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Project: Creating a Network of Young Reporters in Armenia
Evaluation Date: December 2014
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The grantee paid for the transport costs for children from outlying villages and towns to come to the central locations for the workshops. This allowed for the project to reach youth beyond those in the regional centers. This was an efficient way to reach youth in other areas of Armenia for a Yerevan-based organization. There was positive change in places by the youth asking questions about issues and taking photos and films of it. Many rural villages are small and these types of activities are not usual and would have been noticed.

Theme: Media

Armenia rural, youth

Project: Youth Partnership for Improved Budgetary Governance in Lebanese Municipalities: Musharaka
Evaluation Date: October 2014
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The project had a clear impact in building the capacity of youth in the areas of good governance, accountability, and transparency. Creating the Youth Shadow Councils had a very positive impact on the beneficiary populations in the Bekaa region, particularly because it promoted interaction among youth of different faiths and political persuasions. The young people consider the project to have been an initiation in social activism that enabled them to “do something together”.

Theme: Youth engagement

Lebanon culture, inclusion, youth

Project: Civic Participation of Indigenous Youth for the Strengthening of Democracy
Evaluation Date: January 2016
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The adoption of the Public Policy on Youth and the creation of the Municipal Youth Office are evidence that the project managed to establish a link between the youth associations and the municipal authorities in Guatemala. The young people appreciated the project’s training and building of the associations which gave them the opportunity to know their rights and apply democratic practices in Guatemala.

Theme: Youth engagement

Guatemala dialogue, structures, youth

Project: Civic Participation of Indigenous Youth for the Strengthening of Democracy
Evaluation Date: January 2016
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The issues and suggestions that were identified by the newly introduced youth organizations need to become more visible. The project could have enhanced the visibility of the youth policy through reaching out to media outlets and journalists sympathetic to youth rights.

Theme: Youth engagement

Guatemala journalists, outreach, youth

Project: Citizenship is my Right
Evaluation Date: January 2012
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The Municipal Youth Councils are venues where young people can open a dialogue and strengthen their civic participation in institutions. The creation of these councils has not only made it possible to organize group activities for young people and heighten their visibility, but to ensure the accountability of youth council leaders. The participating youth were convinced, engaged, and well-organized; they have established concrete plans of action and in several cases managed to obtain financial support from the municipality.

Theme: Youth engagement

Lebanon participation, youth

Project: Young Builders of a New Citizenship In Chad
Evaluation Date: December 2015
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The project outcomes were ambitious especially given the outputs that were delivered to achieve them. The authorities in Chad were not adequately informed or involved during the project. The grantee assumed that putting youth organizations together and formulating a youth plan and platforms would be sufficient to create autonomous youth initiatives and to forge dialog with authorities.

Theme: Youth engagement

Chad design, youth

Project: Empowering the Voice of a New Generation in Pakistan
Evaluation Date: August 2014
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The project attracted educated male youth who were able to take advantage of the activities offered but the project did not put in place measures to increase the number of female participants and bring in the less educated and poorer youth. This led to an imbalance in the representation of youth in the project’s groups.

Theme: Youth engagement

Pakistan gender, inclusion, youth

Project: Civic Participation of Indigenous Youth for the Strengthening of Democracy
Evaluation Date: January 2016
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

By the end of the project, the implementation of the public policy on youth had not been completed and depended on the adoption of a budget by the municipality. The project raised many expectations among the young people and in the communities. They wished to ensure the continuity of the initiatives. The project could have identified concrete initiatives to allow the newly established youth associations to address and push forward local issues of developed by the public policy on youth.

Theme: Youth engagement

Guatemala expectations, policy, youth

Project: Empowering people through citizens’ journalism in Albania
Evaluation Date: October 2011
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The project did not develop synergies with other efforts in the sector, which included another UNDEF-funded media project and a youth radio funded by other donors in Albania. It had training programmes on investigatory journalism and professional standards, and produced broadcasts on issues of community and national importance with which this project could have linked to exchange programming and training opportunities. There was also Radio Aktive, an independent radio funded by the National Endowment for Democracy and the Open Society Foundation run by the NGO Mjaff. It was intended to provide citizens a voice and raise awareness on civic and social issues. It aired daily reports from youth, including journalism students from the University of Tirana who served as reporters. It also created an online radio portal “Radiostation.”16 UNICEF also funded “Speak Out” (TROC) which supported younger students in Albania to produce a weekly show broadcast on the national public TV station. It trained youth in reporting and supplied technical equipment to 11 bureaus across Albania. They produced 150 reports giving the youth perspective on a broad range of issues.

Theme: Media

Albania collaboration, training, youth

Project: Honduran Youth for Democracy
Evaluation Date: February 2014
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The project created structures that could be both sustainable and replicable in other communities, however, they must still consolidate their position and strengthen their operating capacity to ensure continuity and maximize their linkage and influence on local policy. A strategy for strengthening the project’s youth networks and the Southern Youth Movement needs to be put in place that includes technical assistance for creating bylaws, bolstering strategic, administrative, and financial capacities, and offering advice and assistance to secure funding and logistical support.

Theme: Youth engagement

Honduras advocacy, capacity, youth

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