Deadline- 18th February 2013
The University on Youth and Development (UYD in co-operation with North- South Centre of the Council of Europe (NSC), the Spanish Government (INJUVE), the European Youth Forum (YFJ), the Spanish Youth Council (CJE), the Latin-American Youth Forum (FLAJ) and other international youth organisations and youth serving organisations invites applications for 14th edition to renewed hopes and aspirations, objectives and challenges are launched to the partners to reinforce this as the space and home of Global Youth Work and of the Global Youth Movement.
The core partners of the Network of Universities on Youth and Global Citizenship have agreed on “Democratic Citizenship” as the Joint theme for 2013 of all Universities, including the 14th University on Youth and Development.
Aims of UYD-
- To create a political space where youth can act upon and acknowledge the role they play in Global Development.
- To initiate and encourage a debate aimed at defining the role youth play in elaborating development policies and in co-operation for development initiatives.
- To facilitate a process aimed at defining and implementing projects within the field of youth.
The University will aim at reinforcing and debating the regional and global practices and understandings of “Democratic Citizenship”.
Eligibility & Criteria-
- organised by youth and youth serving organisations and having young people as target group (age between 18 -35)
- have a theme and aims that constitute a relevant contribution to the aims of the University (activities related to capacity building and youth empowerment)
- have a Global or Inter regional scope (i.e. Euro-Mediterranean, Afro-Asian, Euro-African, etc), both in terms of the participants and the content. The University partners will particularly value activities involving Asian participants
- involve a maximum of 25 participants
- seek gender balance in terms of the participants
- commitment of the partner towards the Joint Programme of the University
Benefits offered-
- Rooms and facilities for the activities
- Basic equipment
- Interpretation: English, French and Spanish for plenary sessions of the Joint Programme
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