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Tools

A multiple set of tools were used to conduct this mapping. This included:

1) desk research, 2) survey questionnaires, 3) semi-structured KIIs, 4) focus groups

Desk Review

While it was very rare to find updated studies (or at least issued after 2011) specifically
treating the subject of youth in Syria, the information yielded from these sources
provided insights on understanding of the previous and current situation of youth in
Syria and about the challenges they are facing in a wider socio-economic framework,
in addition to the way’s youth utilize in order to cope with challenges created by the
conflict.

Youth situation

EU - Euro MEd (2007): Studies on youth policies in the Mediterranean

partner countries: Syria
Wolfensohn Center for development / Dubai School of Government (2007),
Youth Exclusion in Syria: Social, Economic, and Institutional Dimensions

Education, Business and Society Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues
(2010) "Syria's next generation: youth unemployment, education, and
exclusion"
Mercy corps (2014), No one can hear us

UNESCO (2015-2016), Bridging learning gaps for youth: UNESCO education
response for Syrian crisis
REACH (September 2016). Northern Syria Market Monitoring Exercise.

I-APS & Acted (2017), Vocational training and labor market assessment in
Syria

Context analysis

UN OCHA (2018): Situation reports: Recent Developments in Northwestern Syria.
Shaml Coalition (February, March 2018): Situation reports in Idleb governorate
PAX (April 2018), Siege-watch: Tenth Quarterly Report on Besieged Areas in Syria
Crisis group (July 2018): Voices of Idleb
Crisis group (February 2018): Averting Disaster in Syria’s Idlib Province
The Syria Campaign (May 2018), Idlib Lives: The untold story of heroes May 2018.

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