’ Support…Stakeholders’ Support…

Regional and International Regional and International stakeholdersstakeholders

- Provide resources (funding)Provide resources (funding)- Technical adviceTechnical advice- Capacity building for implementing Capacity building for implementing

agencies (gov’t & CSOs) – agencies (gov’t & CSOs) – programme managementprogramme management

- Implement with/through local and Implement with/through local and international NGOs and CSOsinternational NGOs and CSOs

GAPS – Programmes vs GAPS – Programmes vs ChallengesChallengesProgrammesProgrammes ChallengesChallengesEducationEducationSchool curriculum School curriculum (AH/Lifeskills)(AH/Lifeskills)

Youth work, education Youth work, education and training and training

TVET (system)TVET (system)

Access to basic Access to basic educationeducation

Truancy/low retention Truancy/low retention raterate

lack of higher lack of higher educational opportunitieseducational opportunities

GAPS – Programmes vs GAPS – Programmes vs ChallengesChallenges

ProgrammesProgrammes ChallengesChallengesEmploymentEmploymentEnterprise & Enterprise & entrepreneurshipentrepreneurship

Small grant schemeSmall grant scheme

Young farmers Young farmers

Promoting Promoting employment & employment & sustainable livelihoodssustainable livelihoods

Lack of job Lack of job opportunitiesopportunities in in formal and non-formal and non-formal sectorsformal sectors

No job No job preparedness in preparedness in schoolsschools

Youth do not have Youth do not have employable skillsemployable skills

GAPS – Programmes vs GAPS – Programmes vs ChallengesChallenges

ProgrammesProgrammes ChallengesChallengesHealthHealthAdolescent health Adolescent health (training, advocacy, (training, advocacy, youth health centers, youth health centers, media)media)

STI & HIV (Prevention) STI & HIV (Prevention)

Tobacco, alcoholTobacco, alcohol

Mental health Mental health

AH – Teenage AH – Teenage pregnancy, STI, HIVpregnancy, STI, HIV

Substance and alcohol Substance and alcohol abuseabuse

Mental health (suicide)Mental health (suicide)

Health services do not Health services do not cater for health needs of cater for health needs of young peopleyoung people

GAPS – Programmes vs GAPS – Programmes vs ChallengesChallenges

ProgrammesProgrammes ChallengesChallengesYouth and SocietyYouth and SocietyPrevention of child Prevention of child abuseabuse

Mediation trainingMediation training

Peace building and Peace building and conflictconflict

managementmanagement

Improving self-worthImproving self-worth

lack of opportunity for lack of opportunity for youth to participate at youth to participate at community and national community and national levellevel

lack of support and lack of support and parental guidanceparental guidance

Youth and crimeYouth and crime

Gender and young Gender and young womenwomen

YME - YME - RECOMMENDATIONSRECOMMENDATIONS

ProgrammesProgrammes ChallengesChallengesYouth & identity Youth & identity (culture)(culture) loss of cultural identityloss of cultural identity loss of traditional loss of traditional culturescultures

Summary Youth Summary Youth Programmes vs. IssuesProgrammes vs. Issues

Youth issue mostly addressed – Adolescent Youth issue mostly addressed – Adolescent sexual and reproductive health (STI & HIV)sexual and reproductive health (STI & HIV)

Youth issue least addressed – Youth and Youth issue least addressed – Youth and CultureCulture

Education and Employment programmes fall Education and Employment programmes fall short of addressing issues raised by young short of addressing issues raised by young people – programmes are focused on people – programmes are focused on systems and not opportunity and access. systems and not opportunity and access.

GAPS – Programming & GAPS – Programming & Institutional CapacityInstitutional Capacity

ProgrammesProgrammes ChallengesChallengesPolicy and programme Policy and programme Development/review of Development/review of youth policy and strategic youth policy and strategic planplan

Trainings on quality Trainings on quality programme management & programme management & good governancegood governance

Promoting community and Promoting community and government dialoguegovernment dialogue

Lack of national Lack of national capacity to capacity to translate/translate/implement implement youth youth policy and planspolicy and plans

Youth policies are not Youth policies are not regularly updated to regularly updated to reflect current and reflect current and emerging issuesemerging issues

inadequate programme inadequate programme coverage esp. in rural coverage esp. in rural areasareas

GAPS – Programming & GAPS – Programming & Institutional CapacityInstitutional Capacity

ProgrammesProgrammes ChallengesChallengesResearch/InformationResearch/Information- Adolescent Health Adolescent Health

(sexual) issues(sexual) issues- HIV&AIDSHIV&AIDS- Mental healthMental health- Employment/income Employment/income

generation for generation for vulnerable youthvulnerable youth

Data baseData base

1.1. Youth (AHD) data baseYouth (AHD) data base

2.2. Labor market Labor market information data baseinformation data base

Lack of effective Lack of effective monitoring at national monitoring at national levellevel Lack of national Lack of national coordination,coordination, Inadequate/unavailable/ouInadequate/unavailable/out-dated information on t-dated information on youth issues and best youth issues and best practicepractice Lack of evidence-base Lack of evidence-base planning (policy, plan)planning (policy, plan) No central point at No central point at regional level to access regional level to access information on youth information on youth issues and programmes issues and programmes

Summary – Programming Summary – Programming and Institutional Capacityand Institutional Capacity

Lack of information sharing – programme Lack of information sharing – programme impacts, best practicesimpacts, best practices

Lack of monitoring at national levelLack of monitoring at national level Capacity building programmes done on ad-Capacity building programmes done on ad-

hoc basis (lack of information on impact)hoc basis (lack of information on impact) Limited capacity of national youth Limited capacity of national youth

organisations’ (gov’t, NGO) develop, organisations’ (gov’t, NGO) develop, implement, coordinate, monitor and evaluate implement, coordinate, monitor and evaluate youth programmes at national levelyouth programmes at national level

Limited communication, coordination within Limited communication, coordination within “youth sector” and with other sectors“youth sector” and with other sectors

RecommendationsRecommendations

National level intervention:National level intervention:

Institutional strengthening and capacity Institutional strengthening and capacity buildingbuilding

Establish/support youth consultative Establish/support youth consultative and advocacy groupsand advocacy groups

Improve coordination of national youth Improve coordination of national youth sectorsector

Youth participationYouth participation

RecommendationsRecommendations Provide advice and technical supportProvide advice and technical support Mobilise funding support for capacity Mobilise funding support for capacity

building and institutional strengtheningbuilding and institutional strengthening Mobilise resources and support youth Mobilise resources and support youth

initiativesinitiatives Monitor and provide information on youth Monitor and provide information on youth

development in the region (programme development in the region (programme impacts, regional strategyimpacts, regional strategy

Regional database – youth development, Regional database – youth development, trends and best practices in the region and trends and best practices in the region and globallyglobally