The document outlines and defines the Regional Plan of Action for Latin America and the Caribbean for the International Youth Year: Participation, Development, Peace. The report is divided into two major parts and several subtopics. The first major part, "Towards a Regional Strategy for Latin America and the Caribbean for the International Youth Year," attempts to extract and synthetically order general strategies that contain the topics of participation, development, and peace, and to indicate their impact on youth. It is divided into three sections: (1) "The Serious Problems Confronting Latin American and Caribbean Youth"; (2) "Youth as a Social Actor and Object of Policies"; and (3) "Proposal for a Regional Strategy on Youth." The second major part, "Proposed Actions," outlines a set of actions to implement the Plan. It is divided into four sections: (1) "General Aspects"; (2) "Actions at the National Level"; (3) "Actions at the Regional Level"; and (4) "Actions at the International Level." Also included is an appendix explaining the nature and purpose of sensitization activities and listing 14 types of such activities.