Ok so as I understand it you want to work on:
- A structured approach to supporting local youth to develop, organise and discover tools to realise their ideas
- A network that connects places running activities and projects where young people to develop their skills and experiences through working together
- Drawing investment to Medenine from companies that work on rebuilding Libya and on planned Chinese and Tunisian developments (I am not sure I understand what this is - maybe you can explain this in more detail?)
What is needed to make it happen:
- Community building and coordination (offline and online)
- People with specialised skills to help with the technologies
- Experienced project leaders/realisors of self-sustaining/successful intiatives
- Financial resources for covering additional costs of the holders of the space. A question: how would you engage the owners of the spaces to join the network if there are no financial resources available to incentivise them? What would they need to be part of it? This is not something you need to answer now, but it is something we have to keep in mind as a big question.
Measuring progress: if we were starting from a blank slate, the approach I would take is somewhat different.
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At the level of the individual participant: Rather than measure the number of initiatives people are coming up with - perhaps we can find a way to measure the number of meaningful exchanges/collaborations that result in people developing their skills. Or find some tool for individuals to map out their individual learning path, and have some peer mentorship/assessment of how they are doing.
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At the level of the participating space in the network: Perhaps we could also look at the rate of initiatives that go on to become self sustaining, the number of people engaged in projects, and how long/how much on average does each participant invest in projects or activities. A question there would be how to make this visible in a way that does not feel like policing or judging people.
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For overall impact of all three: closer to what Alberto outlines here.
Thoughts??