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Young Voices for Change

Youth-Led Community Accountability Dialogues

A proposed fellowship through which young facilitators would document local priorities, convene constructive dialogues, and track public commitments.

Period
Proposed 18-month intervention
Location
Busia County · One additional county to be selected
Two young adults discussing community priorities while one takes notes.
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Planned scale

60 youth fellows proposed for training
12 community scorecards planned
24 structured dialogue and follow-up meetings planned

Intervention overview

The case for this work

01

Context

Communities often raise the same service and development concerns in separate meetings without a shared evidence record or a consistent way to follow what institutions agreed to do. Young people may participate in one-off forums but lack the tools and standing to sustain accountable dialogue.

02

Our response

AYCP would select and prepare youth fellows to facilitate community evidence gathering, develop simple scorecards, convene inclusive dialogues, document commitments, and publish accessible follow-up briefs. The intervention would remain non-partisan and focus on agreed local service and development issues.

Beneficiaries

Who the intervention serves

Young community facilitators, local youth groups, residents, and relevant duty-bearers

Objectives

  1. 01

    Build a cohort of capable and trusted youth accountability facilitators.

  2. 02

    Create credible community evidence and structured dialogue around selected priorities.

  3. 03

    Improve transparent tracking of commitments made by relevant institutions.

Delivery

Activities and implementation

  • Fellow selection, safeguarding, and facilitation training
  • Community issue selection and evidence gathering
  • Participatory community scorecards
  • Moderated community–institution dialogues
  • Commitment register, follow-up briefs, and learning review
01

Months 1–3

Inception and fellow preparation

Confirm locations and issues, select fellows, establish safeguards, and complete facilitation training.

02

Months 4–12

Evidence and dialogue cycles

Fellows prepare scorecards, convene dialogues, record commitments, and undertake scheduled follow-up.

03

Months 13–18

Consolidation and learning

Final tracking, public learning briefs, partner review, and continuation planning are completed.

Measurement

Proposed results framework

Result Indicator Baseline Target Verification
Youth fellows facilitate credible accountability processes. Fellows completing training and at least one full dialogue cycle 0 48 Training records, facilitator logs, and quality review
Community priorities are documented and discussed with responsible institutions. Scorecards receiving a formal dialogue and response record 0 12 Scorecards, attendance records, and signed dialogue notes
Public commitments can be followed transparently. Recorded commitments with an update by the agreed review date 0 70% Commitment register and documented institutional updates

Inclusion and safeguarding

Participation by design

  • Fellow selection would balance gender, disability inclusion, geography, and participation by young people outside established leadership structures.
  • Dialogues would use accessible venues, plain-language materials, safeguarding procedures, and confidential feedback channels.

Risk management

Risks addressed in delivery

Dialogue becomes adversarial or politically captured
Agree issue-selection and facilitation rules, publish the non-partisan standard, and use neutral evidence review.
Institutions attend but do not provide follow-up information
Record specific commitments, named offices, and review dates, then publish factual follow-up briefs.

Sustainability

What continues beyond delivery

  • Fellows retain reusable facilitation, scorecard, and commitment-tracking tools.
  • AYCP would seek agreements with community groups and institutions to continue selected dialogue cycles after donor support.
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