1. Going Global: Using Authentic Youth Engagement to Advance International Advocacy and Policy Reform Jim Casey Youth Engagement Summit August 6, 2014

2. Share examples and experiences of young people in the advocacy and policy arenas Focus on transferability of positive youth development principles, practices and policy across countries and contexts Focus on the impact of youth and adult alliances Session Goals:

3. Cordelia Belezaire –Youth Against Violence Movement Coordinator – Belize Sixto Cancel –Jim Casey Youth Fellow –Clinton Global Initiative Representative –Rising Junior at Virginia Commonwealth University Bonnie Politz –Senior Advisor, Creative Associates International Speakers

4. Facts & Figures Youth aged 15-24 make up 27% of the world’s population 1.7 billion youth today – largest generation to enter adulthood In developing countries up to 50% of 15-24 year olds are unemployed and out of school Marginalized youth more likely to engage in risky behaviors, be recruited into crime, armed conflict and terrorism

5. Policy and Advocacy Trends in Global Youth Development United Nations Post-2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) / Youth Action Guide Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development International Youth Day (August 12 th, 2014)

6. Policy and Advocacy Trends in Global Youth Development US Agency for International Development Youth in Development Policy State of the Field Reports on Youth Development: Workforce, Education, Youth Engagement, Cross-Sectoral Approaches

7. Policy and Advocacy Trends in Global Youth Development

8. Supporting Research

9. Youth Engagement “The active, empowered, and intentional partnership with youth as stakeholders, problem solvers, and change agents in their communities.” - Youth Leadership Institute “Eighty-five percent of Taliban recruits are under 25 and the majority of people in Egypt in the square were young people. So you see a trail of positive or negative in which young people are already involved…” —Restless Development “If you decide to institutionalize youth voice, you are essentially designing and launching a whole new project that needs resources, oversight, and direction.” —YouthBuild

10. Hart’s Ladder of Youth Participation

11. Cordelia Belezaire National Coordinator, Youth Against Violence Movement in Belize

12. Objective: Influence policy makers to implement the right strategies which we believe will aid the development of youth and create a safer Central American region; one without violence. Central America Youth Against Violence Movement

14. A USG-funded initiative, began in Guatemala in 2009 Now in 7 Countries: Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua Youth volunteers between 16 to 35 Central America Youth Against Violence Movement

15. The chapter in Belize was formed in November 2012 Outcomes: –Public Policy Recommendations for the Prevention of Violence at the Central American Presidential Summit –Government of Belize National Youth Strategy –Caricom Youth Stakeholder consultation Youth Against Violence Movement in Belize

17. Strategy 1 Strengthen civil society and state institutional structures Strategy 2 Strengthen the family for the integral development of the youth Strategy 3 Strengthen the formal educational system as well as non formal and alternative educational initiatives

18. Strategy 4 Reduce risk factors for the development of citizen security Strategy 5 Promote the recovery of public spaces and the development of integral initiates for peaceful coexistence Strategy 6 Provide incentives for the development of youth organizations and volunteer opportunities promoting youth social and political leadership

19. Strategy 7 Provide incentives for vocational, employment and entrepreneurial opportunities Strategy 8 Promote integral attention for youth at risk Strategy 9 Guarantee access to justice, rehabilitation and insertion of youth with an emphasis on restorative justice.

21. Sixto Cancel Founder, Think of UsThink of Us Member, Youth Innovation Advisory, Dell Inc.Youth Innovation Advisory, Dell Inc Commitment Maker, Clinton Global Initiative UniversityClinton Global Initiative University Young Fellow, Jim Casey Youth Opportunities InitiativeJim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative National Fellow, The National Center For Innovation & ExcellenceThe National Center For Innovation & Excellence Scholar, YouthVillagesYouthVillages Student, Virginia Commonwealth University

23. Contact Cordelia Belezaire - cordeliabelezaire@hotmail.com cordeliabelezaire@hotmail.com Sixto Cancel –sixto.cancel@gmail.comsixto.cancel@gmail.com Bonnie Politz – bonniep@creativedc.combonniep@creativedc.com Visit our website at www.creativeassociatesinternational.com