Design Youth Social Policies

Dr. Ahmed Jazouli

International Consultant

Social Policies in Modern Times

What’s a Social Policy?

International Economic Crisis

Two Alarming reports: - Report on the World Social Situation 2011

“The economic crisis reminds us that it is essential for people to be

healthy, educated, adequately housed and well fed to be more

productive and better able to contribute to society,” said Jomo Kwame

Sundaram, UN-DESA

-UN World Youth Report 2011

2010, the global youth unemployment rate was 12.6 per cent,

dramatically overshadowing the global adult unemployment rate of 4.8

per cent.

How to Design a Youth Social

Policy

Determine target groups

Set sectors

Set approached

Succeed a methodology for the

design

First and Formost

Access to information

Skills matching labor market need

Expanding choices

Transparency within the system

Target Groups:

Youth

Between childhood and adulthood

When it starts? When it ends?

Sociology approach:

A person reaches adulthood when:

- Ending studies - Integrating labor

market – Leaving family home -

Marriage or birth of first child

Cases for Age:

International organizations

UN: 15 – 24

World Bank: 15 - 24

WHO: 10 - 24

States

Bahrain: 15 – 30 Canada: 15- 30

Denmark: 15 – 25 – Britain: 16 – 25

New Zealand: 12 - 24

Why Age is Important?

It determines:

Target groups

Public policies

Management entities

Facilities

The international tendency is for

lowering the maximum age of youth.

Youth Policies

Health awareness for a healthy life style

Education and future education

Training for employment

Civic education for an engaged

citizenship

Compete to innovate

Several Sectors One Policy -1

Since 1996, UN adopted “World

Program of Action for Youth”

Focus on:

- Youth is a crosscutting policy

- Less Investments for More Results

Several Sectors One Policy 2

UN determined 15 priority concerns

Education

Employment

Hunger and poverty

Health

Environment

Substance abuse

Juvenile justice

Leisure-time activities

Girls and young women

Youth participation in

society and in decisionmaking

Globalization

Information and

Communication Technology

Hiv/AiDS

Armed conflict

Intergenerational issue

Several Sectors One Policy 3

Youth Public Policies (examples of

spending within the national budgets

of States)

Environment

25% Youth

Enterpreneurship

70% Youth

Education on Human

Rights 55% Youth

Education

94% Youth

Health

10% Youth

Training

80%Youth

Culture

40%Youth

Several Sectors One Policy 3

Less Investments for More Results

One Program One Budget

Less investment in human resources and facilities –

Better use of what exists – Partnership Management

Education

94% Youth

Health

10% Youth

Training

80%Youth

Environment

25% Youth

Enterpreneurship

70% Youth

Culture

40%Youth

Education on Human Rights

55% Youth

Good Governance Approach

Government

Civil Society

Private Sector

Who can be in charge?

Ministry ? Which Ministry?

National Council? Who should sit in?

Civil Society? How?

Institutions in Charge of YPP - 1

Canada: Ministry of Children and

Youth Services

France: Ministry of Education, Youth

and Civil Society (with a Secretary of

State in charge of Youth and Civil

Society)

Britain: Minister for Young Citizens and

Youth Engagement (2009 – 2010) – Then

British Youth Council

Institutions in Charge of YPP - 2

Bahrain: GOYS

UAE: Ministry of Culture, Youth and

Social Development

Egypt: National Council for Youth

Jordan: Higher Council for Youth

Morocco: Ministry -Youth and Sport

RSA: Youth Council

New Zealand: Ministry for Youth Dev

Question for Debate

What’s the best solution for youth

social responsive public

policies?

THANKS

Dr. Ahmed Jazouli

Consultant Youth, Good Governance and Parliamentary Development

Email: ahmedjazouli@hotmail.com

Morocco: 00 212 661 223

Jordan: 00 962 791 420 463

USA: 01 (703) 859 9254