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2017 YouthPower Annual Learning Network Meeting

2017 YouthPower Annual Learning Network Meeting

September 26, 2017
8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. ET
National Housing Center,
1201 15th Street, NW
Washington DC
20005

At the third YouthPower Annual Learning Network Meeting, participants shared findings from YouthPower implementation projects, learned about major innovations from youth program implementers, evaluators and researchers around the globe, and got inspiration and feedback from youth participants. Some of the panel sessions and the lightning talks will be livestreamed (the link will be made available on this page closer to the 26th of September). Please subscribe to our YouthPower Learning Newsletter for updates on this event.

Download the session descriptions here.
Access the Lightning Talk slides here.
Watch the Lightning Talk videos here.

Draft Agenda, 2017 YouthPower Annual Learning Network Meeting

8:30     Registration and Light Breakfast
9:00     Welcome and Opening Remarks
               Presenters:
               Elizabeth Berard, USAID
               Kate Somvongsiri, USAID
9:20     Youth Perspectives – What Does Successful Youth Engagement Look Like?
               Facilitator/Moderator: Mike McCabe, USAID
               Panelists:
               - Jabulani Nyengere, Youth Think Tank Researcher, Malawi
               - Alexis Teyie, Results, Learning and Research Coordinator, Mercy Corps, Kenya
               - Alicia Chávez, Coordinator of Young Entrepreneurs Program of Morazan, ADEL Morazan, El Salvador
9:50    Youth-led Activity
                Facilitators:
                Itena Hoxhallari, Atlas Corps Fellow at Making Cents International, Albania
                Hashim Yousif, Consultant, Youth Forum, Sudan
10:00   Designing Positive Youth Development (PYD) Programs, Including Youth Engagement – Tips and Challenges
               Implementers who have successfully engaged young people in their projects share inspiring, 
               useful tips for designing successful PYD programs.
               Facilitators/Moderators:
               Christy Olenik and Mike Sweigart,
               YouthPower Learning Youth Engagement Community of Practice Co-Champions
               Panelists:
               - Leesa Kaplan, USAID Bridges to Employment, El Salvador
               - Kristin Brady, YouthPower Action, Programa Para O Futuro, Mozambique
               - Georgina McDowell, Proponte Más, Honduras
               - Louis Alexander, Empleando Futuros, Honduras
                (Slides available here)
11:00   Break
11:15   Panel: Achieving Impact and Measuring PYD Interventions
                Objective: Learn from evaluations of PYD projects and approaches for 
                strengthening youth participation in evaluation.
                Facilitator: Cassandra Jessee, YouthPower Learning
                Panelists:
                - Chisina Kapungu, YouthPower Learning
                - Jeff Edmeades, ICRW
                - Roselyn Mugo, Youth Think Tank Researcher, Kenya
                - Sajeda Amin, Population Council, BALIKA project
                 (Slides available here)
12:15   Lunch
1:15     Lightning Talks: Innovations for Youth Programming (access the session descriptions here)
                Quick highlights of major innovative ideas, approaches and tools that have 
                broad applicability in youth programming. 
                Facilitator: Maria Brindlmayer, YouthPower Learning
                - Accelerating Youth Impact through Data
                - Beyond Youth Engagement: Youth as Protagonists in Education and Workforce Development with Vulnerable Youth
                - Breaking the Boredom: Interactive M&E
                - Collective Impact to Transform Urban Violence And Marginalization in Sri Lanka and Nigeria for Inclusive and Sustainable Peace & Prosperity
                - Combatting Participation in Violent Extremism: The Importance of Holistic Approaches
                - Putting Youth FP Infocus Through Digital Storytelling
                - Soft Skills Measurement Instrument 
                - The Business Challenge: Learning Business by Doing Business
                - Transforming Politics and Power Through Youth-Led Community Organizing
                - Using Empowerment Lessons Video to Promote Careers in STEM
                - Using Evidence to Advance Girl-Centered Programming
                 
                Access the Recording of Lightining Talks here 

2:30      Round Tables and Poster Gallery (access the session descriptions here)
                Interactive discussions regarding innovations, implementation projects, tools,  
                PYD video and photo evidence, and research results. Participants will be able 
                to select and attend four activities.
                Facilitator: Maria Brindlmayer, YouthPower Learning​
4:20      Break and Networking
4:35      Thinking Ahead: USAID Youth Programming
                A conversation with USAID about ongoing and future youth programming. 
                Facilitators:
                -  Elizabeth Berard, USAID
                -  Mike McCabe, USAID
5:30      End of meeting

Useful Resources

  • Positive Youth Development Measurement Toolkit 
  • Systematic Review of Positive Youth Development in Low-and Middle-Income Countries  
  • Guiding Principles for Building Soft and Life Skills among Adolescents and Young Adults
  • Youth Engagement Training
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