Networks_of_Mediterranean_Youth

Networks of Mediterranean Youth

Networks of Mediterranean Youth

Add article description

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]

Mediterranean youth

Goal

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

  • 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

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

  • 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

  1. [1]
    en.unesco.org https://en.unesco.org/project/netmedyouth. Retrieved 9 November 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. [2]
    "Who are we?". NETMED Youth. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  3. [3]
    "The Mediterranean Youth for Water Network". The Mediterranean Youth for Water Network | CMI. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  4. [4]
    "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. [5]
    "Evaluation of the Networks of Mediterranean Youth Project (2014–2018)". unesdoc.unesco.org. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  6. [6]
    "NET MED Youth (Network of Mediterranean Youth)". MED DIALOGUE. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Networks_of_Mediterranean_Youth, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.