Illustrative Interventions and Indicators for Civic Education, Engagement and Leadership

This 4-page document outlines examples of civic education and skills, civic/political engagement, education, and youth leadership activities. For example, it includes: 

1. Civic Education and Skills:  Formal and non-formal activities that promote knowledge, attitudes, values, skills and behaviors desired of citizens to increase political participation and civic engagement. 
   1. Illustrative Activities:
      1. Service-learning, debate/public speaking/advocacy, in-school or community-based civic educational activities, community mapping. 
      2. Media literacy, digital communication, critical thinking training by and for youth, cyber/digital literacy “camps”
      3. Voter registration drives
         1. Debate programs
      4. Secondary School Civic Education Curriculum Development; teacher training on civic education;youth-led research and advocacy on local/national policies.
   2. Illustrative   indicators,  metrics, and outcomes: 
      1. Improved Civic Skills and Sense of Agency;  
      2. Increased Opportunities for Civic Engagement; 
      3. Supportive Enabling Environment for Civics (Spaces, Norms,   Policy)

Supported by Youth Standard Indicator 5. Percentage of youth who participate in civil society activities following soft skills/life skills training or initiatives from USG assisted programs.

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