Overview
The Youth, Peace and Security Agenda
The Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) Agenda acknowledges the very important position of younger folks in selling peace and safety. In 2015, after years of advocacy by over 11,000 youth from 110 international locations, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2250, which outlines 5 key pillars: participation, safety, prevention, partnerships, and disengagement/reintegration. This decision calls for larger youth involvement in decision-making processes in any respect ranges and encourages mechanisms that allow significant youth participation in peace efforts.
Are you an lively youth peacebuilder concerned in operationalizing the Youth, Peace, and Security (YPS) agenda in your nation? Do you’ve the ardour to form and improve YPS indicators to guarantee their profitable implementation globally? If so, we invite you to take part in an thrilling analysis mission to develop youth-led indicators for the YPS agenda.
Who Should Apply?
We are trying for youth peacebuilders who meet the following standards:
- Age: 18-29 years previous
- Experience: Actively engaged in YPS work in your nation, notably in conflict-affected or post-conflict societies
- Language: Comfortable taking part in English
If this sounds such as you, we encourage you to become involved!
Project Overview
The analysis goals to contribute to the growth of youth-led indicators that may assist the profitable implementation of the YPS agenda worldwide. Participants can have the alternative to present enter by way of varied actions, together with surveys, focus teams, and collaborative mapping.
What You Will Be Asked To Do
- Complete a Survey: Share your insights and experiences associated to YPS in your nation.
- Participate in a Virtual Focus Group: Engage in discussions on Teams with different youth peacebuilders and key stakeholders.
- Contribute to Digital Mapping: Help map youth-led YPS indicators on Padlet, making a collaborative useful resource for the world peacebuilding neighborhood.
- Attend a Virtual Workshop: Present and talk about the developed indicators in a digital workshop with key peace actors.
Research Team and Funding
This mission is led by a distinguished group of researchers:
- Dr. Yulia Nesterova, Ph.D. (University of Glasgow)
- Dr. Helen Berents (Griffith University)
- Timothy Dziedzom Amaglo-Mensah (University of Glasgow)
The mission is generously funded by The Carnegie Trust.
How to Apply
If you have an interest in taking part, please full the following quick form to categorical your curiosity.
Share With Your Network
We encourage you to share this name with different youth peacebuilders in your community to assist us guarantee various participation on this essential analysis initiative.
Thank you for your contribution to shaping the future of the Youth, Peace, and Security agenda.
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