Deadline: 31-May-23
Are you between 18 and 29 years old? Are you a national of one of the Union of the Mediterranean –UfM Member States? This is your chance to apply to the 3rd edition of the Mediterranean Youth Academy to be held from the 6th to the 9th of November in Barcelona, Spain.
The Mediterranean Youth Academy – MYA seeks to qualify and prepare young people from the Euro-Mediterranean region using non-formal education as a tool for providing Mediterranean youth with relevant and needed skills to face the specific issues and challenges widely felt in the Euro-Mediterranean region. By doing so, the initiative aims at promoting awareness and empowering youth as active role players in the decision and policy-making processes.
The 3rd edition of the Mediterranean Youth Academy – MYA will be held from 6 to 9 of November 2023 in Barcelona, back-to-back with the High-Level Launch Event of the UfM Youth Action Plan. Young people from the Euro-Mediterranean region are encouraged to apply to secure attendance.
The mission of the MYA is to qualify and prepare selected young people from the Euro-Mediterranean area through interactive, bottom-up training programs focused on issues that are relevant to the region. The overall goal is to enhance the participation of young people in the decision and policy-making processes empowering them as active changemakers.
The 3rd edition of the MYA is co-organised by the Union for the Mediterranean – UfM and the Mediterranean Youth Foundation for Development – MYF with the support of the German Development Cooperation. The program aims at promoting awareness and involving youth in response to Mediterranean issues and challenges related to three thematic clusters: Climate Action & Justice, Social Inclusion, Youth Employment. Participants will have the unique chance to attend thematic non-formal education training sessions and high-level panels. Furthermore, they will be encouraged to propose youth-related initiatives that would possibly receive, at a further stage, implementation support by the MYF.
MYA mission and goals:
- Qualify and prepare selected young applicants from the Euro-Mediterranean area through interactive, bottom-up training programs focused on issues that are relevant to the region.
- Engage participants in proposing recommendations to policymakers on key topics, as well as in proposing relevant initiatives to possibly be implemented in the Mediterranean region.
- Enhance youth participation to achieve active engagement in the decision and policymaking processes.
- Build the capacity of youth to keep pace with development and enable them to face global technological, environmental, and social challenges.
- Contribute to achieving and promoting SDGs 4,5,6,8,10,13,16, and 17.
- Opening a dialogue platform between youth and decision-makers and working on innovative and sustainable solutions and recommendations to improve the economies and societies of the Mediterranean region.
The objective of this call
- The objective of this Call for Applications is to select:
- up to 50 participants from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia, and Türkiye.
- up to 30 participants from the other UfM Member States.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible, applicants must:
- Be between 18 and 29 years old by the time of the application submission.
- Be nationals of one of the UfM Member States.
- By the time of the application submission, have a valid passport if they are nationals of a non-EU country.
- Have an Intermediate level of English.
- Have the availability to follow the MYA for the full four days (6-9 November 2023).
- Have previous knowledge or experience in one or more of the three MYA Thematic Clusters.
- Up to 50 successful applicants from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia, and Türkiye will receive the full coverage of the costs related to their participation, including flights, accommodation, visa fees, local transportation, and per diem. When applying, all candidates will be requested to express their preference for one of the three mentioned thematic clusters.
Details
- Dates of the event: from 6th to 9th November 2023
- Where: Barcelona – Spain.
For more information, visit Mediterranean Youth Academy.