{"id":1807,"date":"2020-06-01T13:49:25","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T05:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faradalemedia.com\/?p=1807"},"modified":"2020-06-01T13:49:25","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T05:49:25","slug":"development-partnerships-young-as-the-primary-actors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rakansarawak.com\/v3\/2020\/06\/01\/development-partnerships-young-as-the-primary-actors\/","title":{"rendered":"Development Partnerships: Young as the Primary Actors"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Youth is the backbone of the nation. As they say, Youth is the spring of life.<\/p>\n

In 2019, there are about 1.2 billion youth aged 15 to 24 years in the world, or 16 per cent of the global population.\u00a0 Around\u00a0 2065,\u00a0 the\u00a0 world\u2019s\u00a0 youth\u00a0 population\u00a0 is\u00a0 projected\u00a0 to\u00a0 reach\u00a0 its\u00a0 peak,\u00a0 at\u00a0 just\u00a0 under\u00a0 1.4\u00a0 billion\u00a0 persons\u00a0 (13%).<\/p>\n

Central and Southern Asia were home\u00a0 to\u00a0 the\u00a0 largest\u00a0 number\u00a0 of\u00a0 youth\u00a0 (361\u00a0 million),\u00a0 followed\u00a0 by\u00a0 Eastern\u00a0 and\u00a0 South-Eastern\u00a0 Asia\u00a0 (307\u00a0 million)\u00a0 and\u00a0 sub-Saharan Africa (211 million).<\/p>\n

Young people must be considered as the primary actors with whom to develop such partnerships.<\/p>\n

Youth is the stage of innovation and visions. They have the muscle to transform the nation into a better and healthy place. They also have the gift to lead their fellow citizens into the right direction.<\/p>\n

Recent years have seen escalating global awareness and acceptance of the need to mobilize the creativity, vision and unique perspectives of young people for the present and future development of our societies.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s young generation experiences widening social gaps and faces manifold challenges: it is the young who \u2013 perhaps more so than any other social group \u2013 encounter the uncertainties and risks generated by the process of economic and cultural globalisation.<\/p>\n

The pronounced difficulties young people experience in terms of their socio-economic, political and cultural inclusion in an ever more volatile world are the subject of wide-spread concern at both the national and international level.<\/p>\n

Every country thus needs effective strategies able to help young people to make the right choices, protect them from exploitation and neglect and ensure their participation in all spheres of society.<\/p>\n

It is the essential role of governments to ensure that the concerns of young people are taken into account in all areas of government policy and decision-making, and not just those deemed to be \u2018youth issues\u2019 and that young people\u2019s views, priorities and desires are encouraged, listened to and acted upon.<\/p>\n

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