Enabling Youth Participation

• Create an enabling environment where youth can be heard by those in power.
• Consider forums run by youth at which decision-makers are invited to attend.
• Where resident boards exist in communities for discussing issues affecting residents with the local authorities, make it a requirement made for a youth representative to be present on these boards, thus giving them a voice.
• Consider using social media as an entry point for participation in community level decision-making, with the idea that bringing these forums online makes them more accessible to youth.