Contributions of Youth to the Implementation of the Habitat Agenda (HABITAT, 1999, 137 p.): PART I: OVERVIEW OF NATIONAL REPORTS AND LESSONS LEARNT: 1.2.2 GENERAL EVALUATION: (introduction...)

Contributions of Youth to the Implementation of the Habitat Agenda (HABITAT, 1999, 137 p.)

PART I: OVERVIEW OF NATIONAL REPORTS AND LESSONS LEARNT

1.2.2 GENERAL EVALUATION

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		a) Common issues
		b) Priorities for action
		c) Recommendations to Youth for Habitat International Network (YFHIN)

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The exercise of preparation of national youth reports in the above-explained context has been initiated in several countries. It was not possible however to complete these reports in some countries within its deadline and they were completed in only seven countries, namely Brazil, Colombia, India, Kenya, Pakistan, Senegal and Turkey. These reports are expected to facilitate information exchange on youth activities in the implementation of the Habitat Agenda between countries as well as between youth organizations. These reports may also be utilized as follow up tools at local and national levels.

Box. 6

The Mathare Youth Sports Association in Kenya

Mathare is one of the largest slums in Nairobi province. This non-profit NGO was founded as a self-help project designed to organise sports and slum clean up activities for the youth and children living in Mathare. Currently, it has an estimated membership of over 4,500 girls and boys aged between 10-18. They are divided into teams and there are about 300 teams that participate in both national and international football leagues, environmental clean up and HIV-AIDS awareness programmes.

During the process of preparing these national reports - which followed an agreed upon format between UNCHS (Habitat) and YFHIN - the authors were requested to inform the responsible governmental agencies, UNDP offices and national youth platforms within their countries in order to sustain collaboration between related bodies as well as to maintain consistency of data related to youth and human settlements. The co-ordinating body, namely the Secretariat of the Youth for Habitat International Network played a facilitating and guiding role in this future-oriented exercise. These reports are evaluated along “common issues”, “priorities addressed”, and “recommendations to YFHIN” in the following sections and presented as annexes in Part II of this report. It should be noted in this relation that this analysis section provides a summary of findings and the attached reports should be referred to for detailed information.