Yemen cross-sectoral youth assessment : final report

The 1207 mandate is part of the U.S. National Defense Authorization Act that created the funds to establish or promote stability in certain key countries. The guidelines for these funds are to promote stability; focus on unstable areas; address urgent threats; and be of short duration, holistic, and multisectoral. The assessment focus was to better understand how the living conditions and environment of marginalized youth affect their levels of social, political, and economic disaffection; their existing developmental assets; and their priority needs and aspirations. It relied principally on opinions of stakeholder groups and youth cohorts about existing and proposed youth development services and interventions, and the community systems, structures, and spaces that might become available to young people in the future. The scope of the assessment is framed around three areas: (1) description of the research methodology and findings; (2) program design options for at-risk youth that employ a cross-sectoral approach; and (3) draft monitoring and evaluation framework. The 1207-funded program design options (proposed in Section 7) are to complement and, where appropriate, augment best practices in working with vulnerable youth in Yemen. (Author abstract, modified)