Endorsed by the IFRC General Assembly (2024), the Youth Engagement Strategy (YES) 2024 is a global IFRC guidance document for the meaningful engagement of children, adolescents and young adults as a powerful way of strengthening community resilience.

With the strategy, we celebrate another institutional milestone in advancing meaningful youth engagement and are reminded of the profound impact that empowered and enabled young leaders can have on global development. 

The YES 2024 builds on what has worked best over the past decade (YES 2013) and it better outlines the heterogeneity of children, adolescents, and young adults. Furthermore, it brings together concepts and key approaches that make youth engagement practice successful. Lastly, it better recognizes the role of young volunteers on the front lines of all our work.

With the Strategy, National Societies are able to better play a critical role in protection and safeguarding and healthy development of children, adolescents, and young adults. In effect,  the YES 2024 is an impactful springboard for National Societies to become a safe haven for children, adolescents, and young adults.