National Youth Development Agency hosts first annual Integrated Youth Development Strategy Summit, 12 to 13 May

• Published date: 09 May 2022
• Publication title: South African Official News

The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) will from 12 - 13 May 2022 host the 1st Annual Integrated Youth Development Strategy (IYDS) Summit in Johannesburg. Close to 250 young people representing civil society structures, political youth formations, government and the business, will gather at the Ekurhuleni Radisson Hotel and Convention Centre for this year's Summit to discuss and reflect on the implementation of youth development in the country as guided by the Integrated Youth Development Strategy (IYDS).

Post the consultations and approval of the National Youth Policy 2030, the NYDA had committed that to drive accountability for the implementation of integrated youth development, it would provide an annual update of the progress that was being made in the implementation of the Integrated Youth Development Strategy.

It aims to knit together critical areas that are key in creating an enabling environment for effective and efficient monitoring and evaluation of the Strategy and stakeholders' efforts.

The development and implementation of the...