Youth Service in South Asia
Youth service "structured, intensive youth civic engagement through community service" is an effective strategy to promote youth civic engagement and participation in community development.
Youth service and youth civic engagement policies and programs are at different stages of development throughout
Please check ICP's database for more policy and program information.
ICP's South Asia Program
Working
closely with partner organizations in
India Pakistan Nepal Bangladesh
Consultation on Active Citizenship and Youth Development
In partnership with Pravah, ICP co-hosted and designed a consultation of youth civic engagement stakeholders in India to highlight the importance of investing in young people as change agents and to assess the challenges, opportunities and tools needed to scale up the youth service field in India. For the conference report, presentations and additional information, please visit the consultation website.
Making Youth Work Visible: Impact Assessment of Youth Active Citizenship
Consultation on Active Citizenship and Youth Development
In partnership with Pravah, ICP co-hosted and designed a consultation of youth civic engagement stakeholders in India to highlight the importance of investing in young people as change agents and to assess the challenges, opportunities and tools needed to scale up the youth service field in India. For the conference report, presentations and additional information, please visit the consultation website.
Making Youth Work Visible: Impact Assessment of Youth Active Citizenship
In
April and May 2010, ICP
collaborated
with Delhi-based NGO Pravah to
lay the
foundation for sector-wide evaluation of the
impact of youth interventions in
India. In two meetings, the organizations
convened diverse stakeholders from
sectors throughout India to develop a common
framework to measure the impact of
youth interventions in India. This process will
enable youth organizations to
strengthen their own impact assessment
processes and thereby also strengthen
the field of youth active citizenship in India.
Read the report with evaluation resources here.
For more information, read the press release here.
South Asia Online Resource Center
ICP launched the South Asia Online Resource Center to provide practitioners, schools, local, national and international organizations, and governments with the resources they need to further develop their youth civic participation policies and programs. This dynamic resource can be easily accessed and continually updated, making it easy for policymakers and youth service practitioners to make use of new information to enhance their work. ICP is working with local partner institutions in the region such as the National Federation of Youth Organizations in Bangladesh, the Samriddhi Foundation in Nepal and Youth Engagement Services (YES) Network Pakistan to identify and disseminate resources.
Mapping the Youth Service Field
ICP undertook extensive desk and survey-based research to assess the existing programs and policy for youth civic engagement in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. Drawing on primary and secondary sources, including survey research, expert interviews and focus group discussions, this study identifies existing assets that support youth civic engagement in the four countries. In addition to identifying existing policy environments and national and international organizations that can support expanding youth civic engagement opportunities, this study highlights emerging insights around assets, risks and opportunities for youth civic participation and makes preliminary recommendations for scaling up youth civic engagement in each country.
International Visitor Programs
ICP designed and facilitated a 10-day voluntary visitor program for five youth civic engagement practitioners in Washington, DC, during September and October 2009. The participants met with appropriate government agencies, private sector and non-profit organizations to explore various aspects of youth civic engagement in the US. This visitor program, sponsored by the US Department of State, exposed the participants to effective practice in the US while also affording an opportunity to collaborate with each other and ICP for future partnerships.
ICP is also designed and facilitated an exchange program in collaboration with Chicago-based Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC). Under the auspices of IFYC's India Youth Interfairth Leadership Program, seven young leaders spent two weeks during October and November 2009 touring Chicago and Washington, DC, to explore innovative youth civic engagement and interfaith service initiatives in the US. Participants met with relevant government and non-governmental organizations in both cities to gain knowledge, practical experience and skills important to advance religious pluralism through service in their local communities. In addition participants focused on defining the context in which they will work upon their return to India. The participants also collaboratively designed and hosted a learning institute on December 8 in New Delhi to facilitate interfaith service projects in India.
Last modified: 02 July 2010
Read the report with evaluation resources here.
For more information, read the press release here.
South Asia Online Resource Center
ICP launched the South Asia Online Resource Center to provide practitioners, schools, local, national and international organizations, and governments with the resources they need to further develop their youth civic participation policies and programs. This dynamic resource can be easily accessed and continually updated, making it easy for policymakers and youth service practitioners to make use of new information to enhance their work. ICP is working with local partner institutions in the region such as the National Federation of Youth Organizations in Bangladesh, the Samriddhi Foundation in Nepal and Youth Engagement Services (YES) Network Pakistan to identify and disseminate resources.
Mapping the Youth Service Field
ICP undertook extensive desk and survey-based research to assess the existing programs and policy for youth civic engagement in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. Drawing on primary and secondary sources, including survey research, expert interviews and focus group discussions, this study identifies existing assets that support youth civic engagement in the four countries. In addition to identifying existing policy environments and national and international organizations that can support expanding youth civic engagement opportunities, this study highlights emerging insights around assets, risks and opportunities for youth civic participation and makes preliminary recommendations for scaling up youth civic engagement in each country.
International Visitor Programs
ICP designed and facilitated a 10-day voluntary visitor program for five youth civic engagement practitioners in Washington, DC, during September and October 2009. The participants met with appropriate government agencies, private sector and non-profit organizations to explore various aspects of youth civic engagement in the US. This visitor program, sponsored by the US Department of State, exposed the participants to effective practice in the US while also affording an opportunity to collaborate with each other and ICP for future partnerships.
ICP is also designed and facilitated an exchange program in collaboration with Chicago-based Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC). Under the auspices of IFYC's India Youth Interfairth Leadership Program, seven young leaders spent two weeks during October and November 2009 touring Chicago and Washington, DC, to explore innovative youth civic engagement and interfaith service initiatives in the US. Participants met with relevant government and non-governmental organizations in both cities to gain knowledge, practical experience and skills important to advance religious pluralism through service in their local communities. In addition participants focused on defining the context in which they will work upon their return to India. The participants also collaboratively designed and hosted a learning institute on December 8 in New Delhi to facilitate interfaith service projects in India.
Last modified: 02 July 2010