Mr. Samir Taghiyev YES-Country Network Coordinator -Advocating for Young People in Azerbaijan- “Azerbaijan Youth Employment Coalition” ProjectOctober-2004 YES Country Network-Azerbaijan

Description of Project Target Group: Policy Makers, Different Ministries Target Group: Policy Makers, Different Ministries Rationale for Intervention: 60% of Azerbaijan Population are young, age group Most of them are looking for jobs and other opportunities for development. Rationale for Intervention: 60% of Azerbaijan Population are young, age group Most of them are looking for jobs and other opportunities for development. Project Goals: to advocate and influence government for opening up a new jobs for the young people living in mostly rural areas of the country. Project Goals: to advocate and influence government for opening up a new jobs for the young people living in mostly rural areas of the country. Project Design Principles: to achieve any support from government and from decision makers with the aim to have their attention to the youth, and get youth to join and obtain possible benefits from this cooperation. Project Design Principles: to achieve any support from government and from decision makers with the aim to have their attention to the youth, and get youth to join and obtain possible benefits from this cooperation. Project Duration: This project is in the process till now. Project Duration: This project is in the process till now. Project Inputs: YES-Azerbaijan, NAYORA and other 12 Youth organizations contributed all their strengths and personal relationship to this project. Project Inputs: YES-Azerbaijan, NAYORA and other 12 Youth organizations contributed all their strengths and personal relationship to this project.

Project Cycle Conceptualization- Somebody could be started to implement what we are doing now, but we initiated and combined all stakeholders resources and formulated strong Coalition which serves and advocates for the young people interests. Implementation- started in capital Baku and we are going to work in several regions of the Country. We organized Steering Committee from coalition Member organizations’ and they all have their responsibilities. Conceptualization- Somebody could be started to implement what we are doing now, but we initiated and combined all stakeholders resources and formulated strong Coalition which serves and advocates for the young people interests. Implementation- started in capital Baku and we are going to work in several regions of the Country. We organized Steering Committee from coalition Member organizations’ and they all have their responsibilities.

What are the results? Numbers of persons reached by the activities? Numbers of persons reached by the activities? # 200 young people # 200 young people 10 Ministries 10 Ministries 10 International Organization 10 International Organization 5 Banks and other SMEs 5 Banks and other SMEs AGE GROUP AGE GROUP GENDER- 45% Women: 55% Men GENDER- 45% Women: 55% Men DEMOGRAPHICS LOCATIONS- Baku, Quba, Ganja DEMOGRAPHICS LOCATIONS- Baku, Quba, Ganja Response from Community- 25 Newspaper highlighted what we are doing, different stakeholders still joining to the coalition Response from Community- 25 Newspaper highlighted what we are doing, different stakeholders still joining to the coalition YES Framework for Action- All our activities focused to the YES and MD goals YES Framework for Action- All our activities focused to the YES and MD goals Plans for the future- YES-Azerbaijan has some new ideas and I will share it in Mexico Plans for the future- YES-Azerbaijan has some new ideas and I will share it in Mexico

Challenges and lessons learnt Problems Faced- YES-Azerbaijan achieved effective cooperation with Government of Azerbaijan. With NAYORA and other stakeholders, we came up with very good ideas and of course I will share it with you in Mexico. Problems Faced- YES-Azerbaijan achieved effective cooperation with Government of Azerbaijan. With NAYORA and other stakeholders, we came up with very good ideas and of course I will share it with you in Mexico. What new knowledge has been generated based on experiences? A lot of: I will share my knowledge with you how to work with policy makers, how to build leadership skills on the leaders of TOMORROW What new knowledge has been generated based on experiences? A lot of: I will share my knowledge with you how to work with policy makers, how to build leadership skills on the leaders of TOMORROW