Issues and Programs

Related to Political
Engagement
and Youth Empowerment
PPG – LESSON 15
 "No one is born a good citizen; no nation is
born a democracy. Rather, both are
processes that continue to evolve over a
lifetime. Young people must be included from
birth. A society that cuts itself off from its
youth severs its lifeline; it is condemned to
bleed to death."
- Former Un Secretary-General Kofi Annan
Political Engagement and the
Youth
➢According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific,
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (2016), youth is "a
period of transition from the dependence of childhood to
adulthood's independence and awareness of our
interdependence as members of the larger community.“
➢UNESCO adds that a youth is a person who is between
the age where he or she may leave compulsory
education, and the age where he or she finds his or her
first employment.
Four Aspects of Programs and
Activities That Induce Youth
Participation
Information Sharing Consultation
• Giving lecture or handing off • Public or private organizations
fliers but informing with the will consult with the youth on
goal of facilitating collective certain issues and will take
and/or individual action their point of view in the
process of decision making,
actions, and advocacies of the
organization
Four Aspects of Programs and
Activities That Induce Youth
Participation
Decision-making Initiating action
• The youth are not only asked • The youth themselves take the
for their opinion, but they are initiative. In such cases, other
enabled to share the organizations must provide
responsibility to decide on support to the youth, but only
certain issues that may directly as guides and not to take over
or indirectly affect them. the youth groups.
Through active participation and citizenship, the youth become
empowered to play an important role not only in their personal
development, but also in the upgrading of their communities.
However, several issues face the youth of today: poverty, limited
access to education, various forms of discrimination, and few
opportunities for employment.
Some Major Issues and Cases on
Youth and Participation
The UN, through the United Nations Development Program
(UNDP), lists primary issues relevant to governance and youth
participation. Among these are the following:
1. Young men and women are excluded from policy development
given their disillusionment with political leadership and political
institutions. This situation leaves political activism of the youth as
under- or unrepresented in formal groupings/organizations.
2. The youth's participation in governance, including opportunities
for engagement, is dependent on different political,
socioeconomic, and cultural contexts.
Some Major Issues and Cases on
Youth and Participation
The UN, through the United Nations Development Program
(UNDP), lists primary issues relevant to governance and youth
participation. Among these are the following:
3. The participation of youth in formal and institutional processes is
relatively low compared to older citizens. This could be a manifestation
of the youth's disenfranchisement to the political system both formal
and informal means of participation are beneficial for a democracy to
work and these means must be supported.
4. The youth are not adequately represented in formal political
institutions and processes including political parties, parliaments,
elections, and public administration.
Some Major Issues and Cases on
Youth and Participation
The UN, through the United Nations Development Program
(UNDP), lists primary issues relevant to governance and youth
participation. Among these are the following:
5. Young men and women tend to feel excluded and marginalized in
their communities given the limited opportunities and exposure
provided for them to participate meaningfully in decision-making
processes.
Some Major Issues and Cases on
Youth and Participation
To reach the objective of substantive inclusion of the youth in
governance and in decision-making, the UNDP further claims that
actions must revolve around two main commitments in political
inclusion.

Support to young Support to young people

people's participation in 's inclusion in decision-
inclusive political making and in all levels
processes and of development
democratic practices processes
Some Major Issues and Cases on
Youth and Participation
Support to young people's
participation in inclusive political
processes and democratic practices
Promotion of an Promotion of young
Promotion of young
enabling environment women's participation
people's skills and
for young people's and presence in
capacities to
participation in a political office and
participate actively in
broad range of decision-making at all
democratic practices
processes and areas levels
Some Major Issues and Cases on
Youth and Participation
Support to young people 's inclusion
in decision-making and in all levels of
development processes
The ability of young people and young
people-led organizations to contribute to the
achievement of durable solutions for
Effective participation of young people and
humanitarian and peace-building initiatives,
young people-led organizations in UN
focusing on enabling young women and men
governance and decision-making processes
to become active leaders in global efforts to
achieve sustainable human development as
a long-term investment
Issues and Concerns for The
Youth

Poor Lack of
Social Cultural
education support Poverty
inequality factors
system groups
 Some Practices or Organizations
that can be Created by the Youth
With their knowledge of
mass media and other
Support group for other Environmental protection
Support group for those technology, they can create
youth and children with activities such as tree
who are bullied. blogs and pages for
disabilities. planting.
information dissemination
on certain issues.

Create programs such as

Coordination with other
Collective action and input sports training, hiking and
They can also be critical in groups to provide more
for donations to their biking groups to engage
reporting abuses of power. manpower in certain
school or community. other youth in more
activities.
meaningful activities.
Some Programs in Empowering
the Youth
➢Our country rises above among its Asian neighbors due to
the presence of a diverse set of opportunities for youth
engagement. Such avenues may vary from large-scale
institutionalized organizations in the government, to small
faith-based ones that encourage volunteerism among high
school and college students.
➢Similarly, the government has implemented a system of
representative governance for the young people including the
Sangguniang Kabataan, the National Youth Commission, and
several youth sectoral councils in different commissions in the
government
The Legal and Institutional
Environment
The participation of youth in the country is recognized in
various legal frameworks including the 1987 Constitution:
➢ Article Il, Section 12 and 13
➢Article VI, Section 5, paragraph 2
➢ Article XIV, Section 2, paragraph 5
 "The natural and primary
right and duty of parents in the rearing of the
youth for civic efficiency and the
development of moral character shall receive
the support of the Government"
Article Il, Section 12
 "the State recognizes the vital role of the
youth in nation-building and shall promote
and protect their physical, moral, spiritual,
intellectual, and social well-being. It shall
inculcate in the youth patriotism and
nationalism and encourage their involvement
in public and civic affairs"
Article Il, Section 13
The Legal and Institutional
Environment
➢The Congress also ratified Republic Act No. 8044 or The
Youth in Nation Building Act, which created the National
Youth Commission and established a national
comprehensive and coordinated program on youth
development.
Institutions or Agencies that Deal
with the Issues of the Youth.
1. The Department of Social Welfare and Development
(DSWD) is the government agency that is tasked to
look at welfare issues of the youth.
2. Youth Sectoral Council of the National Anti-Poverty
Commission
3. National Youth Parliament
4. National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency
5. Sangguniang Kabataan under the Office of the
President
Some Cases of Youth
Engagement
Hutter (2008) identified a typology of youth civic engagement in
her study on young people's civic engagement in East Asia and the
Pacific. The youth’s community service and volunteering come in a
variety of ways:
1. Formal, long-term service — 20 hours per week of service for
three months or longer
2. Part-time volunteering — anything less than formal, long-term
service but more than two hours per week for two months
3. Occasional volunteering — anything less than the above
Some Cases of Youth
Engagement
Hutter (2008) identified a typology of youth civic engagement in
her study on young people's civic engagement in East Asia and the
Pacific. The youth’s community service and volunteering come in a
variety of ways:
1. Service-learning — [is] a teaching method that enriches
learning by engaging students in meaningful service to their
schools and communities. Young people apply academic skills
[in] solving real-world issues [and in] linking established learning
objectives with community needs. This can be either school or
[non-school] based.
Some Cases of Youth
Engagement
Hutter (2008) identified a typology of youth civic engagement in
her study on young people's civic engagement in East Asia and the
Pacific. The youth’s community service and volunteering come in a
variety of ways:
1. Volunteering — volunteers offer services to communities in
countries other than their own
2. Mutual aid — aiding and support to others within the same
community or social group; the distinction between the
volunteer and the beneficiary may be less clear
3. Governance — representation to, and lobbying of, government
bodies to monitor government policies, services, and programs
Some Cases of Youth
Engagement
Hutter (2008) identified a typology of youth civic engagement in
her study on young people's civic engagement in East Asia and the
Pacific. The youth’s community service and volunteering come in a
variety of ways:
1. Advocacy and campaigning — raising public consciousness
or working to change legislation
2. Youth media — video, radio, film, newspaper, or other [forms]
of media production [being utilized] by young people; audience
may be other young people or adults
Some Cases of Youth
Engagement
Hutter (2008) identified a typology of youth civic engagement in
her study on young people's civic engagement in East Asia and the
Pacific. The youth’s community service and volunteering come in a
variety of ways:
1. Social entrepreneurship — creating innovative solutions to
social problems by designing products or offering services
2. Leadership training and practice — mechanisms for learning
and exercising leadership skills, including workshops as well as
participation in volunteer activities state-society interaction and
citizenship-in-practice in the Philippines
Some Cases of Youth
Engagement
Hutter (2008) identified a typology of youth civic engagement in her
study on young people's civic engagement in East Asia and the Pacific.
The youth’s community service and volunteering come in a variety of
ways:
The representation of the youth sector in the Philippine House of Representatives (e.g.
Kabataan Partylist)
The Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) together with the SK-youth council

The National Youth Parliament created by National Youth Commission in 1993

The Sangguniang Kabataan Organizational Leadership and Reorientation Program

(ISKOLAR)
Government: National Service Training Program (NSTP), Civic Welfare Training Service
(CWTS), Literacy Training Service (LTS), or Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)
Some Cases of Youth
Engagement
Several civil society and private sector initiatives, local or
international, that aid in the project of youth civic engagement in
the country. The following are some of them:
The Ayala Young Leaders
Congress

The Palawan Conservation

Corps

Save the Children

PPG PERFORMANCE
TASK
POEM MAKING
Deadline: November 15, 2024
POEM MAKING
Directions: Create a poem that expresses the theme
of the importance of youth empowerment in political
engagements or the issues and concerns that
hinders the ability of youth to take part in political
engagements.
POEM MAKING
Requirements:
1. This activity will be done individually. Do it in a short
sized colored paper (HUMSS D - pink, HUMSS E -
purple, and HUMSS H - blue)
2. You may use either English or Filipino language as long
as it should be an original composition. Be creative in
using poetic devices to enhance the poem’s message.
3. You may write in any style or form that best conveys
your message. The poem should be at least 2 stanza
with equal lines.
4. It can be either printed or hand written.
POEM MAKING
Rubrics:
Criteria Description Points
Content and Theme Strong, clear focus on youth 25
empowerment and effectively explores
multiple aspects of the theme
Creativity and Originality Highly creative use of language and 25
idea; shows unique perspective and
artistic abilities.
Structure and Flow Excellent structure, with a smooth flow 20
of ideas and rhythm.
TOTAL 70