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Youth 4 Inclusion, Equality & Trust

 

The project “Youth 4 Inclusion, Equality & Trust” focuses on partnering with young men and women to address divisive narratives and polarized communities, to enhance social cohesion within but especially across the zones involved. The project’s core thrust is to strengthen the engagement of young men and women – recognizing the crucial impact of traditional gender norms – across identity group lines and communities to promote constructive narratives and counter divisive narratives and patriarchal gender norms in order to increase inter-group dialogue, mutual understanding and gender equality. The project makes deliberate efforts to build upon and leverage existing capacities, organizations and mechanisms as much as possible, and to reach marginalized youth. One of the project outcomes is young people to enhance dialogue and trust across the region by promoting fact-based, positive narratives and gender equality in the public sphere and media. 

DURATION:                                       May 2022 - December 2026 

IMPLEMENTING PARTNER:            Ministry of social policy, demography and youth 

DONORS:                                          Peacebuilding Fund 

The project is financed by the UN Peace Building Fund and jointly by 4 UN agencies: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), UNESCO and UN Women in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo[1], North Macedonia and Serbia. 

[1] All references to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).

TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS:               $ 852.702 USD 

 

Expected Results

  1. Collaborative youth platforms of diverse youth advance dialogue, mutual understanding and gender equality across the region
  2. Diverse young people across the region participate meaningfully in policy and government processes, advancing YPS and WPS agendas and promoting social cohesion.
  3. Youth, media and education institutions across the region build resilience to divisive narratives and mis/disinformation through enhanced critical analysis skills and by promotion of constructive narratives.

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