Youth Progress Index
The Youth Progress Index (YPI) is one of the first instruments providing a multi-dimensional picture of young people’s quality of life around the world.[1] The YPI is based on globally collected quantitative data, independent of economic indicators. The index, defining progress beyond economic achievements,[1] focuses on the vulnerabilities such as young people's access to the labor market, learning opportunities and personal development.[2]
The analysis of the collected data is meant to support the creation and implementation of evidence-based youth policies [3] and to provide a significant contribution to policy-makers, researchers and activists[4] in identifying possible improvements in key aspects of young people's lives.
The YPI follows the Social Progress Index (SPI) methodology,[5][citation needed] building on the writings of Amartya Sen, Douglass North, and Joseph Stiglitz.[6] The YPI is the first SPI to look at a subgroup of the population defined by its age, rather than a population defined by its geographical location.[7] [8]
History
The YPI was first released in 2017,[9] measuring the quality of life of young people in more than 150 countries around the world.[10] The initiative has been promoted by the European Youth Forum, Deloitte, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)[11], the Social Progress Imperative, and the International Organisation of Employers (IOE).[12] The Youth Progress index is usually referred to as one of the first instruments measuring youth development indicators[13]
The second edition–developed by the European Youth Forum and the Social Progress Imperative and released in 2021–fully ranks 150 countries, and 18 additional countries partially.[14] It covers a 10-year time series with data from 2011 to 2020.[14]
The 2021 edition of the YPI includes a sustainability-adjusted version of the index, which includes the four environmental indicators of climate change, material footprint, loss of biological diversity and change of the territorial system (with a weight of 25%). This new approach shifts the ranking of countries significantly: the countries that have performed best in youth advancement are now seeing serious deteriorations.[15]
The accompanying report summarises the results and zooms in on the results of the megatrends of climate change, digital revolution, and a global pushback on civic space on young people and youth organisations, linking the findings of the Index with other data sources.[14]
Over the years, the Youth Progress Index has been recognised by different stakeholders,[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] as a basis to analyse youth well-being.
Methodology
The YPI 2021 fully ranks 150 countries, and 18 additional countries partially. It covers a 10-year time series with data from 2011 to 2020.:[14] The Youth Progress Index, using the Social Progress Index (SPI)[7] methodology, analyses three dimensions of social progress for youth[14]
- Basic Human Needs,
- Foundations of Wellbeing,
- Opportunity.
All three dimensions quantify social progress by monitoring and assessing data on twelve key issues related to young people’s access to their fundamental human rights[14] (e.g. right to healthcare, right to adequate shelter, right to education, access to political rights, right to personal freedom) broken down into 60 indicators.[14]
The data collected assess factors such as access to education, healthcare, housing, quality of jobs and environmental sustainability, providing a comprehensive picture of progress in a given country or community than mere performance in terms of GDP.[28][29] This data can support measuring countries’ success in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).[1][30][31][32][33]
The three dimensions of Youth Progress Index in their components:[34]
1. Basic Human Needs[34]
- Nutrition and Basic Medical Care
- Water and Sanitation
- Shelter
- Personal Safety
2. Foundations of Wellbeing[34]
- Access to Basic Knowledge
- Access to Information and Communications
- Health and Wellness
- Environmental Quality
2. Opportunity[34]
- Personal Rights
- Personal Freedom and Choice
- Inclusiveness
- Access to Advanced Education
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Instituto Internacional de Unesco para la Educación Superior en América Latina y el Caribe (IESALC), 2019-II Educación Superior y Sociedad (ESS) (1944). "Higher Education in the Caribbean" (PDF). Nature. Nueva etapa Vol. 31 (3874): 134. Bibcode:1944Natur.153Q.134.. doi:10.1038/153134a0. ISSN 2610-7759. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ Affairs, Department of Economic and Social (2019-01-18). World Youth Report: Youth and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (PDF). United Nations. ISBN 978-92-1-363256-7. Search this book on
- ↑ "What we can learn from the 2021 Youth Progress Index". www.euractiv.com. 2021-06-08. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ↑ FEHDER AND STERN (2013). THE SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX METHODOLOGY. Social Progress Imperative. Search this book on
- ↑ "Beyond GDP". The Economist. 2013-04-18. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Data - Social Progress Index - Methodology - The Social Progress Imperative". 2015-05-26. Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ↑ "Youth Progress Index". Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ↑ Independent Accountability Panel for Every Woman, Every Child, Every Adolescent. 2018 report: Private sector: who is accountable? for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.https://www.aidsdatahub.org/sites/default/files/resource/iap-every-woman-every-child-every-adolescent-2018.pdf
- ↑ Youth Progress Index 2017 Executive Summary, https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/global/Documents/About-Deloitte/gx-ypi-report-2018.pdf European Youth Forum, Deloitte, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the Social Progress Imperative, and the International Organisation of Employers (IOE).
- ↑ "Youth Progress Index 2017". www.osce.org. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
- ↑ "Youth Progress Index | Deloitte | About deloitte". Deloitte. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ↑ "Empowering our Youth". Development Advocate Pakistan. 7 (1): 5.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 Youth Progress Report 2021, Social Progress Imperative & European Youth Forum, 2021.
- ↑ "Youth Progress Index 2021 veröffentlicht". ijab.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2021-09-30.
- ↑ Well-being of Young People in Baltic States: Research Report, 2019. http://www.bernulabklajiba.lv/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Well-being-of-Young-People-in-the-Baltic-States_2018_ENG_Final.pdf
- ↑ Maria-Carmen Pantea, Young people’s right to assemble peacefully. A mapping study, in preparation of the first review of the recommendation CM/Rec (2016)7. European Union, Council of Europe. 2021. https://rm.coe.int/review-of-literature-art-i-2-pantea-final/1680a3c73e
- ↑ ERASMUS+ Strategic Partnership Project in Youth Field, Methodological guidelines For applying the youth well-being monitoring system at national, regional and local level. https://youthpitstop.com/app/uploads/2019/05/Well-being-of-Young-People-in-the-Baltic-States_2018_Methodological-guidelines-ENG.pdf
- ↑ Banati, Prerna (2021). "Adolescent Well-Being Gap Maps: What We Know and Opportunities for Future Research". Journal of Youth Development. 16 (2–3): 124–158. doi:10.5195/jyd.2021.1025. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ AEGEE Europe, Tackling Sexual Harrassment in Youth Organisation. 2020 https://www.aegee.org/wp-content/uploads/Policy-Paper-on-Sexual-Harrasment.pdf
- ↑ Romina Fraboni, Miria Savioli, Elisabetta Segre, Alessandra Tinto and Anna Villa, A Multidimentional Analysis of Youth well-being, in ISTAT Equitable and Sustainable Well-being in Italy. Retrieved 29 September 2021 https://www.istat.it/it/files//2019/12/A_multidimensional_analisys_of_youth_well-being.pdf
- ↑ National Youth Council of Macedonia, Macedonian Young Lawyers Association, Institute for Human Rights, Joint Submission on the Republic of Macedonia for the Universal Periodic Review Discrimination and abuses in employment and exercising employment rights among young people including volunteering and internships, 2019, http://www.nms.org.mk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/UPR-Joint-Submission-32nd-session.pdf
- ↑ Engaging young people for health and sustainable development: strategic opportunities for the World Health Organization and partners. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
- ↑ European Health Parliament, EHP5 Recommendations, 2021. https://www.healthparliament.eu/ehp5_recommendations/
- ↑ The European House - Ambrosetti, What priorities for the new European Commission? Position Paper, 2019. https://www.sipotra.it/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/EU-ATTRACTIVENESS-AND-CHALLENGES-AHEAD.-What-priorities-for-the-new-European-Commission.pdf
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- ↑ European Commission (30 January 2019). "Reflection Paper. Towards a Sustainable Europe by 2030". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "EURACTIV Press Release Site". EURACTIV PR. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
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- ↑ "Unemployment rates of Jordan's youth 'discouraging' — JSF paper". Jordan Times. 2021-09-20. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
- ↑ "Youth Progress Index 2021 Report". European Youth Forum. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ↑ Apap, Luisa (2019-08-11). "KNŻ searching for sustainable development goal ambassadors". Newsbook. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.3 Youth Progress Index Data. "Data Downloadable". Unknown parameter
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