Networks of Mediterranean Youth

The project came as a response to the common challenges shared by Southern Mediterranean countries related to the social inclusion of youth. These include, among others, disinterest in civic engagement; insufficient representation in public and political spheres, as well as in mainstream media; high unemployment and a particularly weak participation of women in the labour market.^{[3][1][2][4][5]}

• Dynamic mappings of youth organizations
• National consultative working groups on key themes: Public Policy on Youth, Youth and Media, Youth and Employment
• Situational analysis of youth and national stakeholders, including legal and political frameworks
• Capacity building among youth organizations and ministries
• Formulation of and advocacy for national action plans on youth
• Monitoring of youth's representation in media, and surveying of youth's opinion about media
• Outreach actions fostering youth-friendly, inclusive, objective and fair media coverage
• Trainings and resources to promote freedom of expression, media and information literacy, production of media content by youth
• Capacity building among young journalists, bloggers and citizen journalists
• National and regional situational analysis reports on labour market, youth transition and data availability challenges
• Development of tools for skills anticipation in close collaboration with national stakeholders
• Capacity building among youth organizations for better involvement of youth in evidence-based policy design.^[2][1][4][6]