advocates — Publications And Practical Tools On Positive Youth Development — A Light Bulb of Youth In African Development

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Meaningful Youth Engagement

Meaningful Youth Engagement

Meaningful youth engagement is a participatory process in which young people’s ideas, expertise, experiences, and perspectives are integrated throughout programmatic, policy, and institutional decision-making structures so as to best inform outcomes. This process requires young people to be involved in all levels and stages of program, policy, campaign, and initiative development, including all stages of design, implementation, and evaluation; this is especially true of those programs that directly affect their lives.