An overall recommendation is to build on the momentum generated by this workshop to continue to strengthen and expand rural youth population education activities in Asia. The following specific recommendations are proposed:
3.1. Governments in the region should consider the provision of additional funding to support the strengthening and expansion of rural youth programmes as effective vehicles for delivering critical population education messages to out-of-school boys and girls living in rural areas.3.2. The Governments of China and Viet Nam, based on the positive experiences in working with FAO/UNFPA population education methods and materials, should explore ways of expanding the work in other priority regions of their respective countries.
3.3. The Governments of Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia should prepare and submit to FAO proposals for funding of pilot rural youth population education activities under the FAO/UNFPA inter-regional project INT/92/P94, Integration of Population Education for Rural Youth.
3.4. Governments should work with UNFPA Country Programmes Officers to incorporate activities for rural youth as part of a comprehensive strategy for population education in their countries.
