Project
Magna Carta for Youth Farmers
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Amount Funded
142,274 EUROProject Duration
15 May 2021 - 15 May 2023 -
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Lead organisation
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The Center for Youth Advocacy and Networking, Inc. (CYAN), is a youth-led, youth-serving non-government, and non-profit organisation that envisions a community where young people are
empowered and able to effect societal change towards a truly just and democratic society.
It works to contribute to building of platforms for young people’s empowerment, meaningful
participation, and youth agenda-development. CYAN provides capacity building and technical
assistance to youth organisations, promotes partnerships and networking to help them inform and
influence policies. CYAN is a community of learners who openly shares ideas, competencies and knowledge to effectively engage institutional processes and meaningfully contribute in social change. CYAN is also part of various pro-democracy coalitions and networks such as: Coalition Against the Marcos Burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery), First Time Voters Network, Youth Vote Philippines, Sanguniang Kabataan Reform Coalition, Youth for Sexual and Reproductive Health among others.-
Organisation
The Center for Youth Advocacy and Networking, Inc. (CYAN), is a youth-led, youth-serving non-government, and non-profit organisation that envisions a community where young people are
empowered and able to effect societal change towards a truly just and democratic society.
It works to contribute to building of platforms for young people’s empowerment, meaningful
participation, and youth agenda-development. CYAN provides capacity building and technical
assistance to youth organisations, promotes partnerships and networking to help them inform and
influence policies. CYAN is a community of learners who openly shares ideas, competencies and knowledge to effectively engage institutional processes and meaningfully contribute in social change. CYAN is also part of various pro-democracy coalitions and networks such as: Coalition Against the Marcos Burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery), First Time Voters Network, Youth Vote Philippines, Sanguniang Kabataan Reform Coalition, Youth for Sexual and Reproductive Health among others. -
Project
SAKAbataan hopes to contribute to youth participation in policy dialogues by convening a youth-led coalition of young farmers and young farmer allies who are organised and are able to champion young farmers’ agenda in policy-making at the national and local levels. The project aims to contribute in making agricultural sector policy more responsive to young farmers’ needs and therefore increasing youth participation in the agricultural sector.
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SAKAbataan hopes to contribute to youth participation in policy dialogues by convening a youth-led coalition of young farmers and young farmer allies who are organised and are able to champion young farmers’ agenda in policy-making at the national and local levels. The project aims to contribute in making agricultural sector policy more responsive to young farmers’ needs and therefore increasing youth participation in the agricultural sector.
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SAKABATAAN taking the lead in promoting young farmer rights and agenda
Tumatanda, Pero Hindi Bumabata. The average age of the Filipino Farmer is from 55-59 years old, highlighting the migration of rural youth to non-farming occupations. The Food and Agricultural Organization has identified six pillars to arrest this trend and SAKAbataan aims to address one of them: Participation of Young Farmers in Policy Dialogue. In response to this growing agricultural problem, SAKAbataan made the sixth focal point to fulfilling its main development goal, prioritizing the promotion of an agricultural sector policy to be responsive to the needs and interests of young farmers and increase youth participation in the sector. To achieve this, young farmers are empowered not only to effectively engage and influence policy dialogues and implementation but also to articulate and create their version of the Magna Carta for Young Farmers that will be lobbied and championed both in local and national policy-making bodies.
Pangarap at Pagkilala. Youth farmer-led, multisectoral coalitions are set ups to serve as an ecosystem of support for young farmers at the national level, and in localities in the Philippines. Two years since the project was launched, SAKAbataan successfully convened three young farmer-led coalitions — Pamatano-n Nga Mangunguma Sang Negros Alliance (PAMANA) in Negros Occidental, Kabataang Sama-samang Pinaglalaban ang Karapatan ng mga Magsasaka (KASAPIKA) in Nueva Ecija, and Alliance of Laguna Farmers and Advocates (ALFA) Laguna. The project also included multi-sectoral partnerships; thus allowing for an intersectoral, and intergenerational collaboration to ensure holistic support in pushing for young farmers’ agenda. Despite many organizing challenges faced by the team during the pandemic due to mobility restrictions, contact-building through established networks of CYAN and CARET supported the organizing aspect of the project. ‘‘Nakita namin ang kahalagahan ng pagbuo ng organisasyon para sa aming mga kabataang magsasaka’’ – Mark Fierro, Former PAMANA Chairperson
Pagmulat at Pagsasakapangyarihan.
Pagsasakatuparan at Pagasa. Together with the established young farmer-led coalitions and youth organizations,
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