Gulaid Yusuf Idaan

My journey to the six regions of Somaliland ,which approximately took 12 days for the campaign of the Somaliland National Youth Policy ,and to observe the situation of the youth in the country . I started it from Hargiesa the capital City of Somaliland, and traveled to Burco ,the second largest City ,here we met the youth of the region and discussed them ,the Role of the youth in the Somaliland National Youth Policy

UN Secretary-General message on Youth 21 Initiative What is Youth 21? The Youth 21 initiative supports the youths in taking leadership roles in the 21st century. The first time when youths came forward and demanded that world leaders listen to them was 20 years ago at the World Earth Summit in Rio. According to the UN Habitat, it has been 14 years since the first Ministers conference was held in Portugal, whereby the Braga Youth Declaration Called for the better representation of youth globally. On the 25th January 2012, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon announced that youth will be the focus for the next 5 years and he was going to appoint a Special Advisor on Youth. The UNDP and UN-Habitat, with the financial support from the Government of Norway are presently hosting a 4-Day meeting from 15th to 18th March, with the objective to better understand and advocate for the engagement of youth in governance. More on the Youth 21 Initiative HERE. The video below shows the messag...

The youth force is an invaluable asset of the nation. The youth is not only a vital source of the state but also a change agent. The youths are pioneers of economic, social, political and cultural transformation and change driving force. This class remains as an important asset of the nation because of courage, innovativeness, inquisitiveness and high level of self-confidence, which is also considered to be a main source of nation building. In Somaliland 70% of the total population, are youth, Given that the youth is the backbone of the nation from both qualitative and quantitative perspectives, it is necessary to make overall development of the youth and include their capacity in the mainstream of national development. The Somaliland National Youth Policy is framed with a view to imparting loyalty of youths to the nation, nationality and the people, fulfilling the basic needs of the youths and promoting basic values and norms such as the principles of equality and equitable distribut...

“If we are to be true statesmen, we must take into account the needs, desires and the ambitions of the generations for whom we plan our development. No architect would build a house without consulting the wishes of those who live in it, and designing the house to their way of life.” (Tunku Abdul Rahman, first Prime Minister of Malaysia, at the Asia-Pacific Youth Seminar, 1991) in the flowing video is during my visit to the all Somaliland Regions for the Somaliland National Youth Policy Campaign https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIxGde_KywY

Youth policy Young people in all countries are both a major human resource for development and key agents for social change, economic development and technological innovation. Their imagination, ideals, considerable energies and vision are essential for the continuing development of the societies in which they live. The problems that young people face as well as their vision and aspirations are essential components of the challenges and prospects of today’s societies and future generations Mobilizing the creativity and passion of young men and women, and recognizing the unique perspective of youth on their current and future needs are quickly becoming national and international priorities. Today there is growing global acceptance of the value of committing time and resources to the formulation of national youth policies and action plans. We commit ourselves to ensuring that national youth policy formulation, implementation and follow-up processes are, at appropriate level, accorded com...