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LINKS LISTINGSas training and counseling). The study exploresthe experiences of the MRIs and YSOs to betterunderstand the supply side perspective ofmicrofinance providers to youth.Middle East Youth Initiativehttp://www.shababinclusion.org/An excellent resource for practitioners, this website,launched by the Wolfensohn Center for Developmentat the Brookings Institution and theDubai School of Government in July 2006, offers anumber of links to publications, discussion articles,and news and events related to youth, education,employment, marriage, housing and credit, andcivic participation. With a mission to “promote theeconomic and social inclusion of young people inthe Middle East,” the Middle East Youth Initiativeoffers a forum for researchers, practitioners, andleaders to exchange ideas, advocate, and networkfor youth issues in the Middle East.Millennium DevelopmentGoal Monitorhttp://www.mdgmonitor.org/index.cfmThe UN, Google and Cisco launched the MDG Monitor,which tracks global progress towards the MDGs.This web application tracks real-time progress innearly every country and uses Google Earth to exploreUN data via country assessments. The site alsooffers the latest news regarding country developmenttowards the goals and provides a user friendlyviewing format.Millennium Development Goals:Youth Action Guidehttp://tig.phpwebhosting.com/themes/mdg/action_guide_en.pdfA toolkit to assist youth in promoting adherenceto the MDGs, this guide is a product of youth associatedwith the Millennium Campaign, TakingIT-Global, and the Global Youth Action Network. TheYouth Action Guide outlines steps related to eachspecific goal, as well as broader strategies for raisingawareness and pressuring governments. The guidealso includes a form that youth can send back to theMillennium Campaign to report their efforts. TheMillennium Campaign is an initiative of the UnitedNations to inspire people on a national and internationallevel to act in support of the MDGs.Motivator Masyarakat Programhttp://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/field/2008/1000774/index.htmlTwenty-five young people from fishing villages onthe west coast of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam provincein Indonesia were trained to become MotivatorMasyarakat, or Community Motivators. Motivatorsserve as a bridge between traditional fishing leadersand the offices of Indonesia’s fisheries agency, theDinas Kelautan dan Perikanan (DKP), and promotesound management of coastal fisheries throughincreased awareness of responsible use of naturalresources. The project, financed by the AmericanRed Cross and in partnership with the DKP, plannedto train an additional 175 Community Motivators byJune 2008. Village councils select youth from theircommunities to take part in the program.Moving the Goalposts Kilifihttp://www.mtgk.orgMoving the Goalposts Kilifi is a Kenyan organizationthat tackles gender disparities. It began operatingin Kilifi District in 2001 with 120 soccer players,all young women and girls. Now MTGK has 3,000players and organizes three tournaments each year;one each for primary school, secondary school andout-of-school youth. Committees of girls organizethe tournaments and budgets, and all games are officiatedby young women trained as referees. MTGKaims to train girls for the FIFA Women’s World Cupas well as to offer employment and volunteer opportunitiesand leadership skills. Through MTGK,34 | YCoP Links: The First 50 Issues