BRIEF DESCRIPTON OF PROGRAM:
The goal of the UNAOC Youth Program is to mainstream the voice of youth and highlight their contribution to fostering cross-cultural understanding. We aim to achieve this by:
- Raising Awareness: Raise decision-makers’ awareness regarding the importance of young people’s contribution to fostering understanding and collaboration between people of different cultural backgrounds.
- Strengthening Capacity: Contribute to further enhance the capacity of youth to effectively implement initiatives advancing cross-cultural understanding.
- Sharing Information: Develop mechanisms and networks to facilitate partnership building and the exchange of information regarding the impact and challenges of youth’s contribution to cross-cultural understanding.
For more information about the UNAOC Youth Program, visit the UNAOC Youth Website at www.unaocyouth.org
LIST OF PARTNERS:
The UNAOC Youth Program works with a vast array of youth-led NGOs, youth-serving NGOs, governments, regional and multilateral organizations and UN agencies. In addition, the UNAOC Youth Program works with its Youth Advisory Committee whose role is to support the development and implementation of the UNAOC Youth Program, conduct outreach in their respective locations to promote and enhance the work of the UNAOC, attract new partners, and contribute to the content of the Youth Website.
LIST OF CONTACTS:
For more information about the UNAOC Youth Program, please contact Isabelle Legare, Youth Program Manager at isabellel@unops.org
LIST OF PROJECTS:
To support the 3 objectives mentioned above, we implement the following initiatives:
- Youth Website
- Youth Solidarity Fund
- Global Youth Movement for the Alliance of Civilizations
- Youth Events in the context of the UNAOC Annual Forum
- UNAOC Summer School
- PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival on Migration, Diversity & Social Inclusion
- International Year of Youth on Dialogue and Mutual Understanding
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[introduction & links to YSF/GYM/youth.org/Plural+]

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