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Integrating Youth Issues into Public Expenditure Management

Workshop for senior governmental officials
February 25 - 26, Apia, Samoa
Tuesday February 25
8:30 - 8.45 Workshop opening (Deputy Secretary of Finance)
8.45 - 9.00 Introductions
9.00 - 9:30 Activity 1(see handout)
9:30 - 10.00 Summary of the ADB pilot project 'Integrating youth issues into public expenditure management'
10.00 - 10.45 The Samoan project proposal and discussion (Paul Meredith and Laititi Belford)
10.45 - 11.05 Morning break
11.05 - 11:30 Report on the services to youth provided by the community (Maiava Peteru)
11:30 - 12.00 Research report on school dropouts in Samoa (Malaefono Faafeu and representative from Department of Education)
12.00  - 12.25 Introduction to youth impact assessments
12.25 - 1.00 Activity 2: Unpacking the impacts of early school-leaving in Samoa and Report back
1.00 - 2.00 Lunch break
2.00 - 3.30 Activity 3: Defining and responding to the problem of leaving school early
3.30 Finish

Wednesday February 26
8.30 - 9.30 Activity 4: Linking youth impact assessments to budgets
9.30 - 10.30 Report back and discussion
10.30 - 10.50 Morning break
10.50 - 12.30 Activity 5: Cross ministry issues in developing a youth responsive budget
12.30 - 1.30 Lunch
1.30 - 2.00 Different cross ministry budget and planning models
2.00 - 3.30 Next steps and timelines for the pilot ministries
3.30 Finish

© 2002 Youth and Gender Sensitive Public Expenditure Management in the Pacific

A University of South Australia project
with the Governments of Samoa and The Republic of The Marshall Islands
Funded by the Asian Development Bank