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THEME PAPER

Case Study 4: Young
Gamechangers Initiative,
Jatni

Source: UN-Habitat, 2024

The Young Game changers
Initiative (YGI) is a 3-year
programme focusing on
improving the health and
wellbeing of youth and
communities in intermediary
cities of India, Senegal, and
Colombia. In Jatni, India, it
is being jointly implemented
by UN-Habitat with the
Department of Housing &
Urban Development (HUDD),
Jatni Municipality (JMC),
funded by Fondation Botnar,
and supported by partners
Block-by-Block Foundation,
World Health Organization
(WHO), and several local
entities.

Key focus areas of the
initiative are on - 1) helping to
improve the understanding of
the youth on the interlink ages
between health and urban
environments, including
its social, built, and natural
components; 2) supporting
the use of data and evidence Place, and Minecraft) to advocating for action towards
collected and managed support the assessment and inclusive public spaces,
through participatory design of public spaces; and individual wellbeing, and
processes; 3) equipping the 4) developing their ability healthier communities.
youth with digital skills, to communicate issues and
tools, and guidelines (such challenges effectively to local Learn More: https://www.
as Kobo Toolbox, Inhabit government authorities and unhabitatyouth.org/en/
young-gamechangers/

as well as local non- complement government financial mechanisms, and
governmental organisations initiatives towards grassroots policy frameworks and
(NGOs) can play a supportive mobilisation and community guidelines facilitated by
role to supplement or action. Technical assistance, global institutes can also

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