Matsh Youth Development Youth and Sustainable Development Strategies Matsh Youth Development
Price: OMR 689

    Course details

    This program provides strategies for Youth Sustainable Development Projects. It is also explores the need to raise awareness about sustainable development for young generations, addressing the importance of the balance between development process and environmental protection. In this program, we present the key role that young people can play towards the sustainable development. As stated in Rio Declaration on Environment and Development 1992: "Principle 21: The creativity, ideals and courage of the youth of the world should be mobilised to forge a global partnership in order to achieve sustainable development and ensure a better future for ;

    Program Benefits

    When you successfully complete this program, you should be able to:
    Increase your knowledge of the sustainable development and environmental issues that affect youth around the world.
    Provide you with the skills that will enable you to contribute to positive change in the present state of the environment.
    Work with a youth group to design and undertake an environmental/ sustainable development-related project.
    Enable you to lead and support group activities that will help to promote environmentally sustainable development.
    Design a project that gives clear expression to the principles of sustainable development.
    Evaluate projects in terms of their contribution to sustainable development.

    Who Should Attend?

    Professionals of environment and Sustainable development departments.
    Youth Workers, in government departments, corporates and NGOs.
    Student activities coordinators.
    Professionals responsible for policy formulation and strategy development in youth focused organizations.
    Young Leaders
    Schools and universities educators.

    Program Outline

    Day 1
    Youth and sustainable development
    Opportunities for young people
    International Youth Federation (IYF)
    The Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN)
    Youth as initiators
    Youth as activists
    The social environment
    The relationship between the environment and development
    Youth concerns and Responses

    Day 2
    Sustainable Development Project Elements
    Environmental
    Economic
    Socio-cultural
    Technological
    Sustainable Development Strategies
    The World Resources Institute model
    Environmental and technological objectives
    Economic and socio-cultural objectives
    Socio-economic and cultural objectives
    Ecological objectives

    Day 3
    The World Bank approach
    The sustainability matrix
    Sustainability as opportunity
    Youth and Sustainable development Practical Case Studies
    Young Conservationists Club (YCC), Thailand
    Fiji National Youth Council (FNYC)
    Association of Friends of Nature Clubs (ACAN), Cameroon
    JEMS, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Updated on 10 July, 2019

    About Matsh Youth Development

    Matsh is a Youth Development enterprise aims to provide developmental services and programs for young people. The main objective of Matsh is to professionalize youth work in the Middle East and North Africa region by providing Youth Development and Youth Work capacity building programs for youth workers, formulating code of ethics and standards for youth work sector in MENA region, providing policy and strategy development and management consultancy for youth development institutions.

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