From The Director Desk
Many of the important issues identified by young people related closely to the underpinning principles. For example, ineffective governance and corruption was the most widely mentioned issue across all consultations. The discussions also included issues that are not explicitly mentioned in the principles or visioning discussions, such as poverty, food and nutrition, and infrastructure. Young people put forward a great number of solutions for resolving these problems and most have implications for all stakeholders in development, not only governments.
Five common themes amongst the solutions were identified by the analysis team:
• Sensitize: Raise awareness to promote human rights, respect for others, support equality and protect the environment. • Empower People: Support wide scale civic participation, proper representation, accountability and knowledge of human rights.
• Harness Technology: Use technology and promote innovation to enable, support and strengthen solutions and their reach.
• Collaborate: Build effective relationships from local to international levels to support solutions across issues and amongst everyone involved.
• Reform Institutions: Review and reform systems across education, health, governance and infrastructure (to ensure access to basic human securities).
Avinesh Singh