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Global Youth Community
What is the Global Youth Community?
The UNESCO Global Youth Community (GYC) is an inclusive platform, run by youth and for youth. It aims to provide a space that fosters youth-to-youth collaboration and intergenerational learning, and increases the visibility of action and work of young change-makers.
This initiative emerged during the 11th UNESCO Youth Forum. 75 young people, from all regions of the world, leading ground-breaking change in their countries and communities in UNESCO’s domains, gathered to discuss the best strategies to improve Youth Engagement with UNESCO and beyond.
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Two key objectives
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Encourage and facilitate meaningful engagement of young people in the development and implementation of UNESCO projects and programmes.
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Emerge as an independent learning community by and for young people across the globe to co-learn, co-design and co-implement projects and programmes related to UNESCO’s fields of competence, in a safe, flexible and inclusive space.
What we do
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Connect with passionate young people and experts in your area of work
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Exploring avenues for collaboration to implement projects together across the globe
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Strengthen your capacities through a variety of tools in the Learning Hub
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Access to various opportunities: visibility, support internships, consultancies, etc.
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Join campaigns that unite young people and make youth voices heard
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Together we can change the world!
Five reasons to join the GYC
- Connect with other GYC members in efforts to obtain funding or other types of support (endorsement, visibility, technical support, etc.) from UNESCO or other relevant actors.
- Share content about your specific project(s) or about the work of your youth-led organization.
- Engage with peer-learning opportunities in UNESCO’s fields of competence; access trainings, workshops and volunteer opportunities; contribute to projects and learn from others.
- Access the learning hub where you can find resources and training materials in a variety of different formats (webinars, courses, publications).
- Participate in forums and campaigns that unite young people.
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