The activity, anchored on the UYD’s 2023 theme “Young People, Peace and Climate change”, will explore innovative youth-led solutions around some of the most pressing issues on peace and climate change within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s). The activity will also be an opportunity for knowledge sharing and showcasing of results and best practices emanating from the implementation of the Hub’s pilot projects.

 The workshop will be delivered using interactive and participatory methodologies facilitated by subject matter experts, as well as through peer-to-peer learning for young volunteers working with advocacy and socio-political change, aged between 18-30.

 The Partnership Building Activity (PBA) is designed to create a space for municipalities and civil society organisations, to develop cooperation projects that link young people, environmental policies, and local democracies.

The activity will serve as a platform for networking with the aim of developing projects that can promote and enhance the participation of young people in designing local policies in general, and environmental policies in particular.

 Youth workers from civil society organisations and municipality representatives, coming from various European countries.

 The activity consists in a meeting of the Youth Forum Jeunesse (YFJ) Pool of Trainers (PoT) which becomes a strong support to the YFJ as they understand the needs and the realities of the YFJ. The main objectives address the evaluations and plans for large capacity building events based on feedback from past events.

The main outcomes target addresses the PoT working rules, promotion of strategy, guidelines and more; as well as documents to support large capacity building events on different levels.

 The participants are from the YFJ Pool of Trainers, under 35 years, and representing different parts of Europe.

 “Young voters project” is a non-formal training that aims to empower young people as Youth Ambassadors for youth information, youth groups facilitators, and change makers.

This training highlights active civic and democratic engagement, promoting peer-to-peer youth information, and advocacy on crucial youth concerns like climate change and peace.

 25 multipliers living in Europe.

 The seminar has for objective to exchange knowledge and good practice among experts and young activists on how to enhance the participation of human rights defenders for peace and climate. It will also be the opportunity to stimulate critical discussions among the participants around current developments that facilitate or prevent the participation and protection of young Human Rights Defenders who stand for peace and climate in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

 Individuals aged 18 to 35 from Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, representing youth-led organisations.

 The training activity aims to draft a political manifesto that will encompass the demands of school student unions that school students can use for campaigning towards the European Parliament elections. This Summer School will build the capacities of school student representatives and activists on campaigning and mobilising as well as contributing to draft the collective campaign to be implemented in the run up to the European Parliament elections 2024.

 School students and school students’unions representatives will take part in this training.

 This training aims to enhance the understanding of racism, challenge personal biases, promote anti-racist behaviours within youth organisations, develop anti-racist education tools, and foster activism against discrimination.

The training will focus on anti-racism through understanding of orientalism, of the pedagogy of the oppressed, and through addressing individual biases, institutional racism, fostering critical thinking, and culminating in actionable outcomes.

 Multipliers from IFM SEI members organisations, aged 16-30.

 The training will provide local youth-serving organisations with tools and resources to build the capacity of young people for more effective and meaningful participation in their community's civic and political life.

UNDP in partnership with the Arab Network for Youth in Elections will involve young people from CSOs in the MENA region for a week-long training-for-trainers focusing on four main themes: leadership, civic engagement, political participation, and digital inclusion with a primary focus on promoting electoral participation, peace, and climate initiatives.

 Individuals 20-28 years old from North Africa and Middle East.

 “Youth Advocacy for Pluralistic Democracies” aim to bring young advocates together in a high-quality learning environment to address advocacy techniques and build together the Scouts’ and Guides’ Call to Action.

The activity will bring together young people to share their experiences in advocacy towards international decision-making processes.

 Participants aged 18-30 with interest in engaging with politicians on relevant social issues within their Scouting/Guiding experiences.