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Back Call for activities to integrate the Programme of the University on Youth and Development 2022.

After two years of interruption, the University on Youth and Development (UYD) will resume from 11 to 18 September 2022 in Mollina (Spain).

The UYD is an international youth event organised by the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe, where a number of youth-led and youth-oriented organisations have the possibility to run their own activities (trainings, seminars, board meetings, etc.) within a dynamic and participatory context which encourages networking, cooperation and peer-to-peer education.

Since 2000 the UYD represents an international hub for meetings, youth advocacy and exchange of good practices. It gathers, for one week, hundreds of young people, youth workers, decision makers, experts from the field and institutional representatives, providing them all with a space to meet, debate, build their capacities and cooperate on youth policy issues.

This year the annual theme is “Building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions”, as one the three pillars of the Sustainable Development Goal 16: “Peace, justice and strong institutions”.

The annual theme is the thread that connects all the activities taking place in the framework of the Universities and it will be explored during the plenary sessions engaging all the participants of the event.

Youth organisations and any other youth-related institutions can apply to join the UYD and organise an activity within the framework of the event. Each organisation is responsible for funding and managing its own activity.

The organisations selected to run their activity within the 21st edition of the UYD will join the partnership and collaborate with many other organisations for the success of the event and for the growth of the youth sector.

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Please consult this webpage and check the video here below to know more about the model and the approach of the Universities:

Lisbon 07/04/2021

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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.