CYP RCA/Meeting Notes March17 09 DRAFT2

Africa

 * Where are some of the conflict issues for young people in Africa
 * Lives in Nigeria, but now in Ethiopia


 * personal experience
 * biggest problem, is the issue of "education"
 * people having correct set of values, and principles of citizenship, and responsibilities of what citzenship are
 * the number of young people involved with the militia, based on specific 'agenda'
 * political discussions about resource allocation

"education is the biggest problem...
 * trying to address conflict situation
 * seriously invest in citizenship education....what it means to be a citizen, in a country....what are the responsibilities are....?
 * lots o challenges
 * free services, but other actual costs - transportation, etc., mitigates access


 * when people are adequately schooled, then people are very likely to get a job; then the chances that they will want to be involved in negative activity are seriously diminished.

Canada

 * youth frustrated, but high rates of suicide
 * free schooling, free lunch
 * kids didn't come to school
 * Tanyss & husband would go into school....what we would do....youth drink, and sniff chemicals to get high, don't come to school, and violent with each other
 * we turned things over to them - an issue of empowerment....these young people had NO control over anything.
 * we started to put them in charge of things in the school, give them a sense of empowerment,
 * they ended up taking charge of the communities in which they worked.... "Empowerment"


 * Education - long-term advocacy
 * Education - st - access education online

An Empowering Experience

 * help people have an
 * empowerment is linked to responsibility
 * creating alternative learning.... emphasize education in different forms...
 * and allow people to develop the confidence....to participate, or take on the responsibilities
 * developing relationships? between people?


 * try to reach the mainstream youth, and marginalised youth....
 * ways to engage the peer group (tipping points)
 * change their behaviour, and change their behaviour....


 * give people a greater sense of their own power.....engage their own peers, and start to change their identity, and their
 * empower


 * move out of the mainstream youth


 * how do we use online to support offline
 * how do we ensure that young people are in a vulnerable situation, can benefit from these online resources
 * online activites
 * action learning, integrated processes
 * look for ways to move forward
 * Solomon Islands, and Jamaica - doing audio, radio (church radio stations, community radio stations)
 * Jameaica 12-15 years


 * Solomon Islands, late teens - 30
 * FN in Canada (17-30 years old) - fairly new in the startup, too early....

Concept Paper?

 * what are we doing and what we want to achieve (Dabeski)
 * feeding in CYP strategy,
 * where are we going, and what we want to achieve (Nellie), plug into CYPs agenda (Nellie)
 * Keep in mind the LT goals (Tanyss)
 * Key Objectives (CYP) ....keep in mind, for workshop
 * ST - what will we do for now and June... keep in LT strategy

Workshop

 * we engage some key youth who will help to move this forward
 * reach youth who are more marginalised, or don't have Internet access
 * support each other
 * come out of it as a mapping exercise

Concerns

 * Victor...
 * difficult to create a roadmap for the whole programme
 * 1) - would it only include Zambia, consider inclusion of youth from Zambia
 * 2) - what role will this workshop have in the whole context; would the roadmap be premature
 * 3) focus on thematic areas
 * 4) include f2f workshops
 * 5) 1 day or regional workshop....some discussions with young people ...define workshops


 * set up a plan, to focus activities (Nellie)

Roundtable vs. Workshop

 * easier to sell (Roundtable)

Tanyss

 * free, afternoon, Thursday, April 2
 * free on Friday April 3
 * April 4, 5, open
 * 6-8, then doing a workshop at Open University of Zambia

Ideas

 * identifying themes
 * roundtable
 * welcome from James, CYP - signal, to peer group
 * start online meetings, discussions
 * online
 * model the process to the trainers, just aw we are doing....
 * create timeframe for developing themes (do ti ASAP) - Nellie

Travel & Logistics

 * costs, etc
 * travel of key people


 * identify leading organizations, to be cable to attend roundtable discussions....
 * working in more than one country...

"Roundtable Discussion" - informal


 * wiki discussions this week
 * Tanyss comes, refine the ideas, and initial roadmap - Roundtable discussions
 * themes
 * Roundtable, builds a regional roadmap (April)

Step I

 * further strategize how we move forward...
 * Identifying their thoughts, for themes.... 1st one....
 * help for Tanyss and Dabeski -
 * 1) ideas
 * 2) plan of future meetings to take place

- adding to by Nellie and Victor - not to look for partners yet... - make it a weekday, Friday April 3


 * take forward on the wiki, theme identification

Step II

 * themes
 * organization
 * find people on the ground
 * find people outside of Lusaka
 * criteria to invite organizations...

Step IV

 * included to a Roadmap