TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKS ADVOCACY CAPACITY STRENGTHENED FOR IMPROVED ECDE LEGISLATION ,POLICIES AND MEASURES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA (TRANAC) AND THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN PEOPLE'S SOLIDARITY NETWORK(SAPSN) Youth Communique .

Context: Although youth represent more than 70% of the SADC population and are often the agents and drivers of social progress, they are structurally and systemically excluded from socio- economic and political processes that shape the trajectory and outcomes of development at the national and regional levels.