Call for Submissions: Youth Co-creation for Health Programs and Research – Collection of Good Practices – YOA

Deadline: January 10, 2025

Do you’ve expertise in youth co-creation actions or related processes targeted on well being? The name to collect good practices and sensible methods for youth co-creation in well being packages and analysis is now open!

The Social Entrepreneurship to Spur Health (SESH) staff and the Social Innovation in Health Initiative (SIHI) are organizing this international crowdsourcing open name to collect experiences, good practices, and sensible suggestions associated to co-creation with youths to tell the event of a sensible information on organizing youth-inclusive co-creation packages and analysis.

Exceptional concepts shall be acknowledged by the TDR, the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases and included in a sensible information. In addition, 4 chosen finalists shall be supported to affix a 2025 in-particular person co-creation participatory workshop in Montreal, Canada.

For this open name, they search contributions that reply the next problem query:

How can we greatest design, execute, or consider profitable youth-targeted co-creation well being packages or analysis initiatives?

Prizes

• All members who obtain a imply rating of 8/10 or larger on the 1-10 scale will obtain a certificates of commendation.
• At least 4 finalists shall be supported to attend the in-particular person co-creation workshop in July 2025 in Montreal, Canada.
• Themes from the submitted texts shall be analyzed to tell the event of a sensible information in partnership with the SIHI community.
• Finally, chosen people may have the OPPORTUNITY to be invited to affix the working group that develops the sensible information.

Eligibility

• Participants should be 10 years or older to take part. If you’re between the ages of 10-14 years, chances are you’ll solely submit as a member of a staff with different members which are age 15 years or older.
• Anyone with an concept or insights into co-creation with youth is eligible to submit a contribution. This consists of individuals who have organized or participated in a co-creation program or analysis is eligible to submit their concepts, in addition to individuals who have by no means organized or participated in a co-creation exercise.
• Anyone who simply has an concept or some insights in co-creation with youth can also be eligible to submit.
• You could submit as a person or a bunch of as much as 4 people. Team submissions are inspired!
• All submissions should be in a single of the six UN languages (English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian).

Selection Criteria

Submissions shall be judged on a 1-10 scale (1 lowest high quality, 10 highest high quality) based on the next 5 standards that may assess the co-creation course of, outcomes or methods described:

• Relevance to the Call
• Clear and Concise Description
• Adaptability
• Feasibility and Scalability
• Promotion of Equity

Application

Submissions are accepted at any time till the ultimate deadline of 10 January 2025, 11:59pm (UK time).

There isn’t any required construction for an entry, regardless of whether or not you select a written submission of 500 phrases most or a 3-minute video/audio description. They are excited by any of your reflections. However, there are some necessary particulars that your submission might embody to assist them perceive why and how your co-creation exercise was (or can be) profitable:

• Explain the well being difficulty that your youth co-creation exercise addresses.
• Detail strategies used to draw and contain youth members in your co-creation actions (e.g., social media campaigns, partnerships with colleges).
• Highlight methods for sustaining youth engagement through the co-creation exercise or analysis (e.g., interactive actions, mentorship)
• Share revolutionary approaches or instruments employed in youth co-creation (e.g., design considering workshops, digital platforms for collaboration).
• Provide examples of distinctive actions or periods that fostered creativity and participation (e.g., icebreakers).
• Identify any obstacles confronted through the occasion planning or execution and describe the methods used to beat these challenges (e.g., energy imbalances).
• Discuss methods to make sure numerous participation, illustration and share strategies used to empower youth to take lively roles within the occasion (e.g., use of youth advisory boards).
• Share key components or parts that made your youth co-creation exercise a hit (e.g., involving youth within the design of this system agenda)
• Highlight efforts to construct networks amongst members, facilitators, and stakeholders to foster continued collaboration (e.g., alumni networks).

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For extra info, go to Youth Co-creation for Health Programs & Research.