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First
day: Thursday, 10 May
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Objectives of the day:
§ Participants
become familiar with the vision, objectives and methodology of YLP4
§ Participants
increase their understanding of Agenda 2030 and sustainable development concepts
§ Participants
develop a gender-sensitive lens to working with youth, and get
introduced to tools for integrating gender equality into their YLP
activities
§ Participants
start working on National Action Plans in their national subgroups
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Time
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Session
Description
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8:00 - 9:00
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Registration
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9:00 - 9:20
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Official opening
remarks by UNDP representative and partners
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9:20 – 10:00
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Introductory session:
YLP4 vision, objectives and methodology
Participants get
familiarized with the vision, objectives and methodology of YLP4, setting the
framework of regional launch workshop. As well as, participants get inspired by
success stories of former YLP participants and their social innovative
actions.
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10:00 – 10:30
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Getting to know each
other (speed dating)
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10:30 – 11:30
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Agenda 2030 for
sustainable development and why/how does it matter for youth in Arab States
Region?
Participants get
introduced to Agenda 2030 and sustainable development concepts.
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11:30– 12:00
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Coffee Break
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12:00 – 1:30
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Incorporating gender
equality in working with youth
Participants develop a
gender sensitive lens to working with youth and get introduced to tools for
incorporating gender equality in their YLP activities.
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1:30 – 2:30
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Lunch
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2:30 – 3:30
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Open space discussion
groups:
Innovation for
sustainable impact: what can we do?
Through Open Space
Technology, all participants will be invited to express their
own insights, ideas or questions regarding the main theme of the YLP4 ‘innovation
for sustainable impact: what can we do?’.
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3:30 – 3:45
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Introduction to
National Action Plans : requirements and tasks
Participants are informed
about the requirements for National Action Plans, as following:
§ Task 1: Defining objectives,
outcomes and target groups
§ Task 2: Defining activities
and measurement framework
§ Task 3: Developing
work plan and conducting risk analysis
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3:45 – 5:00
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Working groups on National
Action Plans
Task 1: Defining objectives,
outcomes and target groups
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Use UNDP’s “analyze
your portfolio” tool to identify opportunities/ways for YLP4 to fit into
participating organizations’ programmes
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Use UNDP’s “develop
a persona” tool to understand participating organizations’ target
audience for YLP4
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Use these
inputs to inform the definition of objectives and outcomes
Deliverables: objectives, outcomes and target group defined
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5:00 – 5:30
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Reflection groups
At the end of each day,
participants break into small groups of fives in order to discuss and reflect
what they have learned through the workshop. Those reflection groups are
meant to ensure a reflective learning space in which participants come
together across countries.
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7:00 – 8:00
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Exploring Youth context
in participating Arab Countries (A participants-led fair)
In this session,
participants freely share their creative briefs about youth context in their
respective countries, highlighting what they do. This session will help
participants to get to know the various commonalities and specificities
across Arab countries.
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8:00 – 9:30
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Official dinner with
partners
All participants, guest
and partners will be invited.
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