HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT<strong>YCoP</strong> <strong>Links</strong>: <strong>The</strong> <strong>First</strong> <strong>50</strong> <strong>Issues</strong> consists of twomain parts: the <strong>Links</strong> Listings and the Index. <strong>The</strong>document functions much like a telephone book.<strong>The</strong> Index can be used like the yellow pages,whereas the <strong>Links</strong> Listings section resembles aphone book’s white pages.<strong>The</strong> <strong>Links</strong> Listings section comprises all the <strong>YCoP</strong><strong>Links</strong> listings from the first <strong>50</strong> issues, along withtheir previously published short descriptions.While creating this document, all of the URLs werechecked to ensure that they are still functioning,updated when necessary, and removed when theywere no longer active. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Links</strong> Listings, however,does not include any listings that come from theAnnouncements section of the issues. All links arelisted in alphabetical order.<strong>The</strong> Index provides an easy way to browse for usefulorganizations, projects, or resources. <strong>The</strong> Indexis separated into three distinct sections: <strong>The</strong>mes,Regions, and Resources. <strong>The</strong>se three sections allowfor more targeted research. For example, someonewho is interested in youth health in Thailand canfind “Health” under the themes section and crossreferenceby looking for organizations in Thailandunder “Asia” in the regions section.<strong>The</strong> <strong>The</strong>mes section contains more than <strong>50</strong> themes,ranging from advocacy to youth participation.Most organizations or projects are listed undermore than one theme. For example, EQUIP3’sIDEJEN: Haitian Out-of-School Youth LivelihoodInitiative is listed under seven themes, including“Employment and Employability,” “Out-of-SchoolYouth,” and “Youth Participation and Youth Voice.”Organizations and projects often touch on anumber of themes. <strong>The</strong> most prominent themesfor a project or organization, or those themesmentioned directly in the listing, were used todetermine the categorization. For example, usersmay discover that an organization teaching lifeskills as a small component of a larger HIV/AIDSprogram is only listed under “HIV/AIDS.” Please notethat organizations and projects may have addedcomponents that address new themes after thecompletion of the original <strong>YCoP</strong> <strong>Links</strong> description.Thus, the best way to find out the latest informationon each of the organizations or projects is to followthe URLs provided and explore the websites.<strong>The</strong> Regions section lists organizations, projects, orresources under the appropriate region, in additionto specific countries in parenthesis, if applicable.For example, Perspektiva, a Russian organization,is listed under “Central and Eastern Europe andEurasia,” followed by “Russia” in parenthesis.Some organizations or networks, such as StreetKids International, implement programs in multipleregions of the world; therefore, they are listedunder the “Global” category.iv |<strong>YCoP</strong> <strong>Links</strong>: <strong>The</strong> <strong>First</strong> <strong>50</strong> <strong>Issues</strong>
HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT<strong>The</strong> Resources section is divided into categoriesaccording to type of resource: “Assessment andEvaluation,” “Curricula and Courses,” “Forums andNetworks,” “Funding Sources,” “Guides, Toolkits, andFrameworks,” “Online Resource Databases and WebPages,” and “Research Articles and Reports.” <strong>The</strong>secategories were created after careful considerationof the <strong>Links</strong> featured over the past four years. Somecategories are fairly broad, while sub-headingscontain more specific explanations about what isincluded in a particular category. For example, the“Research Articles and Reports” category includesother types of research documents, including journalarticles, lessons learned documents, reports, studies,and issue sheets.<strong>The</strong> following terms are used throughout the Indexto make <strong>YCoP</strong> <strong>Links</strong>: <strong>The</strong> <strong>First</strong> <strong>50</strong> <strong>Issues</strong> as userfriendlyas possible:• See and Includes: Some themes may beincluded under other themes. For example,“Storytelling” has been grouped under“Arts and Culture.” Thus, if you search for“Storytelling,” the term “see” will direct youto the “Arts and Culture” section. Underthe “Arts and Culture” section, you will find“Includes music, storytelling, theatre,” whichmeans that these three categories have beengrouped under the more general “Arts andCulture” category.• See also: In some cases, categories coversimilar topics. For example, “Career Building”and “Entrepreneurship” both relate to“Employment and Employability.” Thus, undereach of these three categories, the term “seealso” refers the user to the other sections.• Refers to: Some categories necessitate ashort definition or explanation of the typesof listings that are included. For example,“Education (Formal)” uses “refers to” toexplain that we define this theme as anyorganization, project, or resource that canbe described as formal schooling, alternativeschooling recognized by Ministries ofEducation, or any sort of teacher training.Finally, users are reminded that this document isnot a comprehensive collection of all organizations,projects and resources related to youth development.Rather, it contains a selection that has been sharedthrough the first <strong>50</strong> issues of <strong>YCoP</strong> <strong>Links</strong>. Thisdocument is for knowledge sharing only; EQUIP3does not necessarily endorse any organization orgroup contained herein.v |<strong>YCoP</strong> <strong>Links</strong>: <strong>The</strong> <strong>First</strong> <strong>50</strong> <strong>Issues</strong>