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The youth recognise that they currently have
“no voice” to participate in the development process, i.e. there is the absence of an entity such as
a National Youth Council and National Youth
Commission to give them a voice in the national
development planning process. The youth
pledged to work with civil society groups to
enable them to establish such entities to provide
them with a voice. The literature highlights the
involvement of organisations such as cooperatives, community-based groups and networks as
critical to enabling the youth and local communities to acquire the capabilities to develop successful CCA capacity (Commonwealth Secretariat
2007; ILO 2013; Cloutier et al. 2018).
Theme 3: Exploring the Mechanisms
to Enhance the Delivery of Climate
Change Adaptation Measures
Before exploring how adaptation measures can
be delivered, the conceptual framework that is
responsible for delivering these measures will be
discussed, highlighting how it can be used and
the adjustments to be made to enhance its
operationalisation.
The Operationalisation
of the Conceptual Framework
on the Adaptation of the Youth
to New Climate Conditions
The conceptual framework is divided into four
steps: (1) identification of climate change stressors,
(2) assessment of the socio-economic impact of climate change on SIDS, (3) analysis of skills and
knowledge of the youth to enhance human capital
adaptation and (4) adjustments to youth development policy, strategy and actions to improve the
capacity and resilience of the youth to adapt to climate change in small island communities.
Although monitoring and evaluation was not
initially a component of the framework, after
careful analysis of the processes comprised
within the various steps, it concluded that it
would be essential that policymakers and youth
development practitioners receive feedback on
how well a particular stage of the framework has
performed before moving on to the next stage of
the framework. Monitoring and evaluation were
incorporated as an essential part of the framework to provide feedback to implementers to
assess or test the overall performance of each
stage of the conceptual framework.
Although the conceptual framework was developed mainly for SIDS, the success of its use in the
YEEP in Sierra Leone shows that the framework is
relatively viable for implementation in other categories of countries. Another important indicator
for the success of the conceptual framework is the
implementation of a hybrid approach which
brought together the government’s top-down
approach through NAYCOM working in partnership with PIs utilising a bottom- up approach to
deliver training to the youth. MOUs were developed and signed by the PIs involved in the implementation of the project in urban and rural
communities in Sierra Leone. The institutions
view the MOU as an important consideration for
the successful implementation of the project.
These PIs felt valued that by signing the MOUs
with NAYCOM, they gained legitimacy and recognition from the government of their contribution
to national development processes (Fig. 6.1).
The new conceptual framework has some
inadequacies. It did not take into consideration
the crippling impact that corruption would have
on the successful implementation of the project.
In the case of the YEEP, the corruption of public
officials in Sierra Leone had a crippling effect on
the implementation of the project. This factor
needs to be included in the development of the
new conceptual framework.
A conceptual framework for youth adaptation
to climate change in SIDS could never be
appropriate for everything relating to youth
development and climate change. There is a need
for the development of a new conceptual framework to allow research to be carried out to have a
clearer understanding of the dynamics and
mechanics of the Global Climate Strike
Movement inspired by Thunberg. The phenomenon was encouraged and implemented by the
youth in over 6100 location in 185 countries.
6 Preparing the Youth for the Storm: Deepening the Discourse Around the Youth and CCA in SIDS
The youth recognise that they currently have
“no voice” to participate in the development process, i.e. there is the absence of an entity such as
a National Youth Council and National Youth
Commission to give them a voice in the national
development planning process. The youth
pledged to work with civil society groups to
enable them to establish such entities to provide
them with a voice. The literature highlights the
involvement of organisations such as cooperatives, community-based groups and networks as
critical to enabling the youth and local communities to acquire the capabilities to develop successful CCA capacity (Commonwealth Secretariat
2007; ILO 2013; Cloutier et al. 2018).
Theme 3: Exploring the Mechanisms
to Enhance the Delivery of Climate
Change Adaptation Measures
Before exploring how adaptation measures can
be delivered, the conceptual framework that is
responsible for delivering these measures will be
discussed, highlighting how it can be used and
the adjustments to be made to enhance its
operationalisation.
The Operationalisation
of the Conceptual Framework
on the Adaptation of the Youth
to New Climate Conditions
The conceptual framework is divided into four
steps: (1) identification of climate change stressors,
(2) assessment of the socio-economic impact of climate change on SIDS, (3) analysis of skills and
knowledge of the youth to enhance human capital
adaptation and (4) adjustments to youth development policy, strategy and actions to improve the
capacity and resilience of the youth to adapt to climate change in small island communities.
Although monitoring and evaluation was not
initially a component of the framework, after
careful analysis of the processes comprised
within the various steps, it concluded that it
would be essential that policymakers and youth
development practitioners receive feedback on
how well a particular stage of the framework has
performed before moving on to the next stage of
the framework. Monitoring and evaluation were
incorporated as an essential part of the framework to provide feedback to implementers to
assess or test the overall performance of each
stage of the conceptual framework.
Although the conceptual framework was developed mainly for SIDS, the success of its use in the
YEEP in Sierra Leone shows that the framework is
relatively viable for implementation in other categories of countries. Another important indicator
for the success of the conceptual framework is the
implementation of a hybrid approach which
brought together the government’s top-down
approach through NAYCOM working in partnership with PIs utilising a bottom- up approach to
deliver training to the youth. MOUs were developed and signed by the PIs involved in the implementation of the project in urban and rural
communities in Sierra Leone. The institutions
view the MOU as an important consideration for
the successful implementation of the project.
These PIs felt valued that by signing the MOUs
with NAYCOM, they gained legitimacy and recognition from the government of their contribution
to national development processes (Fig. 6.1).
The new conceptual framework has some
inadequacies. It did not take into consideration
the crippling impact that corruption would have
on the successful implementation of the project.
In the case of the YEEP, the corruption of public
officials in Sierra Leone had a crippling effect on
the implementation of the project. This factor
needs to be included in the development of the
new conceptual framework.
A conceptual framework for youth adaptation
to climate change in SIDS could never be
appropriate for everything relating to youth
development and climate change. There is a need
for the development of a new conceptual framework to allow research to be carried out to have a
clearer understanding of the dynamics and
mechanics of the Global Climate Strike
Movement inspired by Thunberg. The phenomenon was encouraged and implemented by the
youth in over 6100 location in 185 countries.
6 Preparing the Youth for the Storm: Deepening the Discourse Around the Youth and CCA in SIDS