{"id":25352,"date":"2025-02-18T09:36:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T07:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cmcfinland.fi\/new-cmc-policy-brief-findings-and-recommendations-to-strengthen-the-implementation-of-the-youth-peace-and-security-agenda-within-civilian-crisis-management\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T10:20:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T08:20:00","slug":"new-cmc-policy-brief-findings-and-recommendations-to-strengthen-the-implementation-of-the-youth-peace-and-security-agenda-within-civilian-crisis-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmcfinland.fi\/en\/new-cmc-policy-brief-findings-and-recommendations-to-strengthen-the-implementation-of-the-youth-peace-and-security-agenda-within-civilian-crisis-management\/","title":{"rendered":"New CMC Policy Brief: Findings and Recommendations to Strengthen the Implementation of the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda within Civilian Crisis Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Civilian crisis management operations often take place in fragile, conflict-affected, or post-conflict countries, where young people constitute a significant majority of the population. Unstable conditions affect youth in many ways, yet they are frequently excluded from formal decision-making processes and peace-building efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the new policy brief our former research and development intern Riina Pekkarinen aims to assess the current state of Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) implementation in civilian crisis management, drawing from Finnish secondees. Through their insights, the brief highlights both the progress achieved and the challenges faced in integrating youth-centred approaches into peace-building efforts. Based on these findings, the brief offers recommendations for advancing the YPS agenda more comprehensively in operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The key recommendations of the policy brief are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n