Looking to improve the quality of youth participation and leadership in your organization or program? YouthNet, a program of Family Health International (FHI), proudly announces the publication of Youth Participation Guide: Assessment, Planning, and Implementation. The Youth Participation Guide seeks to increase the level of meaningful youth participation in reproductive health and HIV/AIDS programming at an institutional and programmatic level. This multi-component resource includes: * an institutional assessment and planning tool * a youth-adult partnership training curriculum * a conceptual overview on youth participation * background handouts ...and more! The target audience for the Guide includes senior and middle management, staff involved in implementing reproductive health or HIV/AIDS prevention activities, and youth engaged at all levels of an organization's work. The Guide can also be adapted for use in other types of youth development programs. To view the Guide online, please follow http://www.fhi.org/en/Youth/YouthNet/rhtrainmat/ypguide.htm <http://www.fhi.org/en/Youth/YouthNet/rhtrainmat/ypguide.htm> . For hard-back printed copies in a three-ring spiral binder, please send a request with an explanation of how you plan to use the Guide in actual training activities. Limited copies are available and will be provided to those in the best position to apply it to their programs. For others, CD ROMs of the Guide are readily available to any developing country health or educational organization at no cost. Please send all requests to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> along with the following information: Description of how you plan to use the Guide: Name and Title: Organization: Mailing address: Phone number: Email: YouthNet is a five-year program funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve reproductive health and prevent HIV among young people. The YouthNet team is led by Family Health International (FHI) and includes CARE USA and RTI International. David Hock Family Health International e-mail: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> To unsubscribe from CANCHID send: unsubscribe CANCHID to: [log in to unmask] - for help see http://listserv.yorku.ca