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REPORT ON PILOTING UNESCO TOOLKIT ON MAINSTREMAING GENDER EQUALITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION INTO YOUTH POLICIES IN 2017 An Overview of UNESCO Bangkok’s Activities Relating to the Piloting of its Toolkit on Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in the Greater Mekong Sub-region in 2017 David Young UNESCO Bangkok December 2017

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Report on piloting unesco toolkit on mainstremaing gender equality and social inclusion into youth policies in 2017

An Overview of UNESCO Bangkok’s Activities Relating to the Piloting of its Toolkit on Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in the

Greater Mekong Sub-region in 2017

David YoungUNESCO BangkokDecember 2017

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary……………………………………………………………………………………………………………Page 2

Background……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Page 2

Piloting the UNESCO Toolkit on Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Social Inclusion into Youth Policies: Lao PDR and Vietnam…………………………………………………………………………………………..Page 3

Workshop in Hanoi, Vietnam, 11-12 October 2017……………………………………………..…Page 3

Workshop in Vientiane, Lao PDR, 11-15 December 2017…………………………………..…..Page 5

Challenges and Recommendations…………………………………………………………………………………...Page 6

Challenges………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……Page 6

Recommendations for Future Actions……………………………………………………………….…..Page 7

Annex I: Agenda for Workshop on Understanding Inclusion and participation in Working with Youth, Hanoi, Vietnam, 11-12 October 2017………………………………………………………………..……Page 9

Annex II: Agenda for Workshop on Reviewing Youth Policy and Training Young People to Collect Data in Lao PDR, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 11-15 December 2017…………………………..………………Page 11

Annex III: Participants List for Workshop on Understanding Inclusion and participation in Working with Youth, Hanoi, Vietnam, 11-12 October 2017…………………………………………..…Page 16

Annex IV: Participants List for Workshop on Reviewing Youth Policy and Training Young People to Collect Data in Lao PDR, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 11-15 December 2017…………………….…….Page 19

Annex V: Photos………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Page 22

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Executive Summary

In line with its Operational Strategy on Youth (2014-2021), which calls for the increased involvement of youth in the formulation of policy, as well as civic engagement and advocacy, UNESCO has developed a toolkit on creating evidence based, participatory, gender equal, and socially inclusive youth policies. This toolkit combines a framework that UNESCO has been developing since 2013 with a strategy guidance that its regional office in Bangkok has been developing since 2016.

In 2017, UNESCO Bangkok piloted the toolkit in Lao PDR and Vietnam. Bringing together policymakers, youth, and CSOs, the workshops where the toolkit was piloted allowed participants to not only learn about the UNESCO toolkit, but also reevaluate the youth policies and policy development processes of their countries. While Lao PDR and Vietnam are at very different stages in the youth policy development process (Lao PDR is just beginning to develop a youth policy, whereas Vietnam will be reviewing its current policy in 2018-2019), the UNESCO toolkit proved to be a practical and useful resource. While the workshops resulted in a plethora of new ideas and opportunities for future policy development in Lao PDR and Vietnam, they also provided ideas to UNESCO on how to strengthen the toolkit and make it more accessible.

Background

UNESCO’s Operational Strategy on Youth (2014-2021) (OSY) aims to ensure that young women and men are engaged in policies and programs that affect them. The strategy recognizes youth as agents of change, social transformation, peace, and sustainable development. The three complementary and transversal axes that underpin the strategy are 1) Policy formulation and review; 2) Capacity development; and 3) Civic engagement, democratic participation, and social innovation.

Regarding policy formulation and review, or Axis 1, UNESCO has been developing a draft guidance on creating inclusive and participatory youth policies since 2013. In late 2016, its regional office in Bangkok added to this guidance by developing a strategy for mainstreaming gender equality and social inclusion. These two toolkits have been combined.

The toolkit brings together various elements of the Equiframe and EquIPP manuals (both published by the Centre for Global Health in Dublin, Ireland), which are tools for measuring social inclusion in public policies. It provides a step-by-step guide for policymakers on how to develop inclusive, equal and participatory youth policies in their countries. Specifically, it consists of seven steps, each with its own actions and questions to be considered. These steps are as follows:

1) Step 1: Preparatory Stage

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2) Step 2: Conducting a Stakeholder Analysis and Establishing a Participatory and Inclusive Mechanisms for Youth and Policy Analysis/Development

3) Step 3: Creating an Accurate and Inclusive Profile of Youth and their Priorities 4) Step 4: Conducting an Analysis of Current Youth Policies and Youth Policy Development

Processes in relation to Gender and Social Inclusion5) Step 5: Elaboration of Priorities and Development of Strategies for Addressing these

Priorities6) Step 6: Identify, analyze and develop Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and

Time-Bound (SMART) options/recommendations7) Step 7: Policy Drafting and Review

In 2017, it was determined by UNESCO Bangkok that the toolkit should be first piloted in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam). Thus, from 11-12 October 2017, the toolkit was piloted in Hanoi, Vietnam. Several months later, from 11-15 December 2017, it was piloted in Vientiane, Lao PDR. The following sections discuss the proceedings and outcomes of these workshops in greater detail.

Piloting the UNESCO Toolkit on Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Social Inclusion into Youth Policies: Lao PDR and Vietnam

Workshop in Hanoi, Vietnam, 11-12 October 2017

Background

With over a quarter of its population identifying as youth, Vietnam is a young country. Some of the issues that concern Vietnamese youth the most include access to education (disparities remain between poor and rich; persons with disabilities have difficulties to accessing education; curriculum lacks proper skills development and is seen as irrelevant; bias towards formal education over non formal); access to employment (young people are 66.5% of all unemployed people; lack of skills; rural youth challenges); access to protection from exploitation (migration often leads to sex work; child labour exists); health (many youth engage in unhealthy lifestyles); Reproductive health (young people at high risk for STIs); and participation in policy (still an issue with civic engagement, although National Youth Development Strategy is addressing this). 1

Many organizations, as well as university clubs and other groups, currently work towards helping Vietnamese youth address these concerns. At the same time, several national representative groups, such as the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, National Committee 1 “Final UN Brief on Young People in Vietnam.” UNFPA Vietnam. 2016. http://vietnam.unfpa.o rg/sites/asiapacific/files/pub-pdf/Final%20UN%20Brief%20on%20Young%20People.pdf

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on Youth in Vietnam, and the Vietnam Youth Federation, claim to represent youth voices in government. Vietnam’s youth law (2005) provides the legal framework for the rights of young people. It mandates the government to develop policies for youth in areas such as education, employment, health and recreation. The law directly informs the Vietnamese Youth Development Strategy 2011-2020. A review of this law and strategy is planned for 2018 and 2019.

From 11-12 October 2017, a workshop was held at Green UN House in Ha Noi, Vietnam in which participants representing the government (including the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ho Chi Minh Youth Union), youth and UN/CSOs in Vietnam were introduced to UNESCO’s toolkit and were given an opportunity to review the Youth Law and the Vietnamese Youth Development Strategy 2011-2020 using the UNESCO toolkit. In addition to learning about the toolkit and reviewing Vietnam’s Youth Law and Youth Development Strategy, future opportunities for using the toolkit and including youth of all backgrounds in Vietnam’s policy development process were explored. Overall, nearly thirty people attended the workshop.

Workshop Recommendations

A part from the capacity building of policymakers and youth on the content of the UNESCO toolkit and the gaps in the country’s youth law and policy, they key outcomes of the workshop in Vietnam were recommendations. Based on the discussions of the workshop’s participants, several specific follow-up actions were identified:

The UNESCO toolkit needs to be revised and restructured to be more accessible to users in Vietnam (i.e. government, youth, stakeholders, etc.), such as the inclusion of checklists, flowcharts, etc. It was suggested that several guides on using the toolkit aimed at specific users, such as youth and government, be developed;

Steps on building the capacity of youth to develop policy, as well as discussing what a youth policy/strategy is, need to be added to the UNESCO toolkit;

Definitions on gender equality and social inclusion need to be included in the UNESCO toolkit;

Activities focused on the inclusion of several specific youth subgroups in youth policy development, most notably LGBTI and migrants, and using the UNESCO toolkit with these subgroups, should be organized and implemented in 2018; and

The toolkit needs to be translated into Vietnamese.

As noted above, in 2018, it is proposed that several workshops focusing on building the capacity of LGBTI and migrant youth subgroups on developing youth policy be organized and implemented. Currently, talks between UNFPA and UNESCO are being held to pursue such activities.

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Workshop in Vientiane, Lao PDR, 11-15 December 2017

Background

The population of Lao PDR is young. As of 2014, over 60% of the country’s population is under 25 years of age.2 With such a young population and the population growth at 3.2%3, the country is presented with a unique opportunity to benefit from this demographic dividend. Despite having a young population, Lao PDR does not currently have a youth policy. Several steps have been taken towards the development of such a policy. In 2016, the Lao People’s Revolutionary Youth Union (LYU) and UNFPA initiated discussions to develop a youth -policy. As first step a technical workshop was held involving UNFPA, the LYU and other relevant Government stakeholders on 13-14 December 2016 regarding the creation of a roadmap for developing a national youth policy and mechanisms for its development. This meeting highlighted the differences between a policy and law document

To ensure youth participation in the process LYU mentioned their need to receive training and support on inclusive data collection and development of participatory policy development mechanisms. Several follow up consultative meetings took place where LYU identified the need to receive technical support in the conceptualizing, drafting and translating of a national youth policy. With financial support from UNFPA Lao PDR, one national and one international expert supported LYU in the policy development process. Their tasks incorporated supporting LYU in their set up of responsible coordination mechanism and outlining the national youth policy document. By November 2017, the international consultant had prepared a Zero draft national youth policy document.

In June 2017, LYU and UNFPA were introduced to the UNESCO toolkit. UNESCO was then asked to support LYU in the development of the youth policy, especially regarding capacity building and training. From 11-15 December 2017, a three-day workshop was held in at LYU’s Cabinet office in Vientiane that brought young people and policymakers in Lao PDR together to review the draft national youth policy using the UNESCO toolkit. This was immediately followed by a two-day workshop focused on training the young participants from the previous workshop on how to develop qualitative and quantitative data collection strategies. The data collection training was done in collaboration with AIESEC, which is the world’s largest youth-led non-profit organization and a well-known expert on youth-led qualitative data collection. Overall, nearly forty people attended the workshop representing six provinces (Attaphu, Bokeo, Champsak, Houaphan, Luangprabang, Savannakhet) and Vientiane Capital, as well as staff from several CSOs and UN.

2 AYSA UNFPA, 2014. 3 Population Census 2015, National Statistics Centre of the Lao PDR.

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Workshop Outcomes

The workshop resulted in several major outcomes:

Five broad objectives (including activities) focused on eleven target youth subgroups and relating to the five themes of the draft youth policy (education, employment, health, protection, and participation) were developed as a result of the three-day policy review. Considering that the current draft policy did not have any specific objectives or priorities, this was an important step towards strengthening that policy and making it more achievable.

Five mixed-method (qualitative and quantitative) data collection strategies focused on five target youth subgroups and relating to the five themes of the draft youth policy (see above) were developed as a result of the two-day data-collection training. The five target youth subgroups were selected by the young participants from the list of eleven identified during the three-day policy review.

The knowledge of policymakers, youth, and the LYU on developing participatory, gender equal, and socially inclusive youth policies was strongly enhanced during the three-day training.

For the most part, the workshop was representative of rural and urban provinces, as well as gender equal (at least half of the participants were women, and two identified as transgender and queer). As many people in Lao PDR coming from rural provinces are typically ethnic minorities, and Lao PDR is a very multi-ethnic country, it can be assumed that there was representation of ethnic minorities as well.

Most of the plenary of the workshop, as well as the evaluations, were in Lao language and will need to be translated into English in early 2018 so they can be included in this report.

Challenges and Recommendations

Challenges

Lao PDR

Piloting the toolkit in Lao PDR was met with several challenges:

1) In the case of the Lao PDR, the logistics of the workshop both in the preparation and implementation stages were not executed smoothly. Several main challenges should be noted:

Since UNESCO does not have an office in Lao PDR, there was some confusion as to how to transfer the funds for the workshop to the country. This problem was solved by transferring the money to the Lao National Commission of UNESCO (LNCU), which operates under the Ministry of Education and Sports in the country. The LNCU served as a “middle man” that transferred the money to the LYU to implement the activities.

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Communication with the LYU and UNFPA was very slow throughout the entire planning and implementation phases of the workshop and this made it especially difficult to make logistical and other arrangements with them.

There was a real lack of transparency on the side of LYU, especially regarding the budget and the invited participants.

While UNFPA and LYU confirmed their availability and willingness to lead several sessions, they were either late or didn’t show up. Often times, UNESCO had to come up with back-up activities or presentations to make up for their lack of presence.

2) Additionally, while UNESCO staff tried to solve this problem, there needed to be representation from more ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, LGBTI, and others.

Vietnam

In the case of Vietnam, two main challenges were identified. These were both related to the actual toolkit.

1) The format of the toolkit was difficult to understand for the participants; and 2) The understanding of what a youth policy actually is was limited among the participants

Recommendations for Future Action

Recommendations for UNESCO Toolkit

In general, based on the opinions of both workshop participants and UNESCO staff, several recommendations and follow-up actions can be made regarding the UNESCO toolkit. These include:

The toolkit should be contextualized/restructured in a format that is accessible for users of all backgrounds (i.e. government, youth, CSOs, etc.), including the addition of flowcharts, checklists, etc.;

A section explaining what a youth policy is should be added at the very beginning (with supplementary activities);

A section/stage that assesses and builds the capacity of youth to review policy should be added at the beginning (with supplementary activities);

A section/stage focusing on identifying a vision for a national youth policy should be added near the beginning of the toolkit (with supplementary activities);

Activities that have been tested in the workshops should accompany each section of the toolkit;

More case studies need to be added to strengthen the toolkit; and Upon further revision and evaluation, the toolkit needs to be translated into Vietnamese

and translated a second time into Lao

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Recommendations for Future Activities Regarding Youth Policy

1) Regarding Vietnam, there are several recommendations for future activities, especially in relation to LGBTI and migrant youth in the country:

Organize trainings focused on LGBTI and migrant youth subgroups on what a youth policy is and how they can participate;

Identify priorities by conducting a survey on the concerns and aspirations of LGBT and migrant youth;

Establish a policy drafting team represented by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) and Youth Union

Foster greater collaboration with MOHA, CSOs and the UN Create a timeline and chart progress towards revising the Youth Law in consultation

with stakeholders; and Organize a dialogue through mass media (i.e. TV, newspaper, radio, internet)

2) Regarding Lao PDR, there are several recommendations for future activities. These include:

Establishment of consultative committee, consisting of UNESCO, UNFPA, LYU, NIOP, and several CSOs, to help young data collectors trained in December 2017 workshop to solidify and implement their data collection strategies;

Recruitment of several additional young people in Lao PDR to carry out data collection on data capacity gaps missed by the youth in the December 2017 workshop;

3-day training on analyzing and presenting data collected by youth trained in December 2017 workshop, as well as those recruited in early 2018 (potentially funded by Polish government);

“Training of trainers” focused on training LYU staff/policymakers/youth at provincial level on how to train others on inclusive and gender equal policy formulation using the UNESCO toolkit;

A second review of the policy, focused on other stages of the toolkit; and Transfer money to LNCU further ahead of planned activities and anticipate future

communication difficulties with in-country partners.

3) In addition to Lao PDR and Vietnam, it is the hope of UNESCO to pilot the toolkit in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Thailand. Specifically, some of these activities could include:

Training young ethnic minorities in Thailand and Myanmar to collect data on the issues and concerns of ethnic minority youth in those countries;

Assisting Cambodia in the review of its national youth policy (finished in 2011 and approved in 2016) and in the implementation of its Youth Development Index (YDI); and

Assisting Myanmar in the development of its national youth policy.

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Annex I:

AgendaWorkshop on Understanding Inclusion and participation in Working with Youth

October 11-12, 2017Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Objectives:

After the 2-day training workshop, participants will have

1. Understanding of participation, gender equality and inclusion in youth work2. Methodologies for implementing participation, gender equality and inclusion in existing

National Youth Policies3. Capacity to use the toolkit for reviewing National Youth Policies

Participants: UN staff, Government, Youth Organisations, Youth working with the UN

Facilitators: UNESCO and UNFPA

Venue: Green One UN House, 304 Kim Ma, Ba Dinh District

Day 1 Wednesday, October 11 Facilitator

9.00-09.30 Registration

09.30-10.15

Introduction

Opening Ceremony Workshop Orientation Rationale and Objectives of the

workshop Q&A Group Picture

Astrid Bant, Chair UN Working Group on Adolescent and Youth

Nguyen Thi Thao, Youth Representative

Sue Vize, Regional Adviser for Social and Human Sciences for Asia and the Pacific

UNESCO Bangkok

10.15-10.30 Coffee/ Tea Break

10.30-12.00 Introduction of the toolkit

What is the toolkit? How can we effectively use the toolkit? Youth participation in data collection Case studies

David Young, Consultant, SHS UNESCO Bangkok

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Q&A12.00-13.00 Lunch

13.00-14.30

Exploring the advantages of using the toolkit in Viet Nam

The state of youths involvement in policy development and review (Ministry)

Integrating Social Inclusion and Gender Equality in existing National Youth Policies in Viet Nam

o Youth Lawo Youth strategy

Q&A

Lương Thị Hải Anh, Ministry of Home Affairs

Sue Vize, David Young

14.30-14.45 Coffee/Tea Break

14.45-16.00

Group Work: Case study: Youth Law

Group 1: Using the questions in Stage 3 of the toolkit, review the content and implementation of the Youth Law. How well does it match with the recommendations of Stage 3?

Group 2: Using the questions in Stage 4 of the toolkit, as well as linking to the group work from Session 2, how well does the current youth law address priorities?

Sue Vize, David Young

16.00-16.30 Wrap up: Day one

Day 2 Thursday, October 12 Facilitator

9.00-9.30 Welcoming Ice-Breaker Re-cap of the first day Youth

9.30-10.30 Continuation of Group Work: Finalization of Presentations Result presentation Q&A

Sue Vize, David Young

10.45-12.00 Reflection on the toolkit Strengths, weaknesses Application to the Vietnamese Context Q&A

Sue Vize, David Young

12.00-13.00 Lunch13.00-14.15 Group Work: Moving forward – Suggestions for follow up

activitiesPhan Thi Le Mai

14.30-15.30 Group Work: Result PresentationPhan Thi Le Mai

15.30-16.00 Closing Ceremony

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Annex II:

Agenda Workshop on Reviewing Youth Policy and Training Young People to Collect Data in Lao PDR

11-15 December 2017Vientiane, Lao PDR

Proposed Sessions Time Proposed Session Activities/Components

Day 1: Overview of the UNESCO Toolkit on Mainstreaming Social Inclusion and Gender Equality into Youth Policy

Session 1: Overview/Expectations of Youth Policy

Facilitator: UNESCO

8:30-9:45

Opening Speeches:

-Lao Youth Union -UNFPA -UNESCO/NatCom

Presentation: Overview of workshop goals and developments (UNESCO)

Breakout Discussion: Expectations of Youth Policy by Youth and Officials

Session 2: Stakeholder Analyses and Creating inclusive and participatory mechanisms for developing policy

Facilitator: UNESCO

9:45-10:45

Breakout Discussion: Who are the stakeholders? (UNESCO) (35 minutes)

Presentation: Identifying Who the Key Players are and Creating inclusive and participatory mechanisms for developing policy (UNESCO)

Coffee Break Session 3: Defining key terms in development and policy formation

Facilitator: UNESCO10:45-11:45

Presentation: UN concepts vs local meanings Activity: Understanding “gender” vs. “sex”

Lunch Break

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Session 4: Conducting Inclusive and Participatory Contextual Analyses

Facilitator: UNESCO 12:45-2:00

Group Activity: Who are the youth living in your country? What do they care about? (UNESCO)

Presentation: Conducting Contextual/Situational analyses: Steps/requirements (UNESCO)

Session 5: Identifying Key Policy Concerns and Conducting Inclusive and Participatory Analysis of Policy

Facilitator: UNESCO

2:00-2:40

Presentation: Conducting an inclusive policy/policy development review (UNESCO)

Discussion: Who are the ministries actively involved in policy development? How to get them involved?

Coffee BreakSession 6: Elaboration of Key Priorities for Future Policies and Developing Strategies for Addressing Key Priorities

Facilitator: UNESCO

3:00-4:15

Presentation: Elaboration of Key Priorities for Future Policies (UNESCO)

Group Work/Plenary: What are the priorities that need to be addressed in my country? (55 minutes)

Session 7: SMART Options Recommendations

Facilitator: UNESCO 4:15-5:00 Presentation: SMART Options/Recommendations End of the Day Discussion/Q & A

Day 2: Overview of UNESCO Toolkit and Review of Lao PDR Youth Policy and Policy Process with UNESCO ToolkitSession 1: Overview of Day 1

Facilitator: LYU 8:30-9:00 Icebreaker activity Reflections on Day 1

Session 2: Identifying Measurable Indicators

Facilitator: UNESCO 9:00-10:00 Presentation: Identifying Measurable Indicators Group Activity: Identifying Indicators

Session 3: Drafting Youth Policy and Building Consensus

Facilitator: UNESCO 10:00-11:30

Presentation: Drafting Youth Policy and Building Consensus According to UNESCO Toolkit

Activity: Draft Youth Policy: What do you want in your policy?

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Lunch Break

Session 4: Youth Situation in Lao PDR: Presentations from Youth and Stakeholders/Overview of Draft Youth Policy and Policy Process in Lao PDR

Facilitator: UNESCO and LYU

12:30-1:40

Presentations:

-- Lao Youth Union --Rural Youth (Vulnerable Youth Association) --Disadvantaged Children and Youth Development Association-- Sports

Q & A

Coffee BreakSession 5: Reviewing Draft Lao PDR Youth Policy using UNESCO Toolkit

Facilitator: UNFPA

2:00-4:15

Presentation: Overview of Draft Youth Policy and Process in Lao PDR (UNFPA)

Q & A Breakout groups: Reviewing Draft Lao PDR Youth Policy using UNESCO

Toolkit

Session 6: Assessment of National Youth Law

Facilitator: LYU 4:15-5:00 Overview of Youth Law Assessment of Youth Law

Day 3: Reviewing Lao PDR Youth Policy using UNESCO Toolkit (Continued from Day 2) Session 1: Overview and Icebreaker

Facilitator: LYU 8:30-9:00 Icebreaker activity Overview of Day 2 and Day 3

Session 2: Drafting and Finalization of Policy Revisions/Recommended Actions

Facilitator: UNESCO9:00-11:30

Breakout Sessions: Reviewing Draft Lao PDR Youth Policy using UNESCO toolkit/drafting of policy revision recommendations

Lunch BreakSession 2 (continued):

Facilitator: UNESCO 12:30-2:30 Breakout Sessions: Finalization of policy revisions/recommended

actions

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Coffee Break Session 3: Presentation of Policy Revisions/Recommended Actions and Evaluation of Workshop and UNESCO Toolkit

Facilitators: UNESCO, LYU

3:00-5:00

Presentation of policy revisions/recommended actions Way forward/Evaluations of Part 1 of Workshop/Toolkit If there’s time for Q & A, can be for 15 minutes before evaluations.

Day 4: Training and Consultation on Youth-Led Qualitative Data Collection

Session 1: Data Collection on Youth Issues Globally and in Lao PDR: Successes and Challenges

Facilitator: UNFPA and UNESCO

9:00-9:45

Data Collection: Best Practices and Challenges:

-UNFPA -UNESCO - Q&A

Session 2: Outlining the purpose of the data collection and Identifying the Youth in Lao PDR

Facilitators: UNFPA

9:45-11:00

Discussion: What is data collection: Importance, risks, and challenges?

Group Exercises: Who are the youth in your country? What do they want? What do you want? (60 minutes)

Session 5: Quantitative Data Collection: Asking the Right Questions

Facilitator: UNESCO 11:00-12:15

Activities

Lunch Break

Session 3: Data Collection: Asking the Right Questions: Qualitative

Facilitator: AIESEC Lao1:15-2:45

Activities

Coffee Break Session 4: Qualitative Data Collection: Planning a

3:15-4:45 Activities

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Data Collection Strategy

Facilitator: AIESEC Lao

Session 6: Closing

Facilitator: UNESCO or UNFPA

4:45-5:00

Overview/Wrap-Up Moving forward

Day 5: Planning Strategies for Mixed-Method Data Collection/Analysis

Session 1: Overview of Day 4

Facilitator: LYU 9:00-9:30 Icebreaker activity Overview Day 4

Session 2: Quantitative Data Collection: Planning a Data Collection Strategy

Facilitator: LYU 9:30-11:00

Activity: Designing and Planning a Strategy for Quantitative Data Collection

Lunch Break Session 3: Development of Quantitative and Qualitative a Data Plans

Facilitator: AIESEC 12:00-1:50

Group work with consultation

Coffee BreakSession 4: Presentation of Data Collection Strategies

Facilitators: AIESEC and LYU 2:15-3:15 Group presentations on data collection strategies

Discussion

Conclusion

Facilitators; UNESCO, UNFPA, LYU 3:15-4:00 Closing remarks Evaluations of training

Annex III:

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Participants List Workshop on Understanding Inclusion and participation in Working with Youth

October 11-12, 2017Ha Noi, Viet Nam

NameOrganisation Title Email address

Telephone Number

Signature

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UNTGAY

Phan Thi Le Mai UNFPA SRH Specialist [email protected] 0913205301

2Astrid Bant UNFPA Country Representative [email protected]

3Michael Croft UNESCO Head of Office - UNESCO

Viet Nam [email protected] 0917571970

4Tran Thi Phuong Nhung UNESCO Gender Project Manager [email protected] 0904180717

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Tran Thi Kim Chung UNDP - UNV UNV Programme Assistant [email protected] 0946801098

6Nguyen Nhu Quynh UNDP Youth Programme [email protected];

7Fabrizio Toneatto UNIDO [email protected]

8Ace UNESCO Monitoring and Reporting

Officer [email protected] 01662968344

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Hanna Christine UNESCO Communications and

Reporting Officer [email protected] 01293724508

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Sue Vize UNESCO Bangkok

Regional Adviser for Social and Human Sciences for Asia and the Pacific

[email protected] 11

David Young UNESCO Bangkok Consultant [email protected]

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Pham Quynh Nga WHO

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Hai Ha Vu Thi UNESCO Carlo Schmid Fellow for Youth Programming [email protected] 01299821411

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Ministry/authorities

Lương Thị Hải, Anh

Vụ Công tác thanh niên, Bộ Nội vụDepartment of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Home Affairs

Official [email protected] 0989398233

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Đỗ Công Tuân

Trung tâm tình nguyện viên, Trung ương Đoàn Thanh niên

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Nguyễn Thanh, Hảo

Trung tâm Thanh thiếu niên Trung ƯơngCentral Centre for Youth and Adolescent, Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union

Director [email protected]

0912041362

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Đoàn Thị, Thủy

Trung tâm Thanh thiếu niên Trung Ương

Official [email protected] 0975634401

18 Bảo Lan

NATCOMEducation Section Officer [email protected]

(84-4) 3799.3512 

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IO and Youth

Fyfe StrachanActionAid Vietnam

Policy and Campaign Advisor

04 3943 9866

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Phan Minh Anh2030 Youth Force in Viet Nam

Executive Assistant [email protected]

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Phan Thi Minh Thu [email protected] 0918 493 038

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Ksor Nay Lynh [email protected] 0966339179

23 Lo La Lam

[email protected]

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Nguyễn Mỹ Hào [email protected]

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Nguyen Thi Thao

[email protected] 01657438194

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Doan Ngoc Bao IMAGTOR

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Le Hoang Minh Son CCIHP

[email protected] 0948372154

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Phạm Thị Ngọc Huyền [email protected] 01697585322

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Annex IV:

Participants List Workshop on Reviewing Youth Policy and Training Young People to Collect Data

11-15 December 2017Vientiane, Lao PDR

Government and Youth Participants Name Province Nominating

Organization E-mail Mobile Day

1Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

1 Lattavanh Sengdala Vientiane Proud to Be Us Laos

[email protected]

2 Lamthien Xayyalath Savannakhet UNESCO [email protected]

3 Boulay Siamphone Luangprabang

UNESCO [email protected]

4 Sounita Souphan Vientiane UNESCO [email protected]

5 Soudalath Phengthalangsy

Vientiane UNESCO [email protected]

6 Phonekham Xayphava Vientiane UNESCO [email protected]

7 Thip-houng-pha KOTLIANTHONG

Savannakhet UNESCO [email protected]

8 Chichang Vientiane Proud to Be US Laos

[email protected]

9 Khamlar Invongkham Huapanh LYU [email protected] 55821552

10 Pheotavanh Viphonhien Huapanh LYU 544824

11 Ms. Somchith Singmanyvone

Luangprabang

LYU 99558656

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12 Phonesy Syphanya Bokeo LYU 5808323513 Tan Phayaseth Bokeo LYU 5225520314 Thanousith

ThipphamonLuangprabang

LYU 76543003

15 Souphalak Phongkamsouk

Champasak LYU [email protected]

16 Banchai Somsanith Savannaket LYU 2231706517 Sysai Phanhkhaisone Attapeu LYU 5969895818 Viengsamai

BouthtavongAttapeu LYU 030

211445319 Ai Sayyasena Attapeu LYU 47345276

20 Khamdy Faithammavongsa

Attapeu LYU 98406638

21 PhoulamphoneSyhavong

Savvanakhet LYU 22208979

22 OunKham Luangprabang

LYU 56083999

23 Phouvanh Chansy Huapanh LYU 55982082

24 NumOiy Phanlamnguen Huapanh LYU 5949000225 Bounlieng Luangpraban

gLYU 98005583

26 Somsak Mahaphon Bokeo LYU 5560188727 Inkeo Phengsavanh Bokeo LYU 2238713528 Sykhaiphet Sengmany Vientiane LYU 5404245629 Phetsakoun Inthisane Champasak LYU 5669113530 Onchanh Douangdala Champasak LYU 9660000631 Mina Syvilay Vientiane LYU [email protected]

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CSO/UN/Organizers Name Province/Country Organization E-mail Mobile Day

1Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

1 David Young Thailand UNESCO Bangkok

[email protected]

2 Sue Vize Thailand UNESCO Bangkok

[email protected]

3 Somkiao Kingsada

Lao PDR Lao Youth Union

[email protected]

4 Ms. Sengphapha

Lao PDR Lao NatCom UNESCO

[email protected]

5 Anika Bruck Lao PDR UNFPA [email protected]

6 Oloth Sene-Asa

Lao PDR UNFPA [email protected]

7 Kansam Latthanhot

Lao PDR VYDA [email protected]

8 Raysa Salazar Lao PDR AIESEC [email protected]

9 Sebastian Bachmann

Lao PDR UNDP [email protected]

10 Chansawaeng Sittaphone

Lao PDR VYDA [email protected]

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Annex V:

Photos from Workshops in Lao PDR and Vietnam, October-December 2017

Above: Group Photo, Vietnam Above: Group Work (Youth Participants), Vietnam

Left: Youth Participants listen to presentationsVietnam

Right: Group Work (Policy makers), Lao PDR

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Above: Group Work (Youth Participants), Lao PDR Above: Youth subgroups identified by participants, Lao PDR

Left: Presentations by youth participants, Lao PDR

Right: Proposed solutions to problems of youth with disabilities, Lao PDR

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