The Philippine Youth

Development Plan
(PYDP)
2017-2022
Anchored
on a long-
term
vision
 Anchored
on a long-
term vision

The 25-year plan which envisions the Philippines as a “prosperous middle-

class society where no one is poor. People live long and healthy lives and
are smart and innovative. The Philippines is a high-trust society where
families thrive in vibrant, culturally diverse, and resilient communities”
 Anchored on
a medium-
term vision

Aims “to lay down the foundation for inclusive

growth, a high-trust and resilient society, and a
globally-competitive knowledge economy”
 Long

RELATIONSHIPS SDG Term

(until
2040)
United
Nations

25 years
AMBISYON
(until National
NATIN 2040
2040)

PDP 2017- 6 years

(Medium
Sectoral –
2022 Term)
National

6 years
PYDP 2017- Sectoral –
(Medium
2022 Term)
National

LYDP 2019-
2021 Sectoral -
3 years
Maguindana Provincial
o
Who are the Filipino youth?
They comprise

* (30.3 M) of
the population.

They are categorized into the following:

Child Youth (15 – 17 years old)

Core Youth (18 – 24 years old)
Young Adult (25 – 30 years old)

*2017 PSA Data

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The Filipino youth can also identify
themselves as a member of any of the
following different subsectors.
School Placement
 In-school
 Not in education, employment or training
 Working

Youth with Disability/ies

Youth with Specific Needs

Gender

Geography

Indigenous peoples group affiliation

 What does the National Youth Assessment
Study tell us about the Filipino youth?

14% have About half are not

26% have thought at
considered taking fully aware of
least once that life
their life, engaged HIV/AIDS and
was not worth living
in steps to push sexually transmitted
through with it diseases

More than half of

50% of the working About 70% are not
the working youth
youth prefer to go members of any
do not receive
abroad youth organization
employment
benefits

1 out of 2 of the
youth is not satisfied 69.3% believe that
with the state of corruption is
governance in the unavoidable
country
What does the National Youth Assessment
Study tell us about the Filipino youth?

About 78% agreed that

political participation is 65% of those no
important longer studying
want to go back to
school

78% agree that there

is nothing wrong
with seeking 90% are PROUD TO BE
professional FILIPINOS
counselling for
mental problems
 The Philippine Youth
Development Plan 2017-2022
which is basically a participatorily-
developed, participation-focused plan to
enable, promote, and ensure the rights and
welfare of the Filipino youth.
- Serves as a framework for unified actions
among the youth and youth-serving groups,
agencies & institutions to promote holistic
youth participation in the society.
By 2022, Filipino youth are:
living in a
peaceful, secure,
and socially-
healthy, inclusive society
educated,
patriotic and
active citizens

able to access and

use technology and
services as partners
able to engage in in nation-building
gainful economic
activity

PYDP’s collective vision for the youth

PYDP 2017-2022
is geared
YOUTH
towards
PARTICIPATION
 9 CENTERS
OF
PARTICIPATION
 WE NEED THEYOUTH’S
PARTICIPATION
We need to make sure that the Filipino youth are
able to meaningfully participate in the following
areas:
Health
Education
Economic Empowerment
Social Inclusion and Equity
Peace-Building & Security
Governance
Active Citizenship
Environment
Global Mobility
 WE NEED THEYOUTH:
MAJOR CHANGE-MAKER
(PYDPStrategies)
• In Health by:
– Ensure youth participation in healthy living
& prevention of accidents & injuries;
– Strengthen youth participation in
responsible sexual and responsible health;
– Address and mitigate youth participation in
sexual risk-taking behavior;
– Address and mitigate youth participation in
non-sexual risk-taking behavior; and
– Address psychosocial concerns.
 WE NEED THEYOUTH:
MAJOR CHANGE-MAKER
• In Education by:
– Increase and improve youth participation in
education; and
– Improve educational quality and
performance.
 WE NEED THEYOUTH:
MAJOR CHANGE-MAKER
• In Economic Empowerment by:
– Optimizing youth participation in the labor
force;
– Stopping youth participation in vulnerable
employment;
– Promoting youth participation in
entrepreneurial activities; and
– Strengthening youth participation in
employment enrichment support systems.
 WE NEED THEYOUTH:
MAJOR CHANGE-MAKER
• In Social Inclusion and Equity by:
– Promoting the prosocial participation of youth with special
needs;
– Maximizing participation of youth with disability in society;
– Promoting the participation of indigenous people youth in
society;
– Strengthening equal and equitable participation across
genders (addressing violence against women);
– Strengthening equal and equitable participation across genders
(addressing job discrimination);
– Strengthening equal and equitable participation across
genders (addressing issues confronting LGBTQ+); and
– Strengthening equal and equitable participation across genders
(addressing male enrolment and attrition).
 WE NEED THEYOUTH:
MAJOR CHANGE-MAKER
• In Security by:
– Strengthening youth participation in
promoting peace and order;
– Optimizing youth participation in the peace
process;
– Promoting the prosocial participation of
youth with special needs (wayward youth);
and
– Promoting the prosocial participation of
youth with special needs (drug-dependent
youth).
 WE NEED THEYOUTH:
MAJOR CHANGE-MAKER
• In Governance by:
– Ensuring universal participation in the
Sangguniang Kabataan (SK);
– Ensuring universal participation in (non-SK)
local and national elections; and
– Promoting youth participation in government
and bureaucracy.
 WE NEED THEYOUTH:
MAJOR CHANGE-MAKER
• In Active Citizenship by:
– Strengthening enabling mechanisms for
youth organization and participation:
accreditation, awareness and assistance;
– Engaging the youth in the preservation,
safeguarding, development, and
promotion of Philippine culture and arts;
and
– Inculcating volunteerism through the
academe and community engagement.
 WE NEED THEYOUTH:
MAJOR CHANGE-MAKER
• In Environment by:
– With active citizenship: Strengthening
youth participation in environmental
activities; and
– With active citizenship: Promoting
environment- friendly practices among the
youth.
 WE NEED THEYOUTH:
MAJOR CHANGE-MAKER
• In Global Mobility by:
– With education: Promoting youth
participation in cross-border exchanges;
– With active citizenship: Promoting youth
participation in cross-border socially relevant
activities;
– With economic empowerment: Supporting
youth participation in cross-border economic
activities; and
– Addressing cross-border youth trafficking.
We cannot always build a future for our
youth, but we can always build our youth
for the future. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Maraming Salama