Commitment to enabling young people to become involved and participate in decisions that affect their well-being

In accordance with the strategic interventions of the national multisectoral strategy for the promotion of adolescent and youth health 2020–2030, the Ministry of Health is committed to implementing a participatory mechanism for young people in the planning, monitoring and evaluation of health programmes and projects that concern them. In order to make this participatory process more widespread, a guidance note will be drafted in 2020 to identify how participation will be coordinated, as well as the forms of such participation and participation tools; The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is committed to increasing the involvement of young people in the process of developing, implementing and monitoring the national and local youth policies by: -Rolling out the pilot project that the regional youth councils have already carried out in five regions by 2022; -Setting up the national youth council in 2023; -Setting up a national pilot academy aimed at training young leaders by 2023; -Setting up the national volunteer agency by 2021.

Modes of engagement:

• Policy and guidance
  Mise en application de la stratégie nationale multisectorielle de promotion de la santé des adolescents et des jeunes 2020-2030
• Programmatic action
  Développement d'outils pour la mise en application de mécanisme de participation des Jeunes Généralisation des expériences pilotes des conseils régionaux de la jeunesse Création de structures favorisant la participation et l'engagement des jeunes