The MYE Scorecard: How to Use it?
A GUIDE FOR EVALUATING AND STRENGTHENING MEANINGFUL YOUTH ENGAGEMENT IN POLICY-MAKING IN KENYA
STEP 1: DETERMINE WHO WILL BE EVALUATED
What committees or government bodies are responsible for the policy changes you want to see?
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Who are the youth that are seeking that change? Who will participate in the evaluation?
(select no more than four youth representatives, ideally those most knowledgeable about the policymaker and policymaking process)
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STEP 2 : INVITE POLICYMAKERS TO GO THROUGH THE ASSESSMENT WITH YOU
Introduce your topic and desire to engage with them to address your topic. Explain that you want to make sure that your engagement is productive as possible, to maximize the quality and impact of your contributions. Invite them to go through an evaluation and learning process with you.
Send the MYE Scorecard document to the policy-makers in advance of the meeting.
Select a small group of youth to meet with the relevant policymakers to review the indicators together. Ideally the meeting will take place at a neutral location.
A GUIDE FOR EVALUATING AND STRENGTHENING MEANINGFUL YOUTH ENGAGEMENT IN POLICY-MAKING IN KENYA
STEP 3 : COMPLETE THE SCORECARD
Use the form on the following pages to review the indicators jointly with the policymakers and take notes of examples provided by the policy-maker and youth at the meeting for each indicator.
Come to agreement on how to score each indicator, making notes of specific actions that have been or will be taken in a specific timeframe. These notes will become an ACTION PLAN.
STEP 4 : IMPLEMENT THE ACTION PLAN AND RE-EVALUATE
Use the form on the following pages to review the indicators jointly with the policymakers and take notes of examples provided by the policy-maker and youth at the meeting for each indicator.
Come to agreement on how to score each indicator, making notes of specific actions that have been or will be taken in a specific timeframe. These notes will become an ACTION PLAN.
Welcome to Y-ACT’s scorecard on evaluating and strengthening Meaningful Youth Engagement (MYE) in policy decision making.
This scorecard will help you to understand if you are MYE Savvy!
To achieve MYE in policy decision making, youth and decision makers need to fully embrace the following elements
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- Inclusion
- Transparency
- Representation
- Capacity
- Accountability