Youth Bole Ab Meri Baari

A co-created multi-stakeholder space for strengthening youth leadership

In pursuit of promoting collaboration, learning, and the amplification of youth narratives and best practices, Dasra is thrilled to announce the National Youth Conclave, scheduled to take place in Delhi in February 2024. We’ve embarked on this journey with an ongoing series of events and initiatives designed for young people, paving the way for the grand culmination.

At the heart of our initiative lie three guiding principles:

Community

Collaboration

Change

We’re bringing adolescents together as a vibrant community, to co-create inclusive spaces where young people collaborate seamlessly with diverse stakeholders, and amplify their voices and aspirations to ignite lasting, sustainable change.

Stay tuned for updates, and as you continue scrolling, explore how you can join us on this remarkable journey!

About the Conclave

India, boasting the largest youth population, holds the promise of a demographic dividend.

However, this dividend can only be realised when young people of different identities are given an supportive environment to enhance and exercise their agency. Through our initiative, we are co-creating safe spaces for meaningful dialogue and discussion for young people on issues that impact their lives.

We aspire to establish a holistic platform, weaving together a tapestry of diverse voices and perspectives. Our approach blends both in-person and virtual events engaging diverse stakeholders relevant to cultivating youth leadership, including youth leaders, youth centric/serving organisations (NGOs and multilaterals), government stakeholders, players from the private sector, social media influencers, and many more! 

We aspire to

1

Celebrate Youth Leadership

Create a space for young people to represent their work, share their insights, celebrate their accomplishments, and engage in collaboration

2

Create a Learning Platform

Share best practices by sector practitioners towards advancing youth agency within specific thematic areas

3

Create an Interface

Connect young people to key stakeholders like government, donor community, and private sector decision-makers

A Glimpse of Our Ongoing Journey
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Partnerships

Join Us in Our Journey

The focus of this initiative will be to facilitate young people from diverse backgrounds to share insights on their overall aspirations and articulate what will help them achieve the same.

Some of the different areas of exploration could be:

Mental and Physical well-being

Skills and Employability

Quality Education

Climate Change

Sexual and Reproductive Health

Financial Literacy

And many more…

Partnerships

We are looking for partnerships, whether individuals, organizations, youth or networks for both in-person and virtual events!

Co-host a pre-event

Co-host a session/event on a theme you hold expertise in between Sep 2023-January 2024!

Host a session at the conclave

Be the lead in holding a panel around a certain thematic area, bringing in the right people, holding relevant discussions.

Share/Launch your report/new resources

Is there an amazing piece of research or learnings that you want to amplify to the world? We can help you!

Media partnerships

Work with us to amplify youth voices in the digital and print space!

Bring in your youth network and decision maker

A great space for your cohort of young people to learn from others and your network of stakeholders to interact.

Funding and Co-Sponsorship

Looking to invest in young people’s leadership and learnings? Reach out to us to sponsor an event!

Amplify and Attend

Simply be there to learn, listen and act!

We're also open to exploring additional partnership possibilities beyond those mentioned. If you're interested in partnering with us or want to learn more about how you can get involved:

please fill out your details using this Google Form link

Alternatively, you can also reach out to us at sai@dasra.org or epcita@dasra.org

We believe that collective, urgent action is required to address the pressing issues faced by young people, and nurturing strong partnerships lies at the heart of this effort. Partner with us in a nationwide initiative that brings together more than 20 organizations across India to collectively spotlight the voices of adolescents and youth.

Our Partners

Join the 10to19 community and help transform lives. Write to us at

10to19community@dasra.org

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Reference Example for easy understanding

STEP 1 - List & Shortlist

IDENTIFYING THE PROGRAM’S GAPS/NEEDS/OPPORTUNITIES
TABLE 1

The policy gap(s) addressed by the program

The exclusion of young people in the decision-making process for policy issues surrounding adolescents

Community need(s) addressed by the program

Greater awareness and understanding of adolescent issues regarding their education, sexual and reproductive health, and early marriage

Opportunity for innovation addressed by the program

The opportunity to bring and work together with critical stakeholders on a single platform

IDENTIFYING PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND OTHER PROGRAM PRACTICES
TABLE 2

Day-to-day program activities

Stakeholder management, vendor management

Periodic program activities

Monitoring, reporting, training of personnel

One-off program activities

Government advocacy, designing campaigns

Tools/frameworks/systems & processes/ways of working from the program

Systems Change Framework

IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL PROMISING PRACTICES ACCORDING TO THE GUIDING FACTORS
TABLE 3

Program practices

Is the practice impactful? If yes, list down why?

Is the practice sustainable? If yes, list down why?   

Is the practice scalable? If yes, list down why?  

Is the practice innovative and/or unique? If yes, list down why?  

Youth-led social audits and presenting youth-centric priorities directly to decision makers

Yes, as it allows young people to directly engage with decision makers and contribute to the decision-making process

Yes, as it equips young people with leadership skills. It is also cost effective due to the long-term gains it offers upon initial investment

Yes, as such training modules can be replicated across multiple initiatives by other practitioners & organizations. In addition, trained young people can also train other young people

Yes, as it follows an approach which centers its design and delivery around young people, in an end-to-end manner

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STEP 2 - Substantiate & Calibrate

IDENTIFYING THE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE SHORTLISTED PRACTICES
TABLE 4

Promising Practice

Youth-led social audits and presenting youth-centric priorities directly to decision makers to: (i) create a platform for youth to exercise their agency (ii) effectively engage decision makers

Source

  • Verbal evidence from community
  • Verbal feedback from on-ground team members
  • Project report & surveys

Details

Community feedback of adolescents feeling confident, understood, and acknowledged

On-ground team feedback on creation of government champions for the project’s objectives

Project report and surveys observe greater youth involvement and efficacy in engaging directly with decision maker

STEP 3 - Develop into a recommendation

IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL BENEFICIARIES AND STAKEHOLDERS
TABLE 5

RECOMMENDATIONS

Promising Practice

Youth-led social audits and presenting youth-centric priorities directly to decision makers to: (i) create a platform for youth to exercise their agency (ii) effectively engage decision makers

The demographic it addresses

Adolescents from the age of 10 to 19 years

The gap/ need/ opportunity it addresses

The exclusion of adolescents and young people in the decision-making process for policy issues regarding adolescents and young people

Govt stakeholders

Holding consultations with critical stakeholders and young people from the inception of a program

Funders

Taking inputs from all stakeholders and young people before initiating a new project to ensure a deeper visibility and understanding of their demographic and its needs

Other Practitioners

Engaging young people in decision-making processes to adopt a more collaborative approach between stakeholders and young people

Community Stakeholders

Undertaking youth-led social audits and engagement with decision makers to engage directly with young people, understand their needs & concerns and influence change at the community level

STEP 4 - Document

STEP 5 - Objective Review

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Objective Review

Outcome

Promising Practices and recommendations ratified by at least one member/ partner organization/ community/ MEL partners outside of ‘the team’

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Objective Review

Objective

To validate the final promising practice and recommendation(s) by at least one person/ partner organization/ community/ MEL partners outside of the team.

Outcome

Promising Practices and recommendations ratified by at least one member/ partner organization/ community/ MEL partner outside of ‘the team’

4

Document

Outcome

2-3 promising practices documenting:

 

  • What gap/need is addressed
  • How it is addressed and the change that is created
  • The potential for replicating along with recommendations for implementing

4

DEVELOP INTO A RECOMMENDATION

Objective

To document the promising practices in a detailed manner

Outcome

2-3 promising practices documented in a concise format capturing:

  • What gap/need is addressed
  • How it is addressed and the change that is created
  • The potential for replicating along with recommendations for implementing

3

Develop into a recommendation

Outcome

Well-articulated recommendation(s) addressing:

 

  • Demographic to cater to
  • Gaps/needs/opportunities addressed by the practice
  • The change brought in by implementing such a practice

3

DEVELOP INTO A RECOMMENDATION

Objective

To construct a recommendation in a brief, specific and clear-cut format which would assist other initiatives in implementing the same

Outcome

Clear and comprehensive recommendation(s) addressing:

 

  • Demographic to cater to
  • Gaps/needs/opportunities addressed by the practice
  • The direct/eventual beneficiaries of the program

2

CALIBRATE & SUBSTANTIATE

Outcome

Obtaining qualitative and/or quantitative data to assess the promise of the shortlisted practices according to the five guiding factors

Arriving at first list of promising practices

2

CALIBRATE & SUBSTANTIATE

Objective

To substantiate the shortlisted practices by collating gathered data in the form of:

 

  • Feedback from the community
  • Verbal accounts of the ground team
  • Documentation reports
  • Other valuable data

Outcome

Obtaining qualitative and/or quantitative data to assess the promise of the shortlisted practices according to the four guiding factors

First list of promising practices

1

List & Shortlist

Outcome

Identifying:

  • Policy gaps
  • Community needs
  • Opportunities for innovation and other aspects that the program is addressing.

    Creating a list of program practices that are working on-ground in bridging gaps/needs/opportunities.

1

List & Shortlist

Objective

To identify gaps/needs/opportunities and to shortlist program practices that are impactful, sustainable, scalable, innovative and/or unique.

Outcome

  • Policy gaps

  • Community needs

  • Opportunities for innovation and other aspects that the program is addressing.

  • A list of program practices that are working on-ground in bridging gaps/needs/opportunities.

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