Expected result: Strengthened coordination of partnerships for adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health, fostering youth participation in NGOs and in the government and private sectors.

This result will be carried out through the following directions:

Formulation of a national Plan and multi sectoral coordination platforms (national and regional) for the benefit of young people;

Reinforcement of the health services for young people, including those in schools and universities to provide medical, listening and information services in the domain of health in general including reproductive health and to refer them to other services

Reinforcement of the adolescents and youth participation by the integration of the peer education approach (in the domain of reproductive health, STI/HIV, human rights, citizenship, gender equality, fight against GBV, prevention from drugs, and alcoholism…) in the socio cultural activities and programmes of animation in schools and universities life (Colleges, colleges, universities, hearths), as well as youth cultural spaces.

Integration of information and referral with regard to Sexual Reproductive Health in the programs of the CDIS and in minors observations centers

Development of mechanisms and capacities of young people participation in planning and management of the structures targeting the young people (schools, centers,…)

Several governmental institutions are contributing to reach the expected result: 

• School and University Medecine Department
• National Family and Population Board
• General Department of Social promotion

Dans ce cadre, le Fonds des nations Unies pour la Population et le Fonds des Nations unies pour l’Enfance ont unis leurs efforts pour appuyer les programmes des jeunes et des adolescents au niveau national ; les deux organismes onusiens ont signé un lettre d’entente pour promouvoir les concepts et les mécanismes de « participation » et de « compétences de vie » et les intégrer dans les programmes nationaux ciblant les adolescents et les jeunes deux sexes.

Au niveau des programmes régionaux, le Bureau de l’UNFPA Tunis appuie le « réseau Y- Peer » ; ce réseau a été mis en place fin 2006 rejoignant ainsi les 39 réseaux implantés dans le monde. Le travail du réseau est basé sur le principe de la participation effective dans la formulation, l’exécution et l’évaluation des programmes destinés aux jeunes et adolescents des deux sexes dans le domaine de la prévention des conduites à risque.

Au sein du Système des Nations Unies, le Fonds des Nations Unies en Tunisie préside le Groupe thématique « jeunes et adolescents » ; les principaux résultats enregistrés par le groupe sont la production du document de travail « jeunes et Adolescents : Données et défis » et le développement du cadre général du programme conjoint « Adolescent(e)s et jeunes ».

Within this framework, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Children’s Fund joined their efforts to support national programmes targeting adolescents and youth; the two UN agencies signed a letter of agreement to promote the concepts and the mechanisms of “participation” and “life skills” aiming their integration in national adolescents and youth programmes.

At the regional level, the UNFPA Country Office in Tunisia is supporting the “Y-Peer network”; this network was set up at the end of 2006 joining thus the 39 networks established in the world. The work of the network is based on the principle of the effective participation in the formulation, the implementation and the evaluation of the programmes intended for adolescents and youth in the field of prevention from risk behaviours.

Within the United Nations System, the UNFPA in Tunisia is leading the thematic Group “youth and adolescents”; the main results achieved by the group are the design of the working paper “youth and Adolescents: Data and challenges” and the development of the general framework for joint program of “Adolescents and youth”.