Humanitarian Affairs Survey

Background to the Survey - a Compact Youth Participation Framework

Youth participation is at the very heart of the Compact for Young People in Humanitarian Action work. Yet, each Compact member brings its own perspective, understanding of youth participation, level of youth leadership, tools for youth engagement and capacity to facilitate effective participation.

Building on the work of TF2 (Participation TF of the Compact) and the Compact Guidelines developed by TF1, and following discussions at the 2018 and 2019 Compact Annual meeting, TF2 is working to establish a common Compact Framework for Young People’s Participation. This Framework will clarify and spell out: * What is meant by “participation” in humanitarian contexts, * What members/member organizations can do to improve their own structures and systems to better facilitate and support young people’s participation in their humanitarian work, and * How the Compact can collectively support meaningful youth participation within the Compact itself.

The survey is available in English, Spanish and French and we hope will also be available in Arabic. We are also complementing the survey with a number of focus group discussions with young people in the coming weeks – and will be in touch on this. Can you complete the survey and/or share it through your networks? We would love to hear from you!

The survey is voluntary and anonymous. It should take approx. 10-15 minutes to complete. Information collected through the survey will be used to develop the Framework for Youth Participation in the Compact.

Complete the survey now by selecting your language!