University on Youth and Development
The University on Youth and Development (UYD) is a space for meeting, training and action planning, gathering for one-week hundreds of young people, youth workers, experts from the field and decision-makers responsible for youth-related policies.
The 22nd edition will take place from 17th to 24th September 2023 in CEULAJ, Mollina (Spain) and will focus on « Young People, Peace and Climate Change”.
The UYD is a partnership between the Spanish Government (INJUVE), the European Youth Forum (YFJ), the Spanish Youth Council (CJE) and other international youth-led organisations and youth-serving organisations.
It is based on the bottom-up approach for the development of the youth agenda and aims at involving all the actors of the quadrilogue (representatives of the governments, parliaments, regional and local authorities and civil society).
During this week different organisations have the possibility to develop their own activities (training, workshop, seminars etc.) within a common pedagogical framework: the Joint Programme.
Proposal for activities
Organisations can apply with one or more activities.
The activities have to have the same length of the University: 6 days (from the 18 to the 23 September 2023), having the 17 and the 24 September 2023 as travel days.
In exceptional cases and based on availability, it would possible to accommodate shorter activities (one extra day) as long as they align with the starting day of the University. Staff from partners organisations should arrive on 15 September.
Main Criteria for the activities
– to be organised by youth-led/youth-serving organisations or other entities having young people as target group;
– to be connected to the theme “Young People, Peace and Climate Change”;
– to seek gender balance and the inclusion of vulnerable groups in the composition of the group of participants;
– to promote the values of the CoE and be aligned with the North-South Centre’s Global Education Guidelines.
The selected organisations are expected to
– participate at the UYD preparatory meetings;
– attend the online and onsite meetings with all the relevant stakeholders;
– contribute to the Joint Programme: propose and mobilise guest and experts, connect with the Joint Team, organise side event/activities;
– contibrute to the final evaluation process;
– contribute to the overall coordination of the event (financially, in kind or with human resources) in accordance to their capacity.
Financial Provisions
Each organisation is responsible for covering the expenses related to the travel and airport transfers of its own group, staff and participants.
To facilitate the transfers to and from Malaga airport-CEULAJ, the North-South Centre will identify a company that will provide this service for all the organisations.
Similarly, each organisation has to cover the expenses related to board and lodging in CEULAJ. The North-South Centre has already stipulated a favorable price with CEULAJ: 30 euro pers./night (all inclusive).
Deadline to submit proposals: 20 June 2023.
For further information please read the concept note and the call for activities.