c) Recommendations to Youth for Habitat International Network (YFHIN)
Youth organizations in these reports have formulated
recommendations to YFHIN to articulate its functions and improve the performance
of the network. These can be summarized as follows:
· To reinforce and
widen its organizational basis and to improve the effectiveness of the regional
focal points
· To institutionalize its
activities by organizing meetings at the regional and international levels, on
themes dealing with human settlements development concerning both youth and
governments
· To improve capacities of
active organizations at the local level by supporting their training programmes
· To establish frameworks of
cooperation with UN Agencies, particularly with UNCHS, UNDP and UNEP
· To seek sufficient and
sustainable financial resources for funding large scale projects
· To initiate discussions with
the organizations involved in the preparation of national reports with a view to
establish an action programme at the regional levels
· To promote the establishment
of “Habitat Committees” in the national youth councils where they
exist
· To utilize the occasion of
“Istanbul+5” for the strengthening/establishment of partnerships of
youth with central governments
· To promote acknowledgment of
Youth for Habitat approach by all stakeholders, especially central governments
and local authorities
· Fundraising for youth
activities in fields related to human settlements
development
