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Dear Friend, I hope you are doing well! I am pleased to inform you that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has selected The Youth Cafe, as part of IREX’s consortium of talented global and regional partners, to implement the YouthPower Youth Excel program. This global program will empower young people and youth organizations to drive local development by using implementation research to strengthen local, national, and global development solutions. Youth Excel will support young leaders and youth-led and youth-serving organizations around the globe to conduct quality implementation research—a type of research that focuses on collecting data during a program to improve the program in real time. This research will not only improve youth programs but also generate dialogue between young people and adult decision-makers so that youth and adults can together shape better policies, programs, and development agendas. With our consortium partners, we will engage youth leaders and youth organizations across our networks and learn what research approaches are most effective, how to best engage adults in intergenerational dialogue, how to leverage youth networks for more impact, and which collaborative inquiry approaches create real systems and policy change. To learn more about this program and our partners please read http://bit.ly/YEAnnounce. We’re thrilled by the opportunity to build out new ways to engage youth in development and will keep you updated as the program progresses. Please contact us at contact us if you're interested in becoming a partner or supporting the program.
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