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Empowering young people in Central Asia Tim Jeanneret Programme Development and Evaluation Director

Empowering young people in Central Asia Tim Jeanneret Programme Development and Evaluation Director. Almaty. Bishkek. Osh. Dushanbe. Programme Areas. Conflict. Governance. Vulnerable Groups. Education

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Empowering young people in Central Asia Tim Jeanneret Programme Development and Evaluation Director

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  1. Empowering young people in Central AsiaTim JeanneretProgramme Development and Evaluation Director

  2. Almaty Bishkek Osh Dushanbe

  3. Programme Areas Conflict Governance Vulnerable Groups • Education • Transparency in Education, Integrating religious education, Updating VET syllabuses, Inclusive education, Education loans • Youth • Professional youth journalism, Youth rights, tolerance and political engagement, Life skills for young women, YouthBank youth empowerment initiative

  4. 1) Education Loans …to widen access to higher/vocational education

  5. 1) Education Loans Results: • 22 careers centres strengthened • Over 2000 internships • 97 loans taken • Challenges: • Trust • Understanding • Scale

  6. 2) Life-skills for young women Atyrau, Kazakhstan • Leadership and confidence • Financial and career planning • Strengthen school counselors

  7. 2) Life-skills for young women “I used to only get average marks because I was too shy to raise my hand or answer questions in class. After the course I was more confident and I started to join in more. In the second term I got four “excellent” marks in my progress report, and then ten in the third term.” Ekaterina Tsoy, Secondary School №6, Atyrau “Nastya is a young mother. She was shy and unconfident. She was going to never work and to devote her life to her husband and a kid. After participating in the project, her opinion strongly changed. She started taking better care of herself, her self-esteem improved, she learned to share her opinion with others.” AyimgulHarisova, project trainer

  8. 3) YouthBank 1998 – Community Foundation of Northern Ireland extended to… Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, Central Asia Leadership Innovation Respect Responsibility Inclusiveness Practical skills Youth-led

  9. YouthBanks in Osh and Jalalabad - March 2011

  10. 3) YouthBank – example projects

  11. 3) YouthBank – example projects

  12. 3) YouthBank – example projects

  13. 3) YouthBank – challenges • High turnover • Intensity of support • Tied to school, or breaking free? • Funding

  14. ?? Tim JeanneretProgramme Development and Evaluation Directortim@ef-ca.org

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