National Youth Policy of Ghana. Country/Territory Ghana Document type Date 2010 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Ministry of Youth and Sports. Subject Agricultural & rural development, Environment gen. Keyword Rural youth Social protection Rural employment Family farming Smallholders/peasants Capacity building Extension Poverty Public health Education Public private partnership (PPP) Gender Sustainable use Non-governmental entity Inspection Equity Cultural heritage Biodiversity Pollution control Environmental planning Environmental security Environmental standards Geographical area Africa, North Atlantic, Western Africa Abstract This National Youth Policy has as its theme “Towards an empowered youth, impacting positively on national development”. It is intended to provide guidelines for all stakeholders involved in the implementation of policies, programmes and projects for the development of the youth. It is also intended to help the country demonstrate its commitment to all international conventions and charters it has signed relating to the youth. In particular, the Vision of the present National Youth Policy is as follows: An empowered youth contributing positively to national development. To realize this Vision the following objectives will be pursued: 1) Empower and actively involve the youth of Ghana in productive activities for individual, community, and national development. 2) Enable each Ghanaian youth develop his or her full potential and self-esteem. 3) Institutionalize youth participation at all levels of the decision-making process to ensure the nurturing of democratic culture. 4) Enable the youth acquire, share and transfer knowledge, expertise, and experience through domestic and international networking and peer-learning. 5) Inspire the youth to develop the aptitude for creativity, innovation and self-discovery in improving their quality of life. 6) Inculcate in the youth a strong sense of self-reliance, patriotism, nationalism, and volunteerism. Full text English