Peace and Stability
Resources and examples for youth programming focused on youth engagement and leadership in conflict prevention and stabilization and youth, peace, and security:
Policy & Strategy
- Policy for Countering Violent Extremism through Development Assistance (USAID)
- US Strategy to Support Women and Girls at Risk from Violent Extremism and Conflict
Youth Statistics
Best Practices
- What Works in Youth and Peace and Security (YouthPower)
- Promising Practices in Engaging Youth in Peace and Security and PVE/CVE (YouthPower)
- Journal of Youth, Peace & Security (UNOY)
- CEPPS Youth Brief: Peace and Security (CEPPS)
- Young People’s Participation in Peacebuilding (UN)
- Precarity and Power: Reflections on Women and Youth in Nonviolent Action (USIP)
Program Design
- Youth, Peace and Security: a Programming Handbook (UN and Folke Bernadotte Academy)
- Youth in Peace and Security Starter Kit (YouthLead)
- Crime and Violence Prevention Field Guide (USAID)
Curricula
Networks and Communities of Practice
- Global Coalition on Youth Peace and Security
- RESOLVE Network
- United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY)
Examples
Chumchon Harapan (Thailand)
Global LEAD Models: Leadership Training; Youth Networks; Youth Designers; Community Service, Project-Based or Service Learning; Public or Community Dialogue; Youth Clubs or Groups; Youth Camps or Retreats; Youth-Led Media, Art, or Performance
- USAID Chumchon Harapan (Program Overview)
- Connecting Communities Despite the Pandemic (Article)
Kosovo Youth Dialogue (Kosovo)
Global LEAD Models: Youth Centers; Community Service, Project-Based or Service Learning; Local Learning Exchange; Youth Networks; Internships or Apprenticeships; Youth-Led Media, Art, or Performance; Small Grants for Youth-Led Organizations or Projects
- Kosovo Youth Dialogue Activity (Program Overview)
- Kosovo Youth Dialogue Objectives (Program Overview)
- Kosovo Youth Face the Past (Article)
Ma3an (Tunisia)
Global LEAD Models: Youth Networks; Leadership Training; Peer Mentoring; Peer Educators; Civic Education
- Ma3an (Program Overview)
- Ma3an Youth Mentors Activities (Program Overview)
- USAID-Funded Ma3an Program Helps Rural Communities in Tunisia Face COVID-19 (Article)
- Success Story Series: Tunisian Youth Lead COVID-19 Response (Vols. 1-4) (Article)
- Ma3an Youth Connect Local Authorities and Civil Society: Tunisian Youth Lead COVID-19 Response (Vol. 5) (Article)
- Ma3an’s Social Network Analysis: a Wellspring of CLA (Article)
- Ma3an Youth Mentor's Refresher TOT (Video)
Positive Pathways Initiative (Jamaica)
Global LEAD Models: Internships or Apprenticeships; Leadership Training; Career Centers; Sport for Development
- Community Violence Prevention Fact Sheet (Program Overview)
- Positive Pathways in Jamaica (Program Overview)
- Positive Pathways Jamaica Fact Sheet (Program Overview)
- Positive Pathways Initiative Seeks to Improve Communities and Build Stronger Families (Article)
PRO-Future (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Global LEAD Models: Debate; Public or Community Dialogue; Civic Education
- PRO-Future II Fact Sheet (Program Fact Sheet)
- Trust, Understanding, Responsibility in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Article)
- Platform for Peace: From Local Grassroots to a Cross-Border and Regional Impact (Article)
Shared Learning (West Bank and Gaza)
Global LEAD Models: Local Learning Exchange; Youth-Led Media, Art, or Performance; Public or Community Dialogue
- Shared Learning - Elementary & Middle School (Program Overview)
- Shared Learning is the Future: What Works? (Article)
- What is Shared Learning? (Video)
- Dialogue Through Cinema Student Video - Israel & Washington DC (Video)
- Shared Learning Must be a Government Policy (Video)
Sustained Dialogue Activity (Ethiopia)
Global LEAD Models: Public or Community Dialogue; Peer Educators; Leadership Training; Community Service, Project-Based or Service Learning; Youth Clubs or Groups
- Peacebuilding in Ethiopian Universities (Sustained Dialogue) Project (Program Overview)
- Building Peace through Dialogue: Ten Years of Sustained Dialogue Across Universities in Ethiopia (Program Report)
Youth for Peacebuilding in Burundi (Y4PBB) (Burundi)
Global LEAD Models: Advocacy Training; Peer Educators; Public or Community Dialogue
- Youth for Peacebuilding in Burundi (Y4PBB) (Program Report)
- Youth for Peacebuilding in Burundi II (Program Report)
- USAID Burundi Youth Support Initiative Assessment (Evaluation Report)
- Burundian Youth Leaders’ Fight for Peace: Finding Common Ground (Article)
