Ministry of Youth Affairs in pakistan

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Ministry of Youth Affairs

Definition of YouthIn Pakistan, Youth is defined as the population in the age group of 15 to 29 Years. The period of

life which youth represents is most productive and useful by virtue of the hopeful energies they

are endowed with by nature. The young people aspire for full participation in the life of a

society. If appropriate opportunities are made available to put their natural gift to creative,

productive and useful channels, Pakistani Youth is indeed capable of working miracles. In

Pakistan, the youth population is at present more than forty million, which is about one forth of

our total population.

Introduction of the Ministry

Ministry of Youth Affairs is headed by Mr. Shahid Hussain Bhutto (Federal Minister) and Mr.

Iqbal Ahmed (Secretary), the ministry is responsible for providing youth an official platform to

express their feelings and it has been working for the developmental and welfare plans for the

youth of Pakistan. The Ministry believes in taking advantage of the growing and productive

energies of youth for the betterment of the country a youth comprises the 27% of the total

population. The aim of the Ministry is to guide and channelize the youth talents and potential

towards positive activities by providing technical and social training The Ministry believes that

Youth is the most enthusiastic, vibrant and zealous segment of any society which play a

significant role in its development and progress. It is the energetic young generation that can

serve as the agent of change in a society and bring far-reaching revolutions in a country. It is the

youth's insight and ability that can carve out a successful future for the country. Therefore, a

great deal of emphasis should be laid on creating possibilities and opportunities for the youth to

develop and rise. Pakistani Youth, a multi-edged prism reflecting a spectrum of the youth's needs

and aspirations, is also aimed at tapping the unexposed talents and the hidden creativities of the

young and channeling them into something worthy. Considering youth as a symbol of the state

carved from the elements of optimism, truthfulness, honesty, passion and undying devotion,

Pakistani Youth aims to provide inspiration and motivation to them in every doable way.

Considering the importance of youth of the nation the government decided to create a ministry ofyouth affairs that aims at proving youth with a corridor to move ahead on the path of success.

Ministry of Youth, Pakistan believes that it is necessary to provide means and environments in

which this invaluable human resource attains the optimal growth potential, equipped with the

requisite character strength and motivation to participate in the main stream of the practical life.


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The Major Objectives of the Ministry involves

To give recognition to the Youth of the Country Provide them with the opportunity to distinguish their outstanding work from other To provide Youth with the incentive to achieve excellence in various fields To improve educational and technical skills of Youth and to encourage them in creative

activities

To encourage the Youth personality development through positive social attitudes andvalues.

To provide the Youth with the platform where they can express their feelings It also helps to channelize the youth talent and potential towards positive activities by

providing technical and social training.

It aims to enhance the growing and productive energies of youth for the betterment of thecountry

To recognize the achievements of the young people in their lives and of volunteersworking for the welfare and development of the youth

The objective of the Ministry is to create an environment for Youth to enjoy creative andhappy lives.

The main responsibility of the Ministry of Youth Affairs is to deal with Policy andlegislation on all aspects of youth affairs, inter-provincial coordination, youth activities,

youth exchange programmes and non-governmental organization dealing with youth

Formation

Youth Affairs Division was established on June 12, 1989. As an economy measure it was

merged with Ministry of Women Development on October 09, 1993. It was again made a

separate Division on August 18, 1996 and was again merged with Ministry of Culture on

November 19, 1996 as a Wing. The Government again raised the status of the Youth Affairs

Wing to a full-fledged Ministry on 18-11-2005 under the charge of Federal Minister and Minister

of State (MOS) for Youth Affairs. Currently there is one Sr. Joint Secretary, two Deputy

Secretaries and Five Section Officers on sanctioned strength of the Ministry of Youth Affairs.The Federal cabinet in January 2009 approved the National Youth Policy which mandates the

Youth Ministry to facilitate the stake holders on all aspects of youth related Activities. The

Ministry is Supporting National and International Youth exchange Program, See Pakistan

Visits/Tours, Youth Essay Writing Competition, National Youth Award, Holding Youth

Conventions, Establishing Youth Development and Activity Centers and other activities

including Computer Literacy etc.


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Structure of the Ministry

The Ministry of Youth Affairs is headed by a Federal Minister (Mr. Shahid Hussain Bhutto) and

Mr. Iqbal Ahmed (Secretary). Then there are minister at provincial level. These ministers are

followed by secretary. The hierarchal structure of Ministry of Youth Affairs is as follows:

Minister(Federal

Level)

Secretary

Minister

(ProvincialLevel)

Secretary

Secretariat

Additional

Secretariat

Deputy Secretary

(Sports/ Admin)

SectionOfficer

SectionOfficer

Deputy Secretary

(Youth Affairs)

SectionOfficer

SectionOfficer

Directorate

(YouthAffairs)

Director

Youth Affairs

AssistantDirector

AssistantDirector


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Departments

The ministry works for the welfare and development of youth of Pakistan. For this they have

many departments which perform specialized activities

National Internship DepartmentNational Internship Program is designed to benefit young unemployed and underemployedpostgraduates all over the country, who have completed sixteen years of education fromrecognized universities or degree awarding institutions including external candidates.The Program has proved advantageous to the government organizations facing shortage ofliterate workforce in various cadres. Ministry of Youth Affairs has been striving to implementthe National InternshipProgram (NIP) efficiently and effectively

International Youth Exchange DepartmentInternational Youth Exchange Department is one of the components of the mininstry of the

Government of Pakistan, which provides an opportunity to youth to see land, culture, and

economic development and also to exchange ideas of mutual interest with each other during

exchange of youth delegations. Pakistan is committed to active participation in the youth

activities to create understanding among youth of friendly countries. In order to achieve the

above objectives, youth delegation are exchanged either under Bilateral Cultural Exchange

Program signed with various friendly countries or under special invitations received from

different countries. Pakistan youth delegations recently have paid visits to India Malaysia

Trinidad & Tobago, Kazakhstan, South Korea ,UK and USA.

Mobile Computer Literacy Control DepartmentMinistry of Youth Affairs has started basic computer literacy and awareness programme for the

youth of rural areas through computer van donated by Common Wealth Youth Programme. In

order to run this van the Ministry prepared a PC-I for appointment of required staff and also

provision of computers to those areas where basic computer training was provided

See Pakistan Youth DepartmentIn order to promote national integration and provide an opportunity to youth of the country to

share their experiences see beautiful land, historical places and culture of other parts of thecountry, the Ministry has made this department

National Volunteer DepartmentThis Department Aims at the importance of national volunteer service in the country.NVM &

HEC had launched a campaign jointly for promoting volunteerism in the universities all over the

country.


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National Volunteer Movement in collaboration with Higher Education Commission, are

launching a campaign for promoting volunteerism among the youth in the universities,

throughout the country. Under this department, this campaign aims to create awareness among

the youth especially the students about the volunteerism as 70% population of the country is

comprised of youth, which is the highest ratio of youth in the world.

Campaign will include seminars, conferences, training workshops, registration of volunteers and

other activities. In this regard, HEC will nominate a focal person to deal with such activities and

liaison with NVM.

In a country like Pakistan, which is a developing country there is ample need of promoting

volunteerism among the youth for progress and development

Ministry Working and Activities

The ministry works for the welfare and development of youth of Pakistan. For this they have

established some of the programs which are

National Internship ProgramThe National Internship Program (NIP) is a revolutionary step designed for the benefit of young

unemployed post-graduates all over the country. The scheme is intended to provide an opportunity of

on the job experience to young fresh post-graduates and to keep them engaged and interested in

acquiring additional knowledge. Beside providing relief to young degree holders, the programme is also

advantageous to government organizations suffering from shortage of manpower from time to time.

The ultimate objective, of course, has been to facilitate their employability in the country.

Eligibility

The programme is designed for: -

Fresh Pakistani unemployed post-graduates and graduates in all fields ofstudies who have completed 16 years of formal education from Universities &Degree Awarding Institutions recognized by HEC including external

candidates. Candidates must be 25 or less of age.

Program Design

Main features of the program are as follows:-

o The interns will be working on various assignments in the Federal, Provincial andDistrict Government Organizations conveniently located near their home town.

o The interns are required to join the program on full time basis and followprescribed rules and regulations of the concerned organizations includingobservance of office working time and confidentiality requirements, etc.


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o The organizations are expected to make every effort to maintain highest standardwith regard to mentoring, supervision and training of interns.

Duration

Duration of internship is one year. The internees will however, be at liberty to leave the program

at any stage on 15 days advance notice. However, such internees will not be entitled forinternship completion certificate nor will they have any right to receive monthly stipend for theremaining period.

Essay Writing CompetitionThe Ministry has started National Youth Essay Writing Competition Scheme from 2008. The

main objective of the scheme is to promote reading and writing habits among our young

generation to provide them an opportunity to express their view on problems and suggest

solutions on different topics and also to encourage the talented youth through cash award.For the year 2008, essays were invited in Urdu and English languages through press

advertisement.

In response 624 applications were received which were examined by a panel of experts and 13

best essays were given 1st prize of Rs. 20,000/-, 2nd

prize of Rs.15,000/- and 3rd

prize of Rs.

10,000/- on writing Essays on the following topics:-

i) Plan of Action to curb the use of Tobacco in Children and Youth.

ii) Youth Crime, Causes and Remedies.

iii) Role of Youth in the Promotion of Civic Spirit and Courtesies.

iv) Causes of unemployment in the Rural Areas and its Solutions.

The award distribution ceremony was held in Islamabad 30-12-2008. The honorable Minister for

Youth Affairs was the chief guest.

Mobile Computer Literacy ProgramInformation Communications Technology has been recognized as important tool for human

resource development especially the young lot of the country. Computer education has

revolutionized our lives as it greatly helped in enhancing efficiency, productivity and quality.

Realizing the importance of imparting ICT exposure training to rural and slump devilling youngpeople who are otherwise deprived from such opportunities, this Ministry has started aprogramme for imparting I.T training to youth especially the rural youth through a mobilecomputer van. The Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP) has donated the computer vanfitted with ultra modern computer systems, necessary equipments etc.


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In order to run this programme the Ministry has developed a project for appointment of staff andbear the running and maintenance cost of the van and also provision of computers where thetraining is provided.

During the year 2008-09, 85 youth of union council Kaliar, district Jhang and Potha Sharif

Murree, were provided this training. 6 computers were also provided to the youth of Govt. HighSchool, Potha Sharif, Murree.

Youth Activities CentreMinistry of Youth affairs constructed various activities centre. Construction of Youth activities

centre is to provide Sports, indoor games, social and re-creational facilities along-with vocational

training to youth in the less developed districts as recommended by National Assembly Standing

Committee. In order to provide a place for youth related activities, 100 youth activity centres in

50 districts would be developed in the country, by providing basic facilities, especially in therural areas

See Pakistan Youth CampsSee Pakistan National Youth Camp is a regular programme which the Ministry organizes every

year (male & female), to achieve the following objectives:-

o To explore the magnificence of Pakistan from Sea-shore to the Mountains andvice versa.

o Promotion of National Integration and to bridge cultural and linguisticdifferences by providing an environment in which youth could interact andwork together with their counterparts in other provinces.

o To promote knowledge about land and people of Pakistan.All expenditure of the programme including return coach/rail fare, D.A. stays and meal

charges etc., is borne by the Ministry.

Youth ConventionsNational Youth Conventions will be organized at Provincial Headquarters on rotation. Theobjective of holding these conventions is to promote national integration and creating harmony

among the young generation.

Youth Awareness Program


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In order to empower youth and create awareness amongst youth on different issues, awareness

programme through media, conventions, walks, training, seminars, and symposiums etc. would

be organized at District, Provincial and National levels. Main thrust of the programme would be

campaigns on community youth awareness to promote healthy life style, anti-smoking abuse,

literacy drive and health initiatives for youth.

Youth AwardsThe objective of this program is to recognize the achievements of the young people in their lives

and to volunteers working for the welfare and development of the youth.

Types of Awards:

National Youth Award: Award for youth who excel in the different fields. Jinnah Youth Award: Award for the volunteers/organizations for their

outstanding achievements in the field of youth welfare and development.

Eligibility:

Age limit for National Youth Award: Any Pakistani citizen of age 15-29 yearsAge limit for Jinnah Youth Award: no age limit

International Youth Exchange ProgramInternational Youth Exchange Programme is one of the components of the policy of the

Government of Pakistan, which provides an opportunity to youth to see land, culture, and

economic development and also to exchange ideas of mutual interest with each other during

exchange of youth delegations. Pakistan is committed to active participation in the youth

activities to create understanding among youth of friendly countries.

In order to achieve the above objectives, youth delegations are exchanged:-

a. Either under Bilateral Cultural Exchange Programmes signed with various friendlycountries.b. Under special invitations received from different countries for participation inworkshops/camps abroad.

Details of outgoing and incoming delegations during the period July 2008- June 2009 is asunder:-

Details of Out Going Pakistan Youth delegations:


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1. Pakistan Youth Delegation to China- 2008The Chinese President during his visit to Pakistan in November 2006 had announced toinvite 500 Pakistani Youth (100 each year), over the next five years. The then Presidentof Pakistan, reciprocated by extending a similar invitation to the Chinese youth. Underthis agreement 2nd batch of Pakistan Youth Delegation visited China in 2008.

2. SAARC Youth Camp Sri Lanka 2008Pakistan being an active member of SAARC participates in all the forums, Seminars andCamps organized for Youth. SAARC Youth Camp is also one of the annual features ofYouth related the activities of SAARC.

3. Youth Camp Korea- 2008The International Youth Camps are organized in different countries of the world and

Government of Pakistan actively participates in all such camps. International YouthCamp is annually held in July and August at Korea.

4. Commonwealth Workshop (India)- 2008Commonwealth Youth Programme holds regularly Workshops, Seminars and other such

events and being a member the Government of Pakistan participates in all the activities of

Commonwealth Youth Programme.

5. Pakistan Youth Delegation to Korea- 2008Pakistan exchange Youth delegations under Bilateral Cultural Exchange Programme

(CEP) with different countries. CEP with Korea was signed in 2005 and since then every

year a ten member Pakistan Youth Delegation visits Korea.

6. Pakistan Youth Delegation to China- 2008Pakistan Youth Delegation visited China in 2009 under youth exchange programmeannounced by the President of Peoples Republic of China.

7. Pakistan Youth Delegation to Malaysia- 2009The Government of Malaysia has organized a Malaysian Technical Cooperation

Programme- Youth Development Initiative, in which they invited Youth of differentcountries for training. Pakistan was also invited for participation.

National Volunteer Movement


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National Volunteer Movement is an autonomous organization under MiniFcoFfstry of YouthAffairs. NVM was established with objective of providing a platform to citizens of Pakistan forparticipation in community based development/welfare and emergency management.

Functions of the Organization

Functions of the organization are as follows: -

To inculcate and imbibe the virtues of volunteerism among the youth of Pakistan; To formulate policies and evolve strategies for the promotion of voluntary

services in the country. To mobilize young person desirous of rendering voluntary services for social

work, community development and emergency management. To maintain a national register of volunteers classified by regions, education,

skills, age, languages and other useful classification and ensure its wide publicity. To train and educate prospective volunteers through short and long term training

programs to acquire useful expertise in rendering voluntary services in different

fields. To organize seminars, workshops and other forums for educating and inspiring

countrys youth for voluntary services. To deploy volunteers in coordination with other government agencies including

armed forces, wherever the services of volunteers are required. To cooperate and collaborate with international agencies, NGOs and other private

sector bodies engaged in social sector services, community development andyouth affairs.

To appoint such persons as may be needed to perform the functions of theOrganization.

To raise resources, from government and other sources, for the working of theOrganization.

To incur expenditures in connection with the working of the Organization. To buy, sell, purchase, dispose off equipments and properties required in

connection with the working of the organization. To award certificates of merit, recognition, excellence and other distinctions to

those who render invaluable voluntary services. To recommend to the federal government for award of national honors for those

volunteers who render exceptional voluntary services. To do any other function in pursuance of building a popular and strong culture of

volunteerism in Pakistan.

Youth Entrepreneurial ProgramShell partners with Ministry of Youth Affairs to promote entrepreneurship. In an effort to

develop young entrepreneurs in Pakistan, Shell Pakistan Limited has partnered with the Ministry

of Youth Affairs to run a series of workshops for university students at Jinnah University for


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Women. The session was called Bright Ideas and involved more than 30 participants eager to

learn all it takes to become a self-made business leader.This collaboration with Shell will help

our youth realize their potential as independent business managers said Saleem Ahmad

Siddiqui, Deputy Secretary, Youth Affair Department.

The Bright Ideas workshop educates students in methods to develop their business ideas from a

conceptual stage through to implementation. The session involved students working together in

small focus groups to bringing their unique value to the exercise and each entrepreneur explored

their business potential through group learning activities.

In addition Ministry of Youth Affairs has made some agreements or made them partner in the

welfare and development of the Youth of the country. These organizations include

1. Pakistan Poverty Alleviation FundPPAF and MoYA agreed to jointly work on youth development and poverty alleviation

projects. Youth Activity Centers would be established in big cities.

2. British CounsilBritish Council and MoYA entered into a long term partnership, agreement.

3. International Labour OrganizationILO agreed to support MoYA in Youth Development Projects by providing US $ 10million.

4. United Nations Funds For Population AdvancementMoYA and UNFPA agreed to work jointly on initiatives for youth empowerment.

5. Rural Support Program NetworkRSPN and MoYA agreed to promote youth activities at the grass root levels.

6. Intel PakistanINTEL (Pakistan) and MoYA agreed to launch Computer Literacy Programs for theyouth.

7. Dhaka Ahsania MissionMoYA approves young women Computer Literacy Program undertaken by DAMP.

8. World Population FundWPF and MoYA agreed to move on adolescent and youth development Programs.


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Important Policies of Ministry

National Youth Policy has been approved by the Cabinet and a Steering Committee has been

constituted under the chairmanship of the Federal Minister for Youth Affairs, Minister for

Education, Minister for Industries & Production, Minister for Labour & Manpower, Special

Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Sector and Chairman NAVTEC as its members to

develop an action plan along-with implementation mechanism and subsequently oversee/

coordinate its implementation.

The main principles of the National Youth Policy are:-

Reinforce sense of pride, awareness and motivation. Promote National integration. Enabling prospects of income generation for the youth (harnessing the youth dividend).

Address issues of marginalized and vulnerable groups of youth. Support character building. Promotion of sports and recreation. Academic and intellectual development. Youth health. Social volunteerism Incentives for talented and high performing youth. Youth marriage, family and life skills. Youth mentoring.

Special youth Balancing the gender imbalance. Youth in prison.

The thrust of the National Youth Policy is to inculcate a sense of pride of being Pakistanis, goodcitizenship, interregional harmony, building well rounded personalities and to prepare the youthfor income generation in their practical life. The Principles of National Youth Policy are:

1. Reinforce sense of Pride, Awareness and Motivation.Reinforce the sense of pride by creating awareness about our history, heritage and achievements.

To expose youth to works and examples of high achievers in the world in various walks of lifeand to instill a passion to excel and achieve excellence. Develop amongst the youth aninternational outlook, a desire to compete, an insight into other cultures and desire to learnlessons from achievements and errors of others.

2. Promote National Integration

Promote:


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i. National integration and harmony,ii. Mutual friendship,iii. Tolerance, understanding and values.iv. Social interactions.

3. Enabling Prospects of Income Generation for the Youth.Consistent with the policies of the Government for rapid economic growth which will createopportunities of income generation for Pakistani Youth, following specific measures be taken:

(a) Skill DevelopmentUndertake target oriented programmes for development of new and enhancement of existing skillto cater for the need of the youth in the specific area/regions (e.g. coastal, agriculture, industrial,urban, rural areas etc.). These programmes will also envisage training for foreign job marketswhere Pakistani youth can find jobs.(b) Entrepreneurships Assist and support the youth in establishing self-employment businessesand start up of new companies/ventures.

(c) Micro Finance

Provide financial resources for small scale income generation ventures.

(d) Internship and Job Counseling

Enhance internship programmes and provide job counseling in collaboration with corporatesector and universities etc.

4. Address Issues of Marginalized and Vulnerable Groups ofYouthEradicate disparities related to access to social and economic opportunities and resources foryouth development by adopting rights base approaches.

5. Support Character Building

It Inspire the youth with:Islamic values,ii. Ideology of Pakistan, aspiration for Pakistan,iii. Sense of good citizenship, high standards of morality,iv. Discipline,v. Respect for basic human values, laws and religions.vi. Educate, motivate and guide against extremism, terrorism, antistate and inhuman activities.

6. Promotion of Sports and Recreation:

Patronize sports and recreation activities, sports competition, expansion of sports facilities at alladministrative levels on sustainable basis with special emphasis for young females.

7. Academic and Intellectual Development.

(a) Take steps to promote scholarship, enhance availability and access to academic material,participation in conferences and undertake talent forming programmes.


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(b) Special emphasis be given to mainstreaming of youth studying in Madrassas.(c) Youth will be given representations in Think Tanks, policy formation and implementationfora.

8.Youth Health

It create awareness about responsible and safe behaviour, provide youth friendly and healthcare counseling and guidance facilities.

9.Social Volunteerism Youth will be encouraged to undertake voluntary social service.

10.Incentives for Talented and High Performing Youth

Talented and high performing youth will be given recognition reward and incentive at the

national level. Efforts be made to motivate and attract them towards service for the nation.

11.Youth Marriage, Family and Life Skills

Facilitating the youth (above 18 years) in the formation and planning of a healthy family on asustainable basis.

12.Youth Mentoring

Supporting and guiding the youth in identifying their potentials, overcoming their failures,

adopting the traits of good citizens and boosting their morale for high achievements in life.

13.Special Youth

Special consideration will be given to promote the participation of special and handicapped

youth in all activities.

14. Balancing the Gender Imbalance

Work towards gender equity and provide greater opportunities and decent environment for the

female youth to play their role in socio-economic development of the country.

15. Youth in Prison

Special Programme for rehabilitation, mentoring, training and education and incentives for

youth in prison will be evolved so that their time in the prison is utilized to become good

citizens capable ofintegrating in social economic activities

Finding, Conclusion & Suggestion

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