The workshop organized by the MJS made it possible to encourage the strong involvement of young people from the districts in the participatory development of the draft decree on the organization and promotion of youth community groups.
High speed. Less than a week after the presentation of the national youth consultation for the revision of the Fanoitra National Strategy or Lever of youth empowerment and community transformation via young people in Madagascar on 1is last December at the Carlton Anosy, it’s time for action. Things promised, things due, for the number one of Malagasy youth. André Haja Resampa, Minister of Youth and Sports, took the decision to organize a national youth workshop. Around a hundred young people from the 30 most isolated districts in the country gathered at the Palais des Sports for two days. Young people are no longer the future, but the present of the country, and should make their share of contribution to the development of the nation. The workshop made it possible to encourage the strong involvement of young people from the districts in the participatory development of the draft decree on the organization and promotion of youth community groups, called VTI or Vondron’ny Tanora ho an’ny fanovana ety Ifotony). The VTI aims at youth empowerment and youth community transformation and to design a youth community charter for peacebuilding.
7 million young people
« This is a first in the history of youth in Madagascar: representatives from landlocked districts met to discuss together the problems, issues and perspectives of youth, but by expressing it through a text emanating from them -themselves. In my capacity as Minister of Youth and Sports, I undertake to place this text under the study of our legal service, then to discuss it with my fellow ministers on all points which could concern them. », Explained Haja Resampa, during her speech reassuring the many young people. The minister is aware of the place that young people play in the transformation of society. “ Malagasy youth are special and competent. She demonstrated this during the Island Games by accomplishing the mission entrusted to them. The Ministry of Youth and Sports is there and is ready to support you and give you all the necessary means. Have confidence in yourself and a conviction in what you do. We are not alone, but we benefit from the support of the Head of State » he continued. By 2028, the objective is to mobilize 7 million young people with a view to contributing in a substantial and concrete way to achieving sustainable development in 2030. The support of the ministry’s technical and financial partners is essential.
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