YES
COUNTRY NETWORKS /
YES Country Networks are youth-led national-level coalitions
focused on promoting youth employment in their countries.
Their primary aim is to work with diverse stakeholders to
develop programs and projects for youth employment in their
countries. Membership of YES Networks is diverse, including
government officials, development agencies, business groups,
and youth-serving civil society organizations.
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ACTIVITIES OF THE NETWORKS /
- Engaging diverse
stakeholders in their countries to join the YES Country
Networks and to promote youth employment
through their programs and already existing activities/initiatives
- Hosting national consultations on youth employment
to reach out to a wider audience and incorporate
new ideas
- Designing National Action Plans for Youth Employment
- Developing concrete youth employment projects
and initiatives over the coming three years
- Fundraising for YES Network activities and
projects
- Hosting workshops and training events
to provide capacity building activities
for YES
Network members
- Identifying effective youth employment
program and policies to share with the
Global Alliance
- Developing youth employment Country
Reports outlining the state of youth
employment in
each country
- Preparing progress reports on each
YES Network and activities undertaken
since
the Alexandria
Summit
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY
NETWORKS /
The table below is designed to capture the development
of the YES Country Networks along a continuum, and according
to a regional distribution. The development of each network
is captured in one of four phases that ranges from Phase One
to Phase Four.
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PHASE
1 /
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Local issues and priorities are
identified; network membership is building; project
ideas are identified; occasional meetings are held
between network and stakeholders.
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PHASE
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Issues and priorities that have
been identified are recorded in some format and plans
and systems are beginning to take shape (including
Plans of Actions, legal structure, constitution/articles,
of association communications strategy, ICT strategy/institutional
capacity); network members are actively involved in
decision-making; project ideas are identified and some
stakeholder is achieved; some stakeholders are actively
involved in the network.
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PHASE
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Projects and programs are developed
that are directly linked to those issues identified in
the network's plan(s)
and systems (including Plans of Actions, legal structure,
constitution/articles, of association communications
strategy, ICT strategy/institutional capacity); developing
and having some experience with financial management capacity;
members are appointed as network officers; some projects
and programs implemented; buy in, active involvement
and some support given to network activities by multiple
stakeholders.
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PHASE
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Comprehensive plans and systems
(including Plans of Actions, legal structure, constitution/articles,
of association communications strategy, ICT strategy/institutional
capacity) are developed based on experience from projects
and programs; network has a high level of financial
management capacity; network officers working daily
on network projects and activities; network projects
are ongoing; multiple stakeholders meaningfully engaged
in membership of the network and are providing technical
and financial support to the network's projects and
programs.
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LIST OF COUNTRY
NETWORKS SORTED BY REGION AND CURRENT PHASE/
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