Youth Social Development

VISION

‘A responsible, empowered, secure and vibrant youth, building a better Kenya’

MISSION

“To tap the full potential of the youth through participatory engagements that
promotes youth development’

Objectives

 To facilitate development of the youth through access to comprehensive

information and service on health issues.

 To increase participation of youth leisure, recreation and community service.

 To involve the youth on environmental conservation, preservation and

protection.

 To facilitate and enable the youth grow and develop in a just, safe and secure
environment free from crime, drug and substance abuse

 To co-ordinate and increase support to youth development initiatives.

 To develop and strengthen leadership and life skills among the youth.

 To increase opportunities for civic participation and community service

amongst the youth.

 To strengthen objectives oriented networking in the youth.

 To empower youth with special needs to enable them participate fully in

MOYS programmes.

 To mainstream gender issues in all programmes and activities of the ministry.

Youth Empowerment & Participation

VISION

“Young Kenya citizens who have greater control over their lives, able to make
informed choices, have better options and actively participating in the
transformation of their country”.

MISSION
“To enable young people exploit their potential as individuals and fulfill their
obligations as equal partners in the National Development processes”.

OBJECTIVES OF DIVISION

Initiate and support Youth empowerment Initiatives.

 To facilitate opportunities for youths to participate in all processes of national

development countrywide.

 To improve effective Youth participation in all structures of decision making.

 Mainstreaming Kenyan Youth participation in Millennium Development Goals

(MDGs) and Vision 2030.

 Provide opportunities to secondary school youths to enable them make

informed career choices.

 To disseminate information to youths on the rights and threats they face.

 To develop and strengthen leadership and life skills among the youths
countrywide.

 To conduct Youth empowerment clinics countrywide.

 To build the capacities of young people to be able to handle and participate

in day-to-day affairs of the country.

 To align the systems and structures to favor youth participation and

empowerment.

FUNCTIONS OF THE DIVISION

 National Youth Council

 Civic education and training

 Formation and promotion of youth groups/organizations

 Youth participation in Public Affairs

 The Commonwealth Youth Programme

 Youth involvement and participation in socio-political and economic decision

making

 Inter- Ministerial Youth Issues/Youth Desks

  The African Youth Charter

 Growing leaders/mentoring/youth capacity building programmes e.g.

leadership training

 Youth – led development initiatives

 Career fairs and exhibitions

 Youth Award Schemes

 Youth and Governance issues

 Coordination and liaison with National, Regional and International Youth

Forums

 Youth, MDGs and Vision 2030

 Youth innovations and inventions

Youth Employment & Enterprise Development

VISION

“To excel in Youth Employment and Enterprise Development Programmes.

MISSION

“To facilitate the development of Youth Employment Initiatives and Enterprises.

OBJECTIVES OF THE DIVISION

 To promote Youth-owned Small and Micro Enterprises (SME).

 To promote thriftiness and self-reliance among the youth.

 To promote an entrepreneurial culture among the youth.

 Development of modalities for structured labour export

 Promotion and facilitation of youth Labour Export

 Promote marketing of Youth Products and Services

 Liaise with stakeholders to formulate appropriate policies for youth

employment
  Participate in Development of Marshal Plan on youth employment

Research Monitoring & Evaluation

VISION

“Young Kenya citizens who have greater control over their lives, able to make
informed choices, have better options and actively participating in the
transformation of their country”.

MISSION

“To enable young people exploit their potential as individuals and fulfill their
obligations as equal partners in the National Development processes”.

Objectives of the Division

 Initiate and support Youth empowerment Initiatives.

 To facilitate opportunities for youths to participate in all processes of national

development countrywide.

 To improve effective Youth participation in all structures of decision making.

 Mainstreaming Kenyan Youth participation in Millennium Development Goals

(MDGs) and Vision 2030.

 Provide opportunities to secondary school youths to enable them make

informed career choices.

 To disseminate information to youths on the rights and threats they face.

 To develop and strengthen leadership and life skills among the youths
countrywide.

 To conduct Youth empowerment clinics countrywide.

 To build the capacities of young people to be able to handle and participate

in day-to-day affairs of the country

 To align the systems and structures to favor youth participation and

empowerment.

Functions of the Division

 National Youth Council

 Civic education and training

 Formation and promotion of youth groups/organizations

 Youth participation in Public Affairs

 The Commonwealth Youth Programme

 Youth involvement and participation in socio-political and economic decision

making

 Inter- Ministerial Youth Issues/Youth Desks

 The African Youth Charter

 Growing leaders/mentoring/youth capacity building programmes e.g.

leadership training

 Youth – led development initiatives

 Career fairs and exhibitions

 Youth Award Schemes

 Youth and Governance issues

 Coordination and liaison with National, Regional and International Youth

Forums

 Youth, MDGs and Vision 2030

 Youth innovations and inventions

Department of Training

VISION

“A dynamic multi-skilled youth adding value to self and society”.

MISSION
 “To empower the youth with appropriate and adequate skills, knowledge and
attitudes to realize full potential for individual and national development”.

MANDATE

The department’s mandate includes the following:

o To revitalize the existing YPs in order to increase youth access to

quality training.

o To provide appropriate vocational and technical training for the youth.

o To enhance youth training through alternative learning systems such

as open, distant, sandwich, mobile, evening and e-learning.

o To improve quality of youth training programs by continuously

reviewing and revising curriculum to meet the changing needs of the
individual and society.

o To participate in the formulation, implementation and review of

national youth policy.

o To initiate and strengthen partnership with Development Partners and

other Stakeholders in order to support youth training programs.

o To upgrade YPs to centers that offer alternative paths of acquiring

mainstream education.

o To popularize the YPs through community capacity building and

mobilization as alternative centers of learning.

o To enhance capacity building for staff in the Department of Youth

Training and in YPs.

o To refurbish and upgrade infrastructure in YPs countrywide.

o To establish Youth Learning Resource Centers countrywide.

o To empower the youth with ICT, entrepreneurial and leadership skills.

o To promote good governance in YPs in liaison with Stakeholders.

o To upgrade at least one YP in each constituency to a model YP.