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The Department for International Development (DFID) has provided the following support to youth parliaments and related programmes:DFID is providing £800,000 to the Commonwealth Youth Programme (2008-09), managed by the Commonwealth Secretariat. The programme supports the organisation of national youth councils in Commonwealth member states, and regional caucuses of young people, through which they can debate the issues of the day with Ministers responsible for youth.Over the past two years, DFID funding has also supported a five-day Children's Parliament in Namibia, as part of a Southern Africa regional programme of support to the UNICEF "Children and AIDS Regional Initiative". The programme has also established forums through which children engage with and learn about legislative processes in South Africa, and national and district level governance. These activities form part of the wider £18 million regional programme. |