JAWAN Pakistan’s Raza Kars-Volunteers
Jawan Pakistan is recruiting volunteer under the Jawan Pakistan’s Raza Kars (RKs) project. The eligibility
criteria and role of the Jawan Pakistan’s RK is detailed below.
What Is Jawan Pakistan?
Jawan Pakistan (JP) is platform that is being used to generate a conversation amongst youth. These
conversations will add up to the research being conducted for Pakistan’s National Human Development
Report 2015. The primary aim behind is to stimulate a national level conversation amongst youth and other
stakeholders, on the issues that matter to youth.
Eligibility Criteria for Jawan Pakistan Raza Kars (RKs)
RKs need to meet certain criteria as listed below:
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RK must be 18-29 years old.
RK can be from any field of work who is willing to make a difference.
RK is able to connect to a large network of individuals – whether it is a college/university network,
youth groups, or other networks or community (preferably related to youth).
RK is keen to show leadership within their community or organization.
RK can speak and write in English.
RK understands clearly issues of Pakistani youth especially in relation to education, employment and
engagement.
*We encourage women to participate.
Role of JAWAN Pakistan’s RKs
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By becoming JP’s RKs, you are entitled to carry out the following tasks:
1. Conduct and Engage other youths in conversations about future
a. Conduct informal Youth to Youth Conversations (Y2YC) at your university and localities,
e.g. Youth to Youth Conversations. You’ll find the guideline to conduct these Y2YC in a
separate document on the website.
2. Participate in Youth Forum
a. Create and promote online discussions on youth education, employment, engagement or
any other youth related issues on our Youth Forum, accessible via our GET INVOLVED
Page.
3. Write Essays.
a. Write what you think the recommendations & suggestions should be to address the 6 key
issues highlighted in the essay guidelines. Email it to us with your volunteer code and
name. All the quality essays will be shared on our blogs. The quality will be assessed by
our lead authors.
4. Spread the word
a. Talk to people (preferably young people) and spread the word about the National Human
Development Report 2015 and the Jawan Pakistan platform. Encourage people to engage
with the Jawan Pakistan Platform.
b. Encourage people to share success stories concerning young persons (15-29 years old) with
[email protected].
c. Try to reach out to under-privileged people in areas which you can access easily. Inform
them about the NHDR and note any interesting comments or observations they have.
5. Screen the JAWAN Pakistan video
a. Screen our 3 minute video on JawanPakistan at your university, to engage the widest
possible audience.
6. Disseminate JAWAN Pakistan posters
a. Place JawanPakistan posters in all relevant places to which you have access, e.g. schools,
universities, youth associations and popular youth spots. UNDP will provide you with 20
posters (in Urdu and a few in English) for this purpose.
7. Web and social media participation
a. If you are on twitter please follow us @JawanPakistan. Tweet about Jawan Paksitan or Retweet our tweets. Aim to become one of our top followers and to spread the word via
Twitter in your social networks.
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b. Whenever you tweet about youth issues or policy suggestions, please make sure to mention
us @JawanPakistan and use hashtag #PKNHDR in your tweet or comment. To enable
us to gather the viewpoints.
c. If you are on Facebook please ‘like’ our Facebook page “Pakistan Youth NHDR”. Actively
participate on the page, share, like and comment on our posts; so that you can spread the
word within your social network.
Reporting by Jawan Pakistan’s RKs
All the RKs will have to report back to NHDR Team. The reporting formats are attached in the Annex 1 as
Part 1 & Part 2. Both need to be submitted to Jawan Pakistan at [email protected]. There are two
sorts of reporting formats that are attached, one is for qualitative version and the other is for quantitative
version.
Outreach Progress Report - For the quantitative version please see the “Outreach Progress” table format.
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It is advised that whenever the RKs are activing as the advocates for Jawan Paksitan they
keep this progress report along with them; as it becomes easier for them to note their
progress.
Make sure that you always include the names, ages and other specifics of the people you
speak to in the Outreach Progress Report”
Individual Measure of Success – for the Qualitative version please refer to the Individual Measure of
Success”
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This will be the summary of your key findings. While you carry out the Jawan Pakistan
activities, please take note of interesting insights concerning the education, employment
& engagement topics on a sheet of paper. For instance:
i. Education - What interesting issues or policy suggestions came up while discussing
youth education in Pakistan?
ii. Employment - What interesting issues or policy suggestions came up while
discussing youth employment in Pakistan?
iii. Engagement - What interesting issues or policy suggestions came up while
discussing youth’s social, economic and political engagement in Pakistan.
Please make sure you include photos as proof of activities.
Essay submission List
If you have written essays for us then give us a list of the essay issues you wrote on along with your
volunteer ID. Please make sure the email subject is “Youth Essays”.
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What Jawan Pakistan’s RKs get?
1. All Rks who fulfill the following criteria will be awarded with successful completion certificate
of UNDP/Jawan Pakistan.
a. Can prove they have conducted at least 5 youth to youth conversations (Y2Y) and have
submitted quality reports as provided in the guidelines.
b. Have participated in at least 5 Youth forums
c. Engaged at least 100 people in different activities mentioned above.
d. Written at least one quality essay giving practical suggestions or recommendations.
2. The names of Most Active Volunteers selected according to the following criteria will be
mentioned in the National Human Development Report 2015.
a. No. of quality active forums they started and people engaged in those forums.
b. No. of people reached to spread the message of Jawan Pakistan.
c. No. of youth conversations held and quality of report
d. No. of times the video was screened in different locations
e. No. of quality essays written for Jawan Pakistan.
f. Thinking out of box – Major consideration will be given if a volunteer engages people
through an out of the box idea to gather useful insights for the report or helps organize
3. Most Active Volunteer will get a chance to be part of Youth Day Event Soon to be announced.
How to Apply
Are you Pakistani by heart? Between the age of 18 to 29 years? Do you feel the urge to make a positive
difference in your country? Are you passionate about voluntarily working for your country? If yes, then
come join hands with Jawan Pakistan. Become the agents of change – the Jawan Pakistan’s Raza Kars
(RKs). Apply by emailing the following the documents to [email protected].
1. A motivational letter - explaining why you want to become part of Jawan Pakistan
2. Your updated Resume
3. 1 ID photograph
Deadline to Apply: 31st May 2015
Final RKs Announced: 10th June 2015
Deadline for submission of work: 15th July 2015
Let’s Begin the Good Work!
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Annex I
Part 1
Outreach Progress
Volunteer Name:
City:
Tick - Activity Engaged
Date
From which City
Name
Gender
(F/M) Age
Email Address or
Contact Number
Presence
on Social
Media
(Yes/No)
Youth
Video Convo.
Succes
Selfie s
Craze Stories
Poster
Location
Added
us on
Social
Media
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Part 2
Individual Measures of Success
Monthly Report Summary:
Activities
1. No. of active forums you
started/participated.
2. No. of people reached to spread the
message of Jawan Pakistan.
3. No. of Youth to Youth
Conversations held.
4. No. of success stories shared with
Jawan Pakistan.
5. No. of times the video screened in
different locations
6. No. of blog pieces written for
Jawan Pakistan.
7. No. of quality essays written giving
suggestions & recommendations
for the 6 key issues mentioned in
the essay guidelines.
8. Thinking out of box – A plus point
if someone engages people through
an out of box idea to gather useful
insights for the report.
Success Measure
1. Highlight the most interesting out of the box interactive activities you conducted.
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2. Highlight the top 5 discussed most striking youth issues you encountered in Youth to Youth
Conversations (Please keep in mind that a more detailed youth report will have to be made
and submitted as per the “Guidelines for Youth to Youth Conversations”.)
3. List the name of the Forum threads you created or participated in?
4. Highlight the most interesting comments received on the topics you started on Youth
Forum.
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5. List the names and the contact details of the success stories shared.
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