Youth Participation in Local Government: Structural Gaps, Legal Mandates & The GGPA Reform Pathway

Youth Participation in Local Government: Structural Gaps, Legal Mandates & The GGPA Reform Pathway | Zenodo Skip to main Communities My dashboard Log in Sign up Published April 26, 2026 | Version v1 Journal article Open Youth Participation in Local Government: Structural Gaps, Legal Mandates & The GGPA Reform Pathway Authors/Creators Yirenyi, David Sekyi 1 Show affiliations 1.

Global Governance & Policy Alliance (GGPA), Sunyani, Bono Region, Ghana Description This second issue of the GGPA Governance Intelligence Publication Series applies GGPA's five-pillar analytical framework to youth participation in Ghana's local government architecture. Across West Africa approximately 60% of the population is under 25 years of age, yet structural youth representation across district assemblies, metropolitan authorities, and national advisory institutions averages below 6% of formal decision-making positions. Ghana's Local Governance Act 2016 (Act 936) mandates youth representation at district assembly level, but no enforcement mechanism tracks compliance, no disaggregated data is published by the Local Government Service, and no national audit has assessed implementation. The Brief applies the five GGPA Technical Governance Pillars: Transparency and Accountability (no publicly available data on youth representation rates, Local Government Service publishes no disaggregated demographic data); Rule of Law and Justice (Act 936 mandates exist but are unenforced, no sanctions for non-compliant assemblies); Participation and Inclusion (Youth Advisory Councils absent or non-functional in most rural assemblies, tokenistic consultation not embedded in decision-making workflows); Effectiveness and Efficiency (youth governance programmes fragmented, underfunded, no results framework); and Equity and Human Rights (young women face compounded age and gender exclusion, no intersectional equity analysis conducted). Three GGPA Compendium benchmark findings are presented against Volumes II and VII standards. Three priority recommendations are proposed: quantified 25% youth representation targets in Act 936 with mandatory annual compliance reporting; a National Youth Advisory Council Model Bylaw developed by the National Youth Authority with GGPA technical support; and SDG 16.7 district-level tracking by the National Development Planning Commission disaggregated by age and gender. Aligned with SDG 16.7, SDG 10, SDG 4, AU Youth Charter Article 13, AU Agenda 2063 Aspiration 6, UNSCR 2250, and ECOWAS Youth Policy 2019. Files GGPA GOVERNANCE BRIEF 3-GGPA-GB-2026-003..pdf Files (5.0 MB) Name Size Download all GGPA GOVERNANCE BRIEF 3-GGPA-GB-2026-003..pdf md5:7b232164e95e3558b4ab5837a2f63cbc 5.0 MB Preview Download Additional details Identifiers Other GGPA-GB-2026-002 Related works Is part of https://www.ggpa-allianceglobal.org/ (URL) Dates Available 2026-04-01 53 Views 18 Downloads Show more details All versions This version Views Total views 53 53 Downloads Total downloads 18 18 Data volume Total data volume 90.6 MB 90.6 MB More info on how stats are collected.... Versions External resources Indexed in OpenAIRE Communities Keywords and subjects Keywords local government SDG 16.7 UNSCR 2250 District Assembly gender equity participation and inclusion Details DOI DOI Badge DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19800102 Markdown [](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19800102) reStructuredText .. image:: https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.19800102.svg :target: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19800102 HTML <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19800102"><img src="https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.19800102.svg" alt="DOI"></a> Image URL https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.19800102.svg Target URL https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19800102 Resource type Journal article Publisher Zenodo Languages English Rights License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International The Creative Commons Attribution license allows re-distribution and re-use of a licensed work on the condition that the creator is appropriately credited. Read more Copyright © 2026 David Sekyi Yirenkyi. Global Governance &amp; Policy Alliance. All rights reserved. Citation Export Technical metadata Created April 26, 2026 Modified April 26, 2026 Jump up About About Policies Infrastructure Principles Projects Roadmap Contact Blog Blog Support Help FAQ Developers REST API OAI-PMH Contribute GitHub Donate Funded by Powered by CERN Data Centre & InvenioRDM Status Privacy policy Cookie policy Terms of Use This site uses cookies. Find out more on how we use cookies Accept all cookies Accept only essential cookies

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