From our previous collaborations, we came to the conclusion that our efforts are falling short in meeting the needs of our targeted groups in a long-term perspective. Though our work focused a lot on needs assessment among the targeted groups, it left no room for impact measurement to see whether social change is happening or not. To meet these needs, both the consortium and our targeted groups can benefit from applying Impact Pathway, Participatory, and Rights-Based Approaches in youth project implementation.

The goal of this kick off meeting is to place focus on the processes of how Youth Health Interventions are programmed, designed, and implemented. The partners will further discuss on how to meet their needs by strengthening their capacities through research, experiential learning, and sharing good practices on how programming a Youth Health Intervention must be rights-based; youth needs and their right to health must be at the centre of such an intervention for it to deliver more relevant and sustainable outputs while ensuring youth ownership of the project outputs.