The National Youth Secretariat (SNJ) presented the preliminary results of the Report on Youth in Paraguay and the socialization of the construction process of the National Youth Plan (PNJ).
Paraguay has one of the largest demographic dividends in the region, where the 56% of the population is under 30 years of ageand the young population comprised of people between the ages of 15 and 29, represents 27% of the total population.
The demographic bonus is a unique opportunity to accelerate economic growthreduce poverty and inequalities and improve the living conditions of the population of a country, details the preliminary report.
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In this context, the SNJ has carried out efforts to strengthen said rectory, such as the generation of knowledge that serves as evidence for the creation of policies, social dialogues with key actors and especially with the main protagonists, who are the youth of Paraguay.
In turn, it is doomed in the design and development of a National Youth Plan that responds to their specific needs and expectations, built in a participatory manner taking qualitative and quantitative information in order to respond with quality to the demands regarding youth and achieve the comprehensive development of the youth of the country, through a road map for the National Government and its future authorities.
Within the framework of the process of designing and preparing said Plan, the República Joven Forums were held, with the participation of more than 1,500 young people in 6 regional forums and 1 national forum, with 65% participation of women and 35% participation of men, where they expressed their voices stating their regional, departmental and district realities, as well as proposals for action.
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In order to reach young people who could not participate in the forums, it is intended to launch a youth survey at the national level, with the support of the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) through its U-Report platform, and in this way close the collection of qualitative information for the NPC.
Likewise, the quantitative data revealed in the Report on Youth in Paraguay they are cross-analyzed with the information collected in the República Joven Forums.
During the work of the thematic tables of the workshop for the presentation of said report and of the PNJ, the summaries of the forums in axes such as education, health, sports, work, entrepreneurship, participation, security and social protection.
These were validated by the participants and they proposed to take into account the actions, programs and projects that their institutions are implementing for the young population of the country, in order to strengthen the strategy of transversality of the youth theme at the national level, giving prominence to the secretariats and youth coordination of municipalities and governorates.
with all qualitative and quantitative inputs collectedthe next steps consist of the socialization of the NPC document for its final validation and subsequent official launch during the first quarter of the year 2023.
