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Senior Policy Researcher for the YOUTH PARTICIPATION INDEX

Introduction and Background Information

Partners Albania is an independent Albanian NGO established in 2001, working to support civil society and facilitate inter-sector cooperation in order to strengthen democratic institutions and advance economic development. Partners Albania builds the platforms for communities, civil society organizations, government, and business and facilitates participatory processes to advance constructive change towards sustainable development. Partners Albania has over fifteen years of experience combining local knowledge with innovative tools and techniques to build sustainable solutions and effective leadership.

YBH4WBT Network has been monitoring the position of young people in Serbia, Albania, Montenegro, Macedonia and Turkey and published Youth Participation Index (YPI) in all countries.

Youth Participation Index is a unique method for measuring the level of opportunity the young people have, to be involved in the decision-making process.

YPI is using three dimensions of participation, while every dimension consists of a set of indicators: political participation, social participation, economic participation. The purpose of the annual monitoring report is to give an overview of the state of affairs regarding the political, social and economic participation of youth. The monitoring report is the guide for evidence-based policy recommendations and advocacy initiatives of the network regarding youth participation. The report provides a brief description of the current data on political, social, and economic participation of youth based on a set of defined indicators

Purpose and Objectives of the consultancy:

The general objective of the consultancy is to Conduct the Monitoring Report for Youth Participation Index 2020. The monitoring report is an established monitoring tool that has been utilized for the last four years to analyze youth participation in the country.

The application deadline is May 25^th, 2021.

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