Discuss Recommendation 8 - focus on advocacy

Here, we take a closer look at Recommendation 8:

Focus on Advocacy

• Equip young people with the skills and knowledge they need to act as their own advocates.
• Create a space for key issues to be discussed at the community level.
• Activate public interest by utilizing the media and frame stories to attract their attention.
• Activate the interest and involvement of governments.
• Work to raise awareness and mobilise support at the UN level.

Government representatives, UN delegates and media actors took part in the Forum on Productive Youth Development through Sport in Africa, held from June 16-18, 2009.

But how can these key actors further get involved in the field of sport and development? And what is required for the media, the governments and the UN representatives to be in a better position to advocate for the use of sport for productive youth development?

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