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having a safe space for open dialogue around pros and cons for different approaches

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Nancy- USAID: remuneration for youth members is important- recognizing need to cover their time spent.

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Nancy- USAID: remuneration for youth members is important- recognizing need to cover their time spent.

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Clear incentives for participation and accountability

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Diversity of geographic and other operational realities would be crucial for us to ensure. From a network perspective, we would be interested in exploring how network members could become part of it instead of simply involving the international secretariat (which is Europe based).

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Crystal clear ToR to set expectations on both sides, esp in terms of how decisionmaking will work, the role of the GYAC- is it simply advisory? What level of input/decisionmaking will they have?
Ensuring GYAC members have sufficient support and information to contribute fully to advisory/leadership role

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Clear expectations of their roles and potential contributions

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Clear expectations of their roles and potential contributions

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a sense of community and team among the Council, clear instruction, a sense of support and engagement on our end that balances independence and ownership

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If there are populations that have been previously excluded, there needs to be real representation, not just "participation" as their interests may get overlooked.

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If there are populations that have been previously excluded, there needs to be real representation, not just "participation" as their interests may get overlooked.

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An inclusive and geographically diverse body led by motivated youth

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Ensuring that there is a safe space for young people to discuss topics of concern and having a clear governance structure that outlines TORS, level of commitment ...etc. I also feel that thinking about incentives is key.

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Introduce a consistent feedback channel between youth members on GYAC and consortium partners

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1. Clear roles, expectations, time commitments.
2. Important to also make sure they are compensated for their time. Youth volunteerism is nice but not professional.
3. Diversity of age alongside geographic diversity.
4. They have different spheres of influence to ensure they leverage their networks better (State, regional, global, stakeholders etc)

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It needs to be in invigorating environment where they can see how their contributions will make a difference....a body of people of different voices grounded on trust that are involved and not just asked to review, nor chime in or provide input.

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1. proper communication plans which will help in coordinating activities.

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1. proper communication plans which will help in coordinating activities.

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2. Clear roles and methods for work.

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Plan Int'l and IYF have youth board members and/or a Youth Advisory Board i believe-- worth consulting their experiences.

Also YP2LE has recently set up a Youth Advisory Committee that is a recent model to learn from.

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Identifying the right members who are motivated to lead

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The purpose and roles of the body should be clearly defined and also the body should have a fair representation.
The body should also be actively included in the decision making processes.

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Our Global Youth Leadership Council (GYLC) just wrapped up its inaugural year and we have many great lessons learned - including having clearer roles, expectations, and guidance from our end, giving the Council ownership over processes of the Council, having horizontal leadership while emphasizing responsibility and division of roles, ensuring they have sufficient support and information to contribute, diversity of age alongside geographic diversity, diversity in scope of work.

learn more about GYLC:   https://www.sfcg.org/global-youth-leadership-council/

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Recent Youth Advisory Council model for AFRICOM.   

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Recent Youth Advisory Council model for AFRICOM.   

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Also, it would be interesting to have the potential youth members of this governance body define some aspects of their role so that the can determine to what they want to be held accountable

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Ensuring that the council contributes to positive learning experiences for youth, not just their involvement in decision making and agenda discussions. Youth are usually excited about and proud to belong to a community of likeminded individuals. Capitalising on the fact that this is a global council is important and might by itself be enough of an incentive for them to actively engage.