Sentences with phrase «youth participation»

Serving food at community sites and activities has had a welcome side effect — youth participation in existing initiatives, like summer reading programs at local libraries, has increased.

This is the same thing as saying that youth participation rates have fallen.

We work with others around the world to achieve a positive impact across education, policy and youth participation globally.

Participants also examined how these photographic projects could lead to learning about economic development, educational benefits, increased self esteem, and youth participation in policy discussions.

Quite a number of prominent Nigerians, not least among those who would want incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari to be kicked out by all means in 2019, have been grandstanding on the issue of youth participation in politics.

The role of Youth Information Centres is considered crucial for youth participation.

Developed in the Midlands with a strong youth participation approach, I sought advice from e-safety champions, local safeguarding boards, anti-bullying co-ordinators and young shadow safeguarding boards such as in Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council.

Girls» youth participation as well as women's college programs have grown significantly.

The two governmental bodies are expected to discuss efforts toward combining functions that are duplicated by the city and park district and toward increasing youth participation.

Funded in part by the Adobe Foundation, The Studio's overarching goal is to establish cross-sector relationships to facilitate local youth participation and career exploration in creative arts.

Force causes concussions; Concussions are strongly correlated with degenerative brain diseases like CTE; CTE and other associated long - term neurological disasters are the chief reason youth participation in football has been down or flat recently, and also the thing driving the current wave of lawsuits and legal drama surrounding the NFL and other leagues.

The American Academy of Pediatrics discourages youth participation in mixed martial arts.

As popular as football is, a recent report stated Pop Warner Youth participation dropped almost 10 percent nationwide between 2010 and 2012.

«Lowering the voting age to 16 would reflect and support citizenship education and youth participation programmes, linking the formal democratic process to their understanding of citizenship»

Responding to a concern raised by one of the speakers, Kate Henshaw (a Nollywood star and politician) in her presentation about youth participation in the electoral process, the INEC Chairman said, «women, youth, People Living with Disabilities (PLWDs) and Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) have always been at the fulcrum of the Commission's plans.»

«Given the moment in history, determining how to best foster youth participation is on my mind,» de Blasio says.

Not only does this tremendous community effort create a visually attractive beach for the enjoyment of visitors and locals but it also reduces vandalism through youth participation, increases interaction among various groups, promotes public awareness and education, maintains pleasant and attractive beaches, protects the environment, improves resource management, increases pride and moral, improves health standards, promotes tourism and prevents litter.

Doha was the COP where youth participation took a next step and widely criticised the unwillingness of developed countries to support the developing world.

Aiden Abram, of 2degreesC Inc., is the featured guest speaker who is organizing global youth participation for the UN Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009 in December.

Ada also takes her active role as a President in «Youth Leadership Summer Camp for Climate Action» to raise awareness of young people on issues such as green energy and climate change, stimulating youth participation and supporting young pioneers to lead action against climate change through sustainable, green development.

Rising participation rates contributed to a fall in China's score this year, although growth in participation has begun as it's dampened by the falling youth participation rates.

Youth participation encourages young people to have a role in an organisation where their opinions are valued.

The following report and fact sheets by Emerging Minds (previously trading as the Australian Infant, Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health Association - AICAFMHA) are targeted towards youth participation:

YCC, an independent body set up in 2008 to find ways to get young people involved in the political process, has recommended a number of changes to increase youth participation.

in Youth Quotas and other Efficient Forms of Youth Participation in Ageing Societies» edited by Joerg Tremmel at al, Springer: 37 - 57.

Youth participation is down, equipment sales are down.

That same near - failure is of course evident in every mainstream Protestant denomination, black or white, whether the criteria be lack of growth or loss of adult membership, youth participation, trained clergy, theologically alert laity, or commitment to black ecumenism.

The writing's on the wall: youth participation in the sport is down, thanks in large part to their parents» concern for their health.

Youth participation in football has declined precipitously since 2010 — 27.7 percent among players aged 6 - 14.

She's also committed to pushing to make the Franklin Avenue subway station fully accessible, and to encouraging more diversity and youth participation on local Community Boards.

In these processes of youth participation in the development and dissemination of information, relevant experiences of the «youth correspondents» and the role of «connectors» on the stage of social networks and Information Technology.

The recommendations and measures proposed by the European Union by linking the actions from the Youth Information Centres and youth participation in the processes of dissemination and processing of information stands.

The sessions focused on youth engagement in the transition from MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) to SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), WPAY +20 (World Programme of Action for Youth +20) and the post-2015 development agenda, youth participation in Africa, gender equality and global and regional processes taking place in those contexts.

The ECOSOC Youth Forum is a step in the direction of youth participation in the UN system but is by no means the pinnacle of such participation.

For the last 13 years Matt has worked in charity leadership as a director of local youth and community services, as Operations Director at School Councils UK, a national education charity specialising in youth participation and active citizenship in schools, and more recently leading on the delivery of ThinkForward, the successful Social Impact Bond funded, five year education - to - employment initiative.

Youth Participation This is a call for a youth participation approach rather than a top down model in which rules are given from on high and obedience is expected.

For the last 13 years Matt has worked in charity leadership as a director of local youth and community services, as Operations Director at School Councils UK, a national education charity specialising in youth participation and active citizenship in schools, and more recently leading on the delivery of ThinkForward, the successful Social Impact Bond funded, five - year education - to - employment initiative.

New Directions for Youth Development Special issue: Youth Participation: Improving Institutions and Communities (Volume 2002, Issue 96)

The Wall Street Journal reported that youth participation in team sports has declined between 2008 and 2012, which is a sad consequence of the recession.

The initiatives presented in this publication are categorized broadly according to the key elements of Article 6 of the UNFCCC, as follows: youth participation in climate change issues; education and training; and youth awareness and access to information.

Between them these leaders of tomorrow have already been campaigning for safe cosmetics, zero emissions technology, trout habitat restoration, protection of scared Native American lands, youth participation in environmental decision making and for community mentoring programs.

(China Dialogue discusses the issue of youth participation, with an insightful comments section.)

The Department does not directly provide services, but has a range of policy and funding responsibilities across a wide spectrum of service provision, including: Childcare, Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, Children in Care, Child and Youth Participation, Child Welfare and Protection, Adoption, Youth Justice, Youth Affairs, Play and Recreation, Area Based Childhood Programme, Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes), CYPSCs, and Research.