Jose Filipe Fonseca, Senior Programme Coordinator, Policies

1. Developing youth in agriculture policies
in ACP countries
CTA’s ongoing experiences
By José Filipe Fonseca
Wageningen
14 November 2012

2. Target
• Rural and urban youth as
beneficiaries, partners and leaders in
agriculture
• Young farmers, processors, traders,
transporters…
• Young professionals, including the
most talented ones, in agriculture and
other fields

3. Target (Cont’d)
• Youth associations, clubs, networks,
think tanks, environmental groups,
etc.
• Farmers’ organizations and their
youth chapters
• Agricultural policy networks

4. Target (Cont’d)
• Decision-makers and senior
bureaucrats in:
Government departments in charge
of agriculture, youth affairs,
education, ICTs, health,
employment, finance…
Local Governments
ACP regional and continental
bodies

5. Target (Cont’d)
• Law makers, including young people,
at national, regional, continental, ACP-
EU levels
• Bilateral, multi-lateral and non-
governmental development agencies
active in agriculture, labour,
education, etc.

6. Target (Cont’d)
• Media professionals, including young
people, in conventional and new
media
• General public and emerging
stakeholder groups in agriculture and
socio-economic development

7. Aim
To contribute to the development and
implementation of effective formal
cross-sectoral youth in agriculture
policies in ACP countries

8. Overall approach
• Entry point: ACP regional level
• Use CTA’s good chemistry with ACP
Governments and regional bodies,
and international bodies

9. • Collection/generation and use of
evidence from research and practice
through:
Policy research analysis
Access to experiences and
materials from various sources
Inter-ACP cross-learning

10. Approach (Cont’d)
• Equipment of Executives and
members of youth organizations with
enhanced capacities to:
 Improve understanding of how
policies are made and by whom
 Develop evidence based policy
proposals with specific instruments for
their implementation

11. Approach (Cont’d)
 Mobilize youth and mobilize
potential partners and allies
 Communicate with policy
stakeholders and actors, and wider
audiences including through mass
media and social media
 Advocate, lobby, and negotiate for
policy purposes

12. Approach (Cont’d)
• Facilitation of regional and inter-
regional networking
• Mobilize additional scientific,
technical and financial resources
from third party sources

13. Interventions
1. Development of « Pacific Youth in
Agriculture Strategy 2011 – 2015 »,
with SPC
2. Developing a holistic Youth in
Agriculture Policy Framework for
Southern Africa, with FANRPAN

14. Interventions (Cont’d)
3. Policy representation by youth at
CAADP Annual Partnership Platform
Meeting
4. “Promoting Youth and Rural
Modernization Policies in the
Caribbean”, with CAFAN,
IICA/CARAPN/CAFY

15. Interventions (Cont’d)
5. Policy representation by youth at
Caribbean Week of Agriculture
6. Intra-ACP Policy Programme
Caribbean-Pacific

16. Thank you for your attention!