Children and Youth

Children are adults in construction and they deserve special attention. Childhood is a crucial moment and all stakeholders have to ensure that the fundamental rights enclosed in the Convention on the Rights of the Child are fulfilled for all children in the world. These rights range from the simple recognition of their existence through birth registration to their education and protection.

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Child labour - Child soldiers - Children rights - Youth employment - Youth engagement

Making sure EU development cooperation leaves no one behind -- Second Edition

Blerina Vila created a new event | 7 October 2016

24 Oct

From 24 October 2016 to 26 October 2016
in Brussels (Belgium)

Organised by DEVCO (B1, B3)

"Leave no one behind: making sure EU development cooperation reaches children, women and persons with disabilities" - Second edition Purposes of the training: ·To raise awareness and knowledge on the policy framework that guide EU work on inequalities, human rights and anti-discrimination (RBA,...

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Group: Public Group on Gender
Boarding school renovation

Mathias Eichhorn created a new Photo album | 19 September 2016

Renovation of a boarding school in Kaolack. The work included fresh paint of the building as well as new fans and lighting for the classrooms and dorms and matraces for the dorms. We also refurbished the computer room with 10 desktop PCs and individual PC furniture. The overall budget spent was 2...

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Project: Creating Sustainable Means to Empower the Vulnerable in Rural Senegal
YouthXchange guidebook series: Green skills and lifestyles

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) uploaded a new Document | 9 September 2016

-youthxchange_guidebook_series_green_skills_and_lifestyles-2016youthxchange_green_skills.pdf.pdf 4.85 MB

This publication was developed as a primer for youth on the green economy, particularly since there are no youth-friendly publication that explain this issue to youth. This publication enables youth to better familiarize themselves with the green economy and the skills needed for it (e.g. engaging...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Monjur Ahmed commented on an article | 9 September 2016

How Three Young People are Driving Change Around the World

This is excellent article, thought-provoking. Specially, I have liked Malawi example where students work with farmers as part of their academic discipline. If we can utilize immense potentials of young leadership in development endeavors, many positive changes can come. For EU supported SHARE...
Sandra OLIVEIRA commented on an article | 8 September 2016

How Three Young People are Driving Change Around the World

Nice article, C4Dev team!
How Three Young People are Driving Change Around the World

Capacity4dev Team created a new Article | 12 August 2016

Young people are not just leaders of the future – they are leaders of today. With more than half the world’s population under 30, the vast majority in emerging and developing economies, young people have a crucial role to play in seeing through the Sustainable Development Goals. This International...

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First young forester summer camp in Azerbaijan

Angela Bularga updated the event | 10 August 2016

02 Aug

From 2 August 2015 to 9 August 2015
in (Azerbaijan)

Organised by FLEG II Programme

A one-week summer camp for the most distinguished activists of the young foresters' movement as in Azerbaijan as well as in six participating countries. The main goal of the summer camp is to strengthen the cooperation, support possible interactions and joint initiatives by the young foresters.

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Group: Environment in the EU's Eastern neighbours
THE NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY SEEN FROM PROJÓVENES PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Mélanie Romat posted Information | 4 July 2016

The alignment of the interventions of the Programme Projóvenes I and II with El Salvador's Youth National Policy has enabled the momentum of important improvement processes. The National Direction of Youth, from the Secretary of Social Inclusion of Government of El Salvador, has presented in August...

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Group: Public Group on Governance
European Development Days 2016: Supporting young, innovative farmers and smallholders in Africa

Sarah Cummings created a new event | 13 June 2016

16 Jun

From 16 June 2016
in Brussels 1000 (Belgium)

Organised by Alliance for a green revolution in Africa

This session will explore the issues of food security, access to land and inclusive business models for supporting smallholder farmers and young innovative farmers in Africa. Participants will discuss the role of public-private partnerships to develop agribusiness value chains that can alleviate...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
VSF-G 1st ITW PPT Youth Groups - FSTP

Angus Graham updated the Document | 7 June 2016

presented_youth_groups_and_farms.pptx 3.73 MB

Youth Groups in Warrap Daniel Nondi. VSF-G, 2016 EU South Sudan Rural Development Programme, Greater Upper Nile (GUN) and Greater Bahr el Ghazal (GBEG) Inter-Regional Thematic Workshop, Juba, May 24-25, 2016 A two-day workshop held on Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 May 2016 in Juba for managers of EU...

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Group: South Sudan Rural Development Group

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