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What Works in Youth Engagement in the Balkans

Author:

Cathryn L. Thorup

Author:

Sheila Kinkade

Institution:

International Youth Foundation

Publication Date:

2005

Publisher:

International Youth Foundation

Pages:

153

Abstract:

This study examines the efforts of 16 local civil society organizations to support and empower the youth of the Balkan state as agents of social change. The programs profiled are located in nine different countries and territories in the region: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia. Programs examined range from life skills development to service-learning programs designed to get youth out into their neighborhoods to engage in community development.

Full Text Link:

http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/Pnadf132.pdf

Call Number:

400/B/THO/2005

Series:

What Works Series

Sector:

HE Sector

Sector:

K-12 Sector

Electronic Availability:

Available online

Library Item Type:

Electronic resource - book/monograph