About
International IDEA’s Youth Democracy Academy is designed to ensure that young women and men, too often marginalized from political processes, are equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively participate in, and contribute to, the consolidation and strengthening of their democracies.
The Youth Democracy Academy consists of 12 modules that are delivered in a series of workshops. Each module is broken down according to five substantive sections.
MODULEs
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Introduction to Democracy & Democratic Governance
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Constitutions
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Elections
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Political Parties
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Parliaments
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Executive & Public Administration
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Local Government
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Access to Justice
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Democratic Engagement
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Civil Society
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Working in Democratic Governance
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Learning Assessment
module sessions
- Overview –This opening module provides core technical information on the subject including key definitions and concepts that will be used and built on throughout the duration of the modules.
- Comparative approaches – in order to allow participants to better analyse their democratic realities, this session ensures that various perspectives and experiences are brought in to the curriculum. This can include resource persons who provide comparative analysis from the region and beyond and/or analysis of national, regional and international models and experiences. The session will concentrate on emerging issues within the topic at hand.
- Cross-Cutting themes – This session delves into transversal questions around each module topic by examining how human rights, gender, diversity, inclusion, accountability impact each module topic. It therefore allows participants the space to examine the subject at hand through different cross-cutting lenses and offers participants the space to tackle these transversal questions in relation to the module topic.
- Case Study Challenge – In order to ensure that the curriculum maintains a local perspective case studies are offered in the form of guest speakers, written samples or videos in order for participants to have access to examples from their own context and consider how their learning on the module topic relates to local challenges and opportunities in their country.
- Applied Learning – Skill-development and re-enforcing learning form an integral part of the curriculum as a whole. This session allows participants to demonstrate and practice the knowledge and skills gained on the module, through a variety of practical exercises including debates, simulations and policy dialogues.