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Voces Nuevas
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| Voces Nuevas (Youth Voices) work emerged as part of the activities of the Civil Society Program in the Lima Office. Its main purpose was to bring together a group of young people who have become a consultative group for the WB staff. This group has brought fresh ideas and recommendations to the World Bank. The initiative includes the allocation of a meeting room for 6 months in the Lima Office where a group of 13 young professionals or university students come together. They have access to the internet and the WB's web, and are able to exchange ideas and propose projects and carried out talks with WB staff. Participants are selected through 50 local organizations that work with youth groups (including religious and youth groups, municipalities and NGOs). The main concerns of youth include job opportunities, training in information technology, access to credits and financial resources to implement youth projects, environmental issues, rural telecom and telephone investments, and opportunities in political participation.
Main outcomes:
- Sharing knowledge between youth, WB staff and national decision makers on issues such as education, poverty reduction, property rights, environment, natural resources, indigenous peoples, afro-descendant culture, basic health, social development and social accountability.
- Production of working papers on the following issues: (a) Education using the methodology of the voices of the poor, (b) Reproductive Health; (c) Youth under violence; (d) Afros and Indigenous Youth; (e) Building bridges with Government and civil society organizations.
- Outreach and mobilization to youth communities outside of Lima on key development issues.
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