A discussion Who are the youth the UN defines the youth as between 1524 African Youth Charter pegs thresholds as between the ages of 15 and 35 years I n many ways a better definition is to see youth ID: 576568
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Youth in Governance
A discussionSlide2
Who are the youth?
the UN defines the youth as between 15-24,
African
Youth Charter pegs thresholds as between the ages of 15 and 35 years
.
I
n many ways a better definition is to see youth
“as a period of transition from the dependence of childhood to adulthood’s independence and awareness of our interdependence as members of a community” (UNESCO, 2011: webpage).Slide3
Why an interesting urban category?/ Are the youth different?
India:
41% of the population below
the age of 20
Brazil:
15-24 years:
16.43
%
China:
15-24 years:
13.27
%
South Africa:
15-24
: 24% but
below the age of 35 years constitute about 66
%
Russia:
15-24 years:
9.71%Slide4
Why an interesting urban category?/ Are the youth different?
Have a specific set of issues facing youth:
Employment/unemployment and uncertain future prospects
Violence,
gangsterism
,
Rising costs of education
Health: disease burden and drug abuseSlide5
Why a focus on the youth?
Future leaders
Innovative/progressive
Different set of social values/sense of what is important
Pro-active in shaping social, political and spatial change
Use of technologies in ways older generation doesn’t always think of or considerSlide6
Intended outcomes of youth
To
construct a sense of the common and differing issues facing urban youth in BRICS cities so that we can develop a comparative insight into the lived experiences of youth in these contexts;
To gain a sense of the common and different ways in which youth have responded to these issues;
To gain a sense of the extent to which youth have been brought into governance processes within BRICS cities and through what means;
To understand the experiences that youth of have of engagement in current governance structures (or, indeed, of being marginalized within these processes);
To discuss how youth engagement can be improved?
To design and develop a support framework for youth in BRICS cities who will be future educators, innovators, activists and leaders.Slide7
Respond to a set of questions
How do young people in different cities across the BRICS view the challenges and opportunities of urban development facing them? (i.e. what are the key challenges facing young people in cities in BRICS countries).
How have youth responded to these challenges and opportunities?
To what extent are youth meaningfully involved in urban governance processes across the BRICS?
What is the experience and lessons of this involvement?
What possible models are there to expand the role of youth in urban governance?
In which areas can youth bring a new edge to urban development (for example, in the application of new technologies to governance)
How do we expand the capacities of youth to engage more effectively in governance, and how do we
mobilise
their interest?Slide8
Ideas into the future
Peer engagement: exchange programmes
Joint research projects: e.g. Diaries of urban youth
On-line engagements – challenges in research/urban life
Summer school
other