Making Commitments Matter: A Toolkit
for young people to evaluate national youth policy.
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In 2005 the General Assembly will be reviewing the situation
of youth and achievements made in the implementation of the World Programme
of Action for Youth (WPAY) . The year 2005 has been chosen because it
is ten years after the adoption of WPAY.
The role of young people themselves is crucial in a meaningful
evaluation of what has been achieved in the past ten years. This Toolkit
is meant for youth organizations and organizations working with youth.
It can be used as a tool to:
- Assess your countrys progress in reaching the WPAY goals;
- Prioritize your organizations work, based on your findings;
- Initiate actions at the national level.
This Toolkit should be used as a starting point for determining what
has been done to better the lives of young people since 1995 in your
community. It is suggested that youth organizations choose one or two
priority areas of particular relevance and interest to their contexts
and use the toolkit to gather the suggested information.
After evaluating their findings using the resources provided in the
toolkit, please share your results with us via email at: youth@un.org
; or via post to: United Nations Programme on Youth, DESA, 2 UN Plaza,
DC2 1311A, New York, NY 10017, USA.