Networks of Mediterranean Youth

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The Networks of Mediterranean Youth (NET-MED Youth) (2014-2017) was a three-year project implemented by UNESCO and funded by the European Union for young people in the Mediterranean area of Europe.[1]

Goal[edit]

Networks of Mediterranean Youth, Its goals were to improve youth employment and youth civic participation by empowering youth organizations to deal with national governments national media and regional media.[2][1]

Beneficiaries[edit]

  • Youth organizations from 10 countries along the eastern and western basins of the Mediterranean Sea
  • Youth, skills development and employment stakeholders (ministries, public institutions, social partners, and others)
  • Media professionals, citizen journalists and bloggers[3][2][1][4]

Reason for NET-MED[edit]

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]

Focus areas of NET-MED[edit]

  • 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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Request Rejected". en.unesco.org. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "Who are we?". NETMED Youth. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b "The Mediterranean Youth for Water Network". The Mediterranean Youth for Water Network | CMI. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "Evaluation of the Networks of Mediterranean Youth (NET-MED Youth) Project (2014-2018)". GCED Clearinghouse (in Korean). 4 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Evaluation of the Networks of Mediterranean Youth Project (2014–2018)". unesdoc.unesco.org. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  6. ^ "NET MED Youth (Network of Mediterranean Youth)". MED DIALOGUE. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
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