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Call for proposals to integrate the program of the event.

Context : Meta-University 2020: 4 and 5 November 2020.

Following the cancellation of the Summer Universities 2020 (UYD and MedUni) and considering the current pandemic crisis, which is challenging traditional spaces for dialogue and accelerating the process of shrinking space for civil society the North-South Centre launches the Meta-University 2020.

The Meta University 2020 is not an online version of the traditional University promoted by the North-South Centre and its partners: the richness of the face-to-face intercultural encounters, the mutual understanding flourishing by experiential learning, the networking opportunities happening during informal moments are the key elements of the Universities and cannot be replaced by any digital initiative and online tool.

The 2020 Meta University will be a space to connect and re-connect among different organisations at global level while reflecting about the recent critical circumstances, sharing the current challenges and drawing plans for the future.

Through the involvement of relevant organisations active in the field of youth, the Meta University 2020 aims at ensuring interaction and cooperation among players of the youth sector, reducing the side effects that a disintegration of physical connections might bring to young people.

Organisations invited to participate with their activities:

Youth-led or youth-related organisations from any region are invited to take part to the event by integrating the programme of the University with their online activities (webinar, e-learning course, talks etc…)

During the two days of the event, all partners and participants besides develop their own activity’s programme, will have the possibility to get involved in plenary sessions, networking meetings, digital stands and get engage with everyone through different forms of digital interaction facilitated by professional trainers.

Any organisation interested in proposing an activity should fill the online activity proposal form after having carefully read the call for proposal.

Deadline for proposal submission: 1 October 2020

Call for proposal

headline Lisbon 11/09/2020

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The Youth Cooperation Programme aims at increasing youth participation and international cooperation in the youth sector to build more peaceful societies and more inclusive decision-making processes.

The activities promoted fall under three complementary dimensions: youth empowerment, networking and confidence building.

The youth empowerment schemes target youth workers and youth-multipliers improving their capacity to identify and address challenges related to human rights, global citizenship, democratic participation, peace, development and intercultural dialogue.

The networking activities provide spaces and opportunities for youth-led organisations and youth-related institutions to meet, debate, share good practices and cooperate, fostering partnership and joint actions to advance the global youth agenda.

The confidence building initiatives facilitate a structured dialogue between youth leaders and institutional representatives, creating a common ground on youth policies based on an increased awareness about each other's roles, challenges and priorities.

The Council of Europe human-rights approach is at the center of all initiatives promoted, while the non-formal education methodology is greatly used, following a peer-to-peer and participants-centred approach.

The projects and the activities are developed in close cooperation with various youth stakeholders (international organisations, youth networks, youth-serving institutions, national youth institutes, national youth councils… ) with the objective of enhancing multilevel governance structures based on more coordinated and inclusive processes.
In this sense, the North South Centre acts as facilitator providing a common framework of cooperation and interaction, privileging the interregional dimension.