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Postgraduate Course

Children, Youth and Development (CYD)

10.5-week Postgraduate Diploma Programme

The Children, Youth and Development Programme engages participants in changing ideas, debates, and policy-making on child and youth issues. It takes an interdisciplinary, rights-based approach that draws on the study of education, health, sexuality, work/employment, conflict, rights and culture to address issues of children and youth welfare and justice.

The programme provides a strong grounding in key issues, concepts and debates in the field of child and youth studies in the development context. It explores key problem areas with a focus on issues and debates in policy and implementation, and strengthens participants’ skills in rights-based policy analysis and programme development. Study visits are made to various relevant international, government and NGO agencies in the Netherlands and other European countries.

By the end of the programme participants will have become familiar with key ideas and debates on childhood and youth in the social sciences and have explored key problem areas in this field. Special attention is paid to the design of effective child-centred programmes and projects, and the implications of children’s rights and rights-based approaches for policy-making and programming. Participants will improve their capacities to prepare and present professional briefing papers and proposals.

The Children, Youth and Development Diploma Programme is provided in collaboration with the International Child Development Initiatives (ICDI).

Target group

CYD is intended for young and mid-career professionals in international, national and local development agencies who work on issues involving children and youth. It is also appropriate for those working in institutes of higher education and research, and those who intend to follow a career path in the field of children/youth and development. Find out more about the ISS student body

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