Yemen award 279-A-08-00023 · 2008 · social policies, regulations and systems · Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)

Under the EQUIP3 mechanism, USAID/Yemen tasked the Education Development Center (EDC) to conduct a rapid cross-sectoral assessment of youth in Yemen under a Section 1207-funded mandate to focus funds toward a United States Government (USG) interagency goal of stabilization in Yemen. The 1207 mandate is part of the U.S. National Defense Authorization Act that created the funds to establish or promote stability in certain key countries. The guidelines for these funds are to promote stability; focus on unstable areas; address urgent threats; and be of short duration, holistic, and multisectoral. The assessment focus was to better understand how the living conditions and environment of marginalized youth affect their levels of social, political, and economic disaffection; their existing developmental assets; and their priority needs and aspirations. It relied principally on opinions of stakeholder groups and youth cohorts about existing and proposed youth development services and interventions, and the community systems, structures, and spaces that might become available to young people in the future. The scope of the assessment is framed around three areas: (1) description of the r

Source: DEC abstract, PN-ADN-990 (2008). The source's own text.