The British Council Pakistan launched Pakistan Youth Leadership Initiative (PYLI) in November 2023. It is a three-year project led by British Council Pakistan in partnership with Government’s Prime Minister’s Youth Programme, Higher Education Commission (HEC), local CSOs and public universities.
The project is co-funded by Qatar based Education Above All Foundation’s programme “Reach Out to All”, UNDP and WaterAid. The project will train 90,000 youth from universities and communities in the Global Citizenship Education, leadership, and Climate Action curriculum. These youth will then go out to their communities to carry out Youth Led Climate Actions (YLAs), be involved in policy dialogue and advocacy, participate in national and international climate events and showcase their successful projects.
The YLAs will focus on the following five thematic areas:
- Tree plantation
- Water conservation
- Renewable energy
- Climate education in schools and colleges
- Solid waste management
Objectives:
Young women and men in Pakistan are aware of social and ethical values, and respectful of diversity by taking inclusive and responsible actions to influence local, national, and global sustainable development agenda on climate action.
Target Audience
PYLI project aims to reach young people (age 18 – 24 years) present in rural and semi-urban areas across all four provinces of Pakistan with intersectionality of gender, age, education, socio-economic status, disability, and religion, as well as at-risk youth groups who are directly impacted by climate change and its negative impact on human lives, livelihood and ecosystems.
Programme Outcomes
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80 public universities and 30 CSOs in Pakistan have increased capacity on implementing digital and global citizenship education and climate change education offers for young women and men.
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90,000 Young women and men in Pakistan demonstrate increased knowledge, skills and awareness of digital and global citizenship, climate change impact.
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90,000 Young women and men in Pakistan have a better understanding of climate change as a global challenge affecting their country and the world.
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10,000 Young women and men develop cross cultural connections and networks in Pakistan and internationally to deliver climate focused social action projects for the benefit of their communities and advocacy for agenda setting at national and international levels.
