YCoP Links: The Next Generation Compilation of Issues 51-105 A Youth Community of Practice (YCoP) Publication Educational Quality Out of School Youth Learning Improvement Program 3 Earning YCoP Links: The Next Generation Compilation of Issues 51-105 A Youth Community of Practice (YCoP) Publication Produced as part of the USAID Youth Community of Practice (YCoP) by Education Development Center, Inc. under EQUIP3 Leader Agreement No. GDG-A-00-03-00006-00 Compiled by Suzanne Kratzig and Ann Hershkowitz Production and Interactive Indexing by Erin O’Brien Photo Credits: Fabrizio Cocchiano (cover photo and page 92) and EDC employees June 2012 EQUIP3 Consortium: Education Development Center, Inc. FHI 360 (formerly Academy for Educational Development) Catholic Relief Services International Council on National Youth Policy International Youth Foundation National Youth Employment Coalition National Youth Leadership Council Opportunities Industrialization Centers International Partners of the Americas Plan International Childreach Sesame Workshop Street Kids International World Learning TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS/INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. ii HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT ............................................................................................................................... iii LINKS LISTINGS ..........................................................................................................................................................1 INDEX ......................................................................................................................................................................94 THEMES .............................................................................................................................................................94 REGIONS..........................................................................................................................................................127 RESOURCES .....................................................................................................................................................133 i | YCoP Links: The Next Generation ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS/INTRODUCTION In the nine years since it began in 2003, EQUIP3 this current document, thanks particularly to Sarah has represented USAID’s single largest group of Sladen, Samuel Shepson, Adrienne Lynett, and investments in global programming for youth. Kerry White, who researched and compiled links Projects in more than 25 countries have reached for issues 51-105. They continued the tradition over 200,000 young people with opportunities to established by many previous EQUIP3 members and learn and practice livelihood and literacy skills and added their own ideas and improvements along the to contribute through service and entrepreneurship way. to the economies and societies of their home countries. At the same time, the world of youth EQUIP3 also thanks Erin O’Brien for her design work development has learned a great deal about what on this document, Ann Hershkowitz for five years works and under what circumstances. of managing YCoP Links, and especially to Suzanne Kratzig, for picking up where she left off after the EQUIP3 has also become a gathering place and first compendium and, again, putting together this repository for good practice in the field of youth document. development — and there is a good deal of exciting experience both within and outside of Erik Payne Butler the EQUIP3 family of programs. This publication, Director, EQUIP3 and the individual bulletins it collects, represents this broader family of good practice. This second compendium (the first was published in 2009) represents the continued work of the Youth Community of Practice (YCoP) that has formed around EQUIP3 since 2003. YCoP was launched in 2004 to share information on promising events, projects, and studies related to various topics within international youth development. YCoP Links: The Next Generation is meant to assemble everything since the earlier 2009 publication into a single reference. The world was reminded of the immense impact young people can have on their communities and countries in the popular revolutions across the the Middle East and North Africa in 2011. The resulting renewed emphasis on youth within international programming highlighted the importance of timely information on youth issues. Perhaps not surprisingly, YCoP membership has continued increasing, especially in the last year (to more than 500 as of April 2012), reflecting the growing interest in this field. Thanks go to all the people who helped develop YCoP Links from its beginning in 2004 to date. For ii | YCoP Links: The Next Generation HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT YCoP Links: The Next Generation consists of two The Themes section contains more than 50 main parts: the Links Listings and the Index. The themes, ranging from advocacy to youth document functions much like a telephone book. participation. This second compendium includes The Index can be used like the yellow pages, new or updated themes, which reflect the whereas the Links Listings section resembles a changing youth development environment. For phone book’s white pages. example, this issue has updated the “Disability” theme to include inclusion: the new theme is The Links Listings section comprises all the YCoP “Disability and Inclusion.” Other new themes are Links listings from Issues 51-105, along with their Child Labor, Food Security, and Trafficking. Most previously published short descriptions. While organizations or projects are listed under more creating this document, all of the URLs were than one theme. The most prominent themes checked to ensure that they are still functioning, for a project or organization, or those themes updated when necessary, and removed when they mentioned directly in the listing, were used to were no longer active. The Links Listings, however, determine the categorization. For example, users does not include any listings that come from the may discover that an organization teaching life Announcements section of the issues. All links are skills as a small component of a larger HIV/AIDS listed in alphabetical order. program is only listed under “HIV/AIDS.” Please The Index provides an easy way to browse for note that organizations and projects may have useful organizations, projects, or resources. The added components that address new themes Index is separated into three distinct sections: after the completion of the original YCoP Links Themes, Regions, and Resources. These three description. Thus, the best way to find out the sections allow for more targeted research. For latest information on each of the organizations or example, someone who is interested in youth projects is to follow the URLs provided and explore health projects in Asia can find “Health” under the websites. the themes section and cross-reference by looking The Regions section lists organizations, projects, for organizations in under “Asia” in the regions or resources under the appropriate region. Some section. iii | YCoP Links: The Next Generation HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT organizations or networks, such as Catholic Relief • Refers to: Some categories necessitate a short Services, implement programs in multiple regions definition or explanation of the types of listings of the world; therefore, they are listed under the that are included. For example, “Education “Global” category. (Formal)” uses “refers to” to explain that we define this theme as any organization, project, The Resources section is divided into categories or resource that can be described as formal according to type of resource: “Assessment and schooling, alternative schooling recognized by Evaluation,” “Curricula and Courses,” “Forums and Ministries of Education, or any sort of teacher Networks,” “Funding Sources,” “Guides, Toolkits, training. and Frameworks,” “Online Resource Databases and Web Pages,” and “Research Articles and Finally, users are reminded that this document is Reports.” This edition includes a new “Books” not a comprehensive collection of all organizations, category. These categories were created after projects and resources related to youth careful consideration of the Links featured since development. Rather, it contains a selection that the beginning of YCoP Links. Some categories are has been shared through the Issues 51-105 of YCoP fairly broad, while sub-headings contain more Links. This document is for knowledge sharing specific explanations about what is included in a only; EQUIP3 does not necessarily endorse any particular category. For example, the “Research organization or group contained herein. Articles and Reports” category includes other types of research documents, including journal articles, lessons learned documents, reports, studies, and issue sheets. The following terms are used throughout the Index to make YCoP Links: The Next Generation as user- friendly as possible: • See and Includes: Some themes may be included under other themes. For example, “Storytelling” has been grouped under “Arts and Culture.” Thus, if you search for “Storytelling,” the term “see” will direct you to the “Arts and Culture” section. Under the “Arts and Culture” section, you will find “Includes music, storytelling, theatre,” which means that these three categories have been grouped under the more general “Arts and Culture” category. • See also: In some