Global Impact Transformation (GIT) was honored to participate in a two-day national stakeholder consultation in Morogoro, hosted by the President’s Office Youth Development, to gather views and validate the National Framework for the Coordination of Youth Affairs. The consultation brought together youth representatives, youth-focused civil society organizations, Government Ministries, Departments and Institutions, and other key stakeholders committed to advancing youth development in Tanzania. The process provided an important platform for stakeholders to share perspectives and practical experiences toward strengthening coordination, collaboration and meaningful youth participation across the country. The consultation comes at an important moment as Tanzania continues to strengthen the structures and mechanisms through which youth priorities are coordinated and translated into action. With young people at the Centre of the country’s present and future development, ensuring that their perspectives are reflected in the systems designed to serve them is critical to building approaches that are responsive, inclusive and grounded in their realities. For GIT, being part of this national process was both an honor and a responsibility an opportunity to bring experiences from our direct engagement with young people and communities into a broader national conversation on the systems that shape youth development. Nothing about youth should be shaped without youth, their voices, experiences and aspirations must remain at the heart of the decisions that affect their lives and their future.
Connecting Grassroots experience to national action
By Communication team
Globally, young people represent one of the most significant demographic forces shaping our collective future. According to the United Nations World Population Highlights 2026, the world is home to nearly 1.3 billion young people aged 15–24, the largest youth generation to date.
In Tanzania, where the national definition of youth covers ages 15–35, the 2022 Population and Housing Census recorded approximately 21.3 million young people, 34.5% of the total population. In other words, roughly one in every three Tanzanians is a young person.
These numbers are more than demographics. They underline why meaningful youth participation matters. A population of this scale cannot be viewed only as beneficiaries of development interventions. Young people are critical actors in Tanzania’s social and economic transformation, and the systems, policies and programs intended to advance national development must create meaningful space for their experiences, ideas and solutions.
Drawing from our work in youth empowerment, leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship, digital skills and civic engagement, GIT contributed practical perspectives informed by our direct engagement with young people and communities. A key lesson from this work is that meaningful youth participation must go beyond representation. Young people need spaces and mechanisms through which their ideas, experiences and solutions can meaningfully contribute to decisions, programs and opportunities that affect them. Effective coordination is equally important. Youth development cuts across sectors and institutions, making collaboration among government, civil society, youth-led organizations, the private sector, development partners and young people themselves essential to achieving sustainable impact.
For GIT, inclusion must remain central to this process. Youth engagement should reflect the diversity of Tanzania’s young people, including young women, young people with disabilities and youth from underserved communities, ensuring that national processes and opportunities do not leave important voices behind.
The Morogoro consultation provided an important space for these different perspectives to come together and contribute to a national framework intended to strengthen how youth affairs are coordinated across Tanzania.
GIT appreciates the President’s Office – Youth Development for convening the consultation and creating an opportunity for young people, civil society and other stakeholders to contribute their experiences and perspectives to this important national process. Our participation reinforces GIT’s continued commitment to working with young people and partners to strengthen leadership, innovation, skills, entrepreneurship and meaningful participation, while connecting grassroots realities with opportunities and national processes.
The numbers make the case clear, but young people themselves must shape what comes next.
When youth voices help shape the systems around them, we move beyond participation to meaningful influence, and from meaningful influence to lasting impact.
To explore partnerships and collaboration on GIT’s Youth Empowerment Programs, contact us at info@globalimpacttransformation.org.
