SLIDE 1 DONOR ENGAGEMENT WITH RURAL YOUTH
Annual General Assembly Global Donor Platform for Rural Development 13 June 2018
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‘to create job opportunities for at least 30 % of the youth in agricultural value chains by 2025’
G20 Rural Youth Employment Initiative
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Future of agriculture & Rural development Decent Employment Decent Lives
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Multiple ways of engaging with rural youth
Capacity development TVET Entrepreneurship Business support Access to finance
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Access to land Support to youth org. ICTs for Ag SHRH
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What has been changing in the way donors engage with youth / rural youth
SLIDE 6 Youth is diverse and can play different roles beyond just beneficiaries
- Contracting agreements [youth as advisors]
- Youth Think Tank
- Linking students with farmers
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- Land: leasing, intergenerational transfer
- Finance: tailored & non-financial support
- Entrepreneurship: clear targeting, mentoring &
follow-up support, linkages to markets
From farmers to agripreneurs Agriculture as a business
SLIDE 8 Widening the spectrum
- f employment opportunities
VALUE CHAIN TERRITORIES
SLIDE 9 Rethinking the provision of
- f skills & information
- Matching demand & supply
- Results-based mechanisms
- Proximity services & Incubation models
- Digital opportunities
SLIDE 10 Designing policies that are youth responsive
- Integrated approach, cross-sectoral
- Building capacity of governments
- Building capacity of rural youth / org.
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Common lessons learned & remaining questions
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Nothing can happen without the active engagement of youth [How to leave no one behind?] Intentionally applying a youth lens into programmes What is measured becomes visible- [How to measure progress in quantity and quality?]
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SLIDE 13 Unprecedented need for public and private
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Sharing Sharing inf infor
mation tion about interventions at national level
Coor Coordina dination tion Colla Collabor boration tion
Co Co-design design of interventions Combining resources Linking Linking youth, private sector, gvts.
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‘Just imagine what solutions might be found if young people are given the space and encouragement to participate and lead’. Kofi Annan