====== The DFID Civil Society Organisations Youth Working Group ======

The DFID Civil Society Organisations Youth Working Group is a network of charities and other civil society organisations working together to promote the role of young people in international development: as beneficiaries and as agents of change. 

The Youth Working Group has close links to the UK Government's [[http://www.dfid.gov.uk|Department for International Development]] and operates through a series of thematic **[[subgroup:start]]**. 

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The first project to be initiated by the DFID/CSO Working Group - 'The Youth Guidance Project' (YGP) is currently advertising for a document Editor, please click here for the [[subgroup:ygp:job description & advertisement]].
===== Latest Updates =====

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**30th March 2010: Youth Participation in Development Launched**

The 'Youth Participation in Development' handbook, created by the Youth Guidance Project has just been launched and is [[http://www.ygproject.org|available online here]].

**15th July 2009: The Youth Working Group Website has been launched.** 

It's a work in progress, but it's now here - and will continue to be developed over coming weeks. 

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Find our more about the work of our sub-groups. 

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===== E-mail List =====

The Youth Working Group Announce mailing list is where you will hear about upcoming meetings and activities across the network. Discussion e-mail lists also exist for each of the [[subgroup:start|thematic sub-groups]]. 

Subscribe to the mailing list below to keep up to date with Youth Working Group activities and to find out about future opportunities to get involved.

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===== Footer =====

The content on this website is not guaranteed to reflect the views of the Youth Working Group, nor any of the member and partner organisations of the Youth Working Group. 

This site is both a public resource with information about the Working Group, and a collaborative wiki. Documents and pages may be works in progress rather than published content.