Population-Level Outcome Areas And Outcome Statements

Changes in Arts, Culture, and Sports

• Increased contribution to socio-economic stability, sustainable development, and economic growth through cultural entrepreneurship. 

• Increase conflict prevention and resolution through Arts, Culture and Sports to promote cultural awareness,cultural heritage,social integration, and community cohesion.

• Invest in the creative economy that involves an assortment of creative industries such as music, performing arts, film, video, photography, design to support young people with great talents.

• Increase contribution to socio-economic stability, sustainable development, and economic growth through cultural entrepreneurship.

Changes in Peace and Security

• Achieve positive contributions through active engagements and participation in the maintenance and promotion of international peace and security.

• Increase advocacy on the prevention of violent extremism through media platforms(social, mainstream,digital)and raised awareness of the gaps between political intentions and realities on the ground, about which accurate information is lacking.

• Increase advocacy for the protection of the displaced young refugees and their access to various basic services.

• Enhance effective participation in peacebuilding efforts in young fragile democracies/ underdeveloped areas with a core focus in Africa region

• Achieve positive contributions through active engagements and participation in the maintenance and promotion of international peace and security.

Changes in Governance and political inclusion (Accountability)

• Increase advocacy for political stability and effective governance to ensure there is a transparent, democratic, and accountable environment.

• Enable the environment for active participation and meaningful engagement of the  young people and encourage the exercising of their civic rights and responsibilities in the society to ensure transparency and accountability.

• Increase partnership with young people as leaders and experts at all stages of policymaking, including the follow-up and review of policy implementation to ensure accountability. 

• Increase investments in youth-led initiatives and programs that are working to promote and ensure a more accountable, responsive, and inclusive governance at local, national, and regional levels.

• Increase development of skills to be used in governance-enabling activities thereby fostering an enabling, sustainable, and inclusive development and growth.

• Enhance further collaboration among stakeholders(local, international, private sector, and civil societies) to push for more accountability initiatives to be developed.

Changes in Governance and political inclusion (Remittances)

• Reduce remittances fees and transfer options to increase generation of domestic resources and eradicate high levels of poverty.

• Promote changes in the legal and regulatory framework to ensure that the young people and especially the ‘undocumented’, ‘unbanked’ and poor are not further disenfranchised.

• Increase favorable environment for the young people living in the diaspora to acquire knowledge on various investment opportunities to take advantage of in Africa.

• Increase advocacy for more user-friendly applications and capacity support to innovative solutions.

Changes in Environment and Climate Change

• Increase initiatives/ programs that improve the lives & lifestyles of young people through reliable green jobs i.e solar energy for small businesses and opportunities for skills training in the solar industry.

• Increase support for transformational resilience of communities to adapt to climate change. 

• Increase advocacy for land degradation and food insecurity issues to be addressed.

• Increase initiatives/ programs that improve the lives & lifestyles of young people through reliable green economy jobs i.e solar energy for small businesses and opportunities for skills training in the solar industry.

• Increase participation in creating policies that advocate for mitigation effects on climate change. 

• Increase programs that provide young people with knowledge based on environmental and climate issues as they evolve and create a platform for them to actively engage and participate in finding solutions to the problems.

• Increase sustainable tourism and ecotourism which entails responsible travel to natural areas that conserve the environment and natural resources, sustains the well-being of the local people, and involves interpretation and education. 

• Enhance support for agroforestry so that young people can stay in rural areas and engage in activities promoting the sustainable use of natural resources and provide young people with livelihood opportunities.

Changes in Education and Skills

• Increase access to efficient, high-quality education and training systems to facilitate young people’s access to education and integration into the job markets.

• Increased access to efficient, high-quality education and training systems to facilitate young people’s access and integration.

• Increased creation of opportunities for young people to develop employability skills and competencies to take on future challenges and opportunities in the society, “21st-century skills” including soft skills like critical thinking, communication skills, and adaptability.

Changes in Jobs, Business and entrepreneurship

• Increase training/ mentorship opportunities for young people to leverage and create self-employment and job opportunities for other young people.

• Create decent jobs for the young people and stimulation of innovation and entrepreneurship to create self-employment.

• Create a business acceleration program and a start-up capital to support the young people who have great business ideas but lack the financial means to kick off their businesses.  

• Increase training/ mentorship opportunities for young people to leverage and create self employment and job opportunities for other young people. 

• Empower young people in shaping a shared future and economy, through working closely in partnership with the various sectors they would be interested in.

• Provide support to young entrepreneurs in the knowledge of and access to current flagship initiatives.

Changes in Universal Health Coverage

• Increase access to quality, affordable, responsive, and youth-friendly health and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) services that help young people stay healthy, empowered, embracing gender equality norms, and demanding rights.

• Provide key education opportunities such as access to knowledge,information, and health care young people need including; correct perception of their risks on HIV; increased knowledge on sexual behavior; the need to resist forced sex from partner(s) including having multiple intergenerational sexual partners; and drug use during sexual intercourse that compounds vulnerability of young people to HIV.

  
  

  Increase attention to young people’s wellbeing and mental health by providing ongoing psychosocial support to young people through formal interventions and programs.

• Increase access to quality, affordable, responsive, and youth-friendly health and

  Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) services that help young people

  stay healthy, empowered, embracing gender equality norms, and demanding rights.

• Provide appropriately attentive and tailored services to young people through

  partnerships with insurance and medical providers that offer practical and tailored

  services to the market.

• Reduce mortality seen by younger children. Increased HIV treatment programs for adolescents and youth; HIV testing services; and increased awareness of HIV prevention and behavior change among adolescents and young people.

• Increase access and utilization of maternity services during pregnancy for adolescent women and young people.