The overall objective of the project is to create an enabling policy environment allowing adolescents – boys and girls – to grow to their full potential and to participate in national development. Sub-goals are to establish a consistent knowledge base across the 8 involved countries on young people, to strengthen the capacity of national governments, partners, service providers and young people themselves on youth issues, to promote opportunities for adolescent participation in friendly spaces through home, school and community and build partnerships for advocacy to promote the rights of adolescents to participation.