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Pacific Youth Strategy 2005

The Pacific Youth Minister adopted the Pacific Youth Strategy 2005 (PYS 2005) at its meeting held in French Polynesia from 30 June to 1 July 1998.

The First Conference of Youth Ministers of the Pacific Community adopted the PYS 2005 as a strategy framework for addressing the increasing challenges for Pacific Youth into the next century.

PYS 2005 was commended to the Youth Ministers Meeting by the 4th Regional Conference for Pacific Youth which met from 24 to 27 June.

A Platform for Youth activities

The Pacific Youth Strategy 2005 (PYS 2005) includes six programmes that form the platform for youth activities in the region towards the year 2005 and beyond:

• Programme I: Pacifika Aspirations encourages the full participation of young people in development through the development, implementation and evaluation of holistic and gender-inclusive national youth policies by all SPC member countries by 2005.




• Programme II: Challenge Pacifika calls for urgent action to implement positive and practical responses to common emerging issues in the region including education, employment, youth health, environment, juvenile delinquency and promotion of peace. In addition, SPC member countries are urged to address any other country-specific issues not listed above.




• Programme III: Youth-lead Pacifika focuses on skills development and capacity building for youth leaders through appropriate training. It involves regular in-country courses for youth leaders in areas such as: leadership; management and administration; policy development; organisational behaviour and development; teamwork; project planning; management and evaluation; self-motivation; personal development and efficiency; managing change; problem solving; effective communication; negotiation; and interpersonal skills.




• Programme IV: Pacifika Advocacy promotes close co-operation across all sectors and in close collaboration with the Pacific Youth Council in strengthening youth clubs and other interest groups where young people can share experiences and learn new skills.




• Programme V: Infoshare Pacifika focuses on the collection, compilation and dissemination of relevant information on youth development at global, regional and national levels.




• Programme VI: Pacifika Empowerment (Small Island States Fund) provides financial assistance to the 12 SPC small island states to support in-country skills training and entrepreneurial initiatives for young people aged 15–24.
  
  

In adopting PYS 2005, youth ministers and senior government officials from SPC’s member countries and territories, and representatives from NGOs and regional and international agencies, acknowledge the need for a broader-based and more integrated approach to address youth challenges at both the national and regional levels.

PYS 2005 provides this broad-based approach, and is comprehensive, yet flexible enough to be responsive to emerging issues in the region.
The Ministers agreed to commend this strategy to their respective governments and administrations and to advocate the allocation of resources to facilitate the implementation of the Strategy, as well as to promote it at the World Conference of Youth Ministers in Lisbon, Portugal and other appropriate regional and international fora.