The Annual General Assembly of the Global Donor Platform for rural development was held in Berlin on the 13 – 14 June 2018 . The event was titled “Young and ready to move- empowering the new generation in the rural space“.
Some of the key messages that emerged from the meeting:
- Challenges that young people in rural areas face are interlinked and require systematic thinking to solve them
- Donors need to generate an environment for private sector integration.
- The use of social media can be effective to communicate valuable information to the young people.
- Farmers need be to empowered in the changing world. Donors can support this by providing basic and technical education, enhance farmers’ capacities to learn, innovate and adapt.The video below provides some of the key messages that came from the meeting.
The video provides some of the key messages that came from stakeholders at the meeting.
This meeting is useful to reinforce engagement and participation of rural youth at all levels. It was interesting to see how the event had several panel discussions that were inclusive of youth and provided a platform for exchange of knowledge and experiences.