Youth Potential for Peacebuilding /Aspects of Peacebuilding Projects

Resilient Youth – Education: All children would be able to complete primary/secondary/tertiary school; – Water: The whole community would have access to sufficient, good-quality water at all times of the year; – Peace and security: The whole community would enjoy continual peace and security. Human health, productive livestock herds and farms, access to markets, diversified […]

“Resilience is the ability of a community to withstand, respond to and recover from a wide range of harmful and adverse events.” Biology Resilience is a concept to measure the ability of an individual or a population to survive in spite of adverse conditions. The more extreme the conditions are under which a population can

Intermediaries and Mediators You might represent a bridge between promoters of peacebuilding activities and the target groups. Youth are seen as a connective tissue and a potential to ‘fast track’ to peace and development Youth can clarify needs of their peers and can help in defining methodologies to reach the best effects possible. They can

Create spaces to express opinion Ceate spaces for youth to expresstheir opinions – and listen to them: Matilda Flemming, leading coordinator at the United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY peacebuilders) says: “Youth voices in peacebuilding are present and everywhere, but sometimes not recognized. The creation of spaces for youth to express their opinion to decision

Promote young people’s participation as condition for peacebuilding Value and build upon young people’s diversity and experiences Be sensitive to gender dynamics Enable young people’s ownership, leadership, and accountability in peacebuilding Do no harm Involve young people in all stages of peacebuilding and post conflict programming Enhance knowledge, attitudes, skills and competencies of youth for

Dualistic view on youth Among politicians, there is a strong tendency to see youth as a problem to be solved, according to the dualistic view on them of being either victim or perpetrator in conflict. The “youth bulge theory” pictures crises as something inevitable in societies with a large percent of young people, especially young