Research to Change: Localizing Youth Leadership in Implementation Research

Implementation research generates evidence in real-time to strengthen the delivery of programs within context. It does this by centering participant and implementer voices in research and decision-making. For positive youth development programs, this involves championing the leadership of youth in research for contextually-relevant evidence generation.

Join us for an interactive discussion of how implementation research can be used to advance positive youth development programming. During this session, you will also have a chance to apply Implementation Research approaches highlighted in the Research-to-Change Toolkit to your own work and learn from other attendees.

This event will be relevant for young people who want to make better use of evidence to improve their work and for experienced research and evaluation professionals who are looking to further engage young people in generating and using evidence.

Young leaders: Learn about the role of implementation research in strengthening program delivery within context. Demystify research processes and understand their vital role in implementation research for stronger PYD programs. Introduction to a practical resource for planning, co-creating, and conducting implementation research.

Youth Practitioners: Learn about the role of implementation research in strengthening program delivery within context. Understand the importance of youth leadership in implementation research for stronger PYD programs. Introduction to a practical resource for planning, co-creating, and conducting implementation research.

Before attending this session, we ask you to do the following:

1.) Reflect on the following questions: Which of your current programs or initiatives do you feel would most benefit from using research to incorporate feedback from implementers and participants? How might you describe this program? Why did you select this program?

2.) Explore Youth Excel’s Approach to Implementation Research.

Presented by USAID's YouthPower 2: Learning and Evaluation Activity, the Youth Engagement Community of Practice (CoP) serves youth, practitioners in youth-serving organizations, and policymakers.

This event will include English closed captioning (cc).

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About the Community of Practice

YP2LE Learning Network brings together diverse stakeholders who seek to learn more and share about youth development. As one of six communities of practice, the Youth Engagement group helps members share and benefit from collective learning. Learn more about the Gender CoP and other CoPs on YouthPower.org and register to connect with these communities.

You must be a registered member of YouthPower.org in order to participate in the discussion group. Register today!