National Youth Resource CenterNational Youth Resource Center

Youth participation

Good practice models

NYRC: Who we are?NYRC: Who we are?

National youth NGO from Moldova

Fields of workFields of workYouth Resource CentersLocal Youth CouncilsPeer educators on HIV prevention

Youth CenterYouth Center

Argumentation:limited access of young people

to services and informationlack of youth participation to the

community developmenthuman and institutional capacity

from the youth sector are low developed

National Youth Strategy National Youth Strategy 2004-20062004-2006Participatory process of

elaborationNYRC advocacy

Results:

Priority AAccess of young people to services

and information

Youth center…Youth center…A service open for all categories of

adolescents, young people and professionals working with youth

Has the mission to provide information, non-formal education services and free time opportunities. Contribute to social integration of young people and to life skills development.

Fields of interventionFields of interventionInformationCounselingTraining activities

Vocational training Community involvement

Training activities for professionals working with youth

Youth participationFree time activities

Support for youth centersSupport for youth centers

Legal FrameworkYRC RegulationQualitative standardsPart of Youth law Methodological tools• Guides• Trainings• Researches

WeaknessesWeaknesses

The legal status of youth center

Personnel turnover

Lack of financing mechanism

Local Youth CouncilsLocal Youth Councils

A youth representative structure in a local community

National Youth Strategy. Priority B. Participation of Young People in Development of Civil Society and Active Citizenship

Dynamic creation of CLT in Dynamic creation of CLT in MoldovaMoldova

StrengthsStrengths

Support from Youth Centers and Regional Departments for Education ,Youth and Sport

Regulation for LYC Training and guidesRegional Youth Councils in

Ialoveni

Peer educators on HIV Peer educators on HIV preventionprevention

ChallengesChallenges

In Moldova there are no formal education for youth workers

Including in pedagogical university curricula an youth participation topic

Social mapping elaboration

National Youth Resource National Youth Resource CenterCenter

from Republic of Moldovafrom Republic of Moldova

www.youth.md