Medium Term Youth Development Plan
(MTYDP) 1999-2004

The formulation of the Medium-Term Youth Development Plan (MTYDP) is one of the mandated functions of the National Youth Commission, as stated under Republic Act 8044, also known as the "Youth in Nation Building Act". Since the Commissions inception in 1995, the NYC has wasted no time in starting the ground for its formulation.

After more than two and a half years of hardwork, the MTYDP has finally been approved during the Cabinet Meeting held on 17 March 1998.The Plan shall now serve as the Government's blueprint in the area of youth promotion and development from 1999 to 2004.

VISION
What do we want our youth to be?

The MTYDP envisions "a generation of more enlightened and empowered Filipino Youth who are value driven, active as well as innovative, with a strengthened belief in a Supreme being and imbued with patriotism yet open to global competition and cooperation."

Along with the general vision, the MTYDP also contains specific vision for each of the four sub-sectors: the in-school, working, out-school , and youth with special needs.

RETROSPECT & CHALLENGES
Where are we now?

In the MTYDP, general concerns were identified that cut across all sectors along with the social, economic, legislative and physical factors that characterize the youth's present environment. Specific developments (upside) and downturns (downside) were outlined for each of the sub-sectors.

STRATEGIES
How do we address the issues to attain our set vision ?

At the core of the MTYDP is a set of strategies - broad strokes that could be adopted not just by the government but by all major stockholders of youth in order to attain our vision in the next medium-term.

Among the cross-sectoral strategies identified in the MTYDP are the following:

• Ensuring budgetary support and investment in human capital for the continued implementation of youth programs and projects;
• Strengthening the role of the family as the source of support and guidance for the youth during this crucial stage in their life;
• Strengthening efforts to alleviate poverty and enhancing the social integration of the disadvantaged and the marginalized of all youth subgroups with the end in view of improving their development and welfare;
• Promoting alternative modes of education to provide more young People with opportunities to acquire education;
• Promoting the youth's entrepreneurial skills and potentials as an effective employment option for the sector;
• Implementing an integrated and comprehensive package of promotive, preventive and curative health care services for the sector at all levels of health care;
• Adopting an integrated focus on the drug problem give the complexity of the issue and its far-reaching effects on the youth.
• Addressing the special needs of young women who remain vulnerable to deprivation, discrimination, and abuse;
• Promoting the full participation of government institutions, the private sector, youth and youth-serving organization at all levels to ensure that the multifaceted problems facing the sector are properly addressed;
• Strengthening the capacity of the Sangguniang Kabataan through the capability-training programs to deliver services to the youth at the grassroots level;
• Increasing youth participation in more productive activities in society;
• Ensuring regional coordination of youth programs and projects to ensure the youth's greater access to various services;
• Establishing a reliable databanking system and improving information-sharing information mechanism among concerned institution to provide a more solid basis for policy and program intervention;
• Further-in-depth studies on the sector to focus on the specific needs and characteristics of the different youth subgroups;
• Promoting and expanding the coverage of mass-based sports as an informal channel of learning and a vehicle for positive values for the sector; and
• Preserving and promoting culture, instilling positive values and encouraging self-development among the youth.