YOUTH20 is a project that aims to engage Mauritian youth in creating a vision for what they want Mauritius to look like in 5 years. It will do this through two main phases - an information phase to gather youth opinions on various topics through surveys, and an action phase where youth leaders will hold workshops to define concrete actions to achieve the vision. The project hopes to reach 5000 youth in the information phase, cover 15 topics through workshops and media appearances, and collaborate with 25 NGOs/organizations and 30 youth leaders to drive Mauritius towards 2020.

1. Youth20ProjectDescription

2. Youth20
MessagefromtheProjectInitiator
ThoseQuestionsweneedtoaskourselvesasYoungsters.
BholanauthJason
Astheworldiscomingtogethertocreateadirectiontowards2020,YOUTH20aimsatshowcasinghowtheyouthofMauritiuswantsthe
countrytolooklikein5years.Butforthistohappened,weneedtohavefundamentaldiscussionsonwhathavebeenachieved,whereweare
nowandhowdowewantMauritiustolooklikein5years.
FromsciencetoHealthviasports,YOUTH20willgivetheopportunitytoMauritianYoungsterstoexpresstheiropinionandtogethercreatea
visionforthedifferentsectordrivingMauritius.
WWewanttoengageallMauritiansinthiscampaignandthat’swhyifyouarereadingthisbooklet,doshareitwithafriend,yourclassmatesor
yourparents.Themorevoiceswehave,thebetterwewillunderstandourcommonvision.
WearethefuturegenrationofthiscountryandasLeadersweneedtoacttodaysothatourtomorrowwillbe
howwewantittobe.
ThroughYOUTH20,wewillbeabletointeractwithYoungLeadersoftheMauritiansocietyandhencehavean
insightofwhatishappeningatthemomentinthecountry.Thosequestionsthatwereallyneedtoaskare
WilltheskillsIamgettingtodaystillvalidin5years?
HowarethedifferentsectorsoftheMauritianeconomyevolveoverthe5comingyears?
DoIhavetherequiredknowledgetobereadyforchangesinMauritiusby2020?
Howwillwe,asyoungsters,driveMauritiusto2020?Howwillwe,asyoungsters,driveMauritiusto2020?
WhatareourrolesasaMauritiancitizen?
TheseareonlyafewquestionsthatarefrequentlyaskedbytheyoungMauritians.

3. TheProjectBriefDescription
Youth20
YOUTH20willconsistsoftwomainphase-TheInformation&TheActionPhases.ThosetwophasesaredependentoneachotherandwillrequireintensiveMarketingand
EngagementStrategiesfromus.Fortunately,WewillhavethesupportoftheDirectorofCommunicationsfromMiddlesexUniversity,UniversityofTechnologyMauritius,Univer-
sitedesMascareignesandEIILMUniversityandUniversityofMauritius.Thetwophasesaredescribedbelow.
Fromthevisionthatwecreated,wewillthendefineconcreteactionsthatwillpushthecountryandtheyouthtoachieveit.
CONCRETEACTIONSTO2020
Phase1:TheInformationPhase
Thisphasewillbemainlyaboutgatheringthemaximuminformationwecanfrom
theyouth.Theseinformationwillhelpusdescribethegeneralthoughtsofthe
youthonseveraltopicshappeningrightnowinMauritius.
WWewillthenanalysethesurveyandmakeitpublicthroughareport.Also,infor-
mationgatheredatthisstagewillenableustoplanconcreteactionsonthe
secondphaseandatthesametimeimproveourcommunicationstrategy
betweenusandthepublic.
Phase2:TheActionPhase
Takingtheinformationthatwegatheredinphase1,wewilldefinewhatkindof
actionswillbeneededtocreateMauritiusVision2020.
ConcretelyConcretelyspeaking,wearegoingtohaveYouthLeadersinMauritiustochair
sessionswiththeyouthondifferenttopics.Fromhealthtosportsviaagriculture,
wewillcoverthemaximumtopicspossibletoenabletheyouthtocreateMauri-
tiusVision2020forthedifferenttopics.

4. Someofourgoals
5000
YOUTH
REACHEDIN
PHASE1
15
WORKSHOPS/
TOPICS
15MEDIA
APPEARANCES
25
NGOs/ORG
COLLABORATING
30
YOUTHLEADERS
COLLABORATING
Youth20

5. Youth20
Launchingon
20/01/15