Advocacy for Youth Employment

Advocacy for Youth Employment (ADYE) sought to improve the capacities of youth organisations to advocate for youngsters’ rights in the post-pandemic framework with particular reference to employme...

Advocacy for Youth Employment (ADYE) sought to improve the capacities of youth organisations to advocate for youngsters’ rights in the post-pandemic framework with particular reference to employment. To this end, the project: - Developed skills of youth organisations and advocates, supporters, allies (Capacity Building Training to Youth organisations) - Exchanged & established replicable good practice models for advocacy (Best Practices Guide on Advocacy for Youth Organisations (tools, methods and practical implementation) - Raised awareness with regards to youth unemployment and develop tools and methods to address it on institutional level. ADYE primarily sought to reinforce the links between research, policy and practice. To this end, the project: (a) identified needs related to youth employment at local, regional and national level though field research (b) researched and documented successful advocacy initiatives on youth employment (c) developed and implement replicable models for advocacy for youth organisations.