University on Youth and Development

The University on Youth and Development is a space for debate, training, exchange of experiences and affirmative action concerning Global Youth Cooperation. A home for the Global Youth Movement!

11th UYD documents

August13

Bellow you will find the documents for download in Word and PDF format.

 

Presentation 11th UYD

  • Draft presentationpdf document word document
  • Draft Joint Programme print  pdf document

Facilitator Joint Programme 11th UYD

  • call pdf document
  • application form word document

Rapporteur 11th UYD

  • call pdf document
  • application form word document

If you experience any issues in downloading these documents, please contact us.

11th UYD – Call for Partners

February3

In 2010 the University on Youth and Development will be gathering for the 11th time and therefore renewed hopes and aspirations, objectives and challenges are launched to the partners to reinforce this as the space and home of Global Youth Work and of the Global Youth Movement.

Main Goals:

  • To create a political space where youth can act upon and acknowledge the role they play in Global Development.
  • To initiate and encourage debate aimed at defining the role youth play in elaborating development policies and in co-operation for development initiatives.
  • To facilitate a process aimed at defining and implementing projects within the field of youth.

Date and length of the Activities

The University will be held from the 12th to 19th September 2010. The main arrival day for participants to the University is the 12th of September and the
Departure day is the 19th. Activities are therefore foreseen to have the length of 6 days starting on the 13th and closing on the 18th of September. Partners should also consider the weekend 11th to 13th for preparatory meetings and preparatory work. A preparatory partners meeting is also foreseen for May-June 2010, selected partners
are expected to be available to attend this meeting.

Joint Theme 2010

On the occasion of the International Year of youth, proclaimed by the United Nations, the 11th Edition of the University on Youth and Development will be held around the promotion of awareness and discussions on sustainable development and its connection with human rights and fundamental freedoms, progress, solidarity, peace and security, the fulfillment of which are essential in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. The key role that young people and youth organization play in this process will be also emphasized. The Joint programme but also the training activities, seminars and discussions that partners will bring to the university are encouraged to be a contribution to this debate.

Deadline for submitting a proposal for an activity

The form proposing an activity to be held in the University on Youth and Development should be returned to the North-South Centre by email, by 5th of March 2010 to marcos.andrade@coe.int

You can download the form here

Developme

word document

- form to propose an activity to be held in the University on Youth and Development 2010

Call for Partners - Call for Partners

Evaluation questionnaire

September21

Hi! Please take a few moments to answer the following questions.

If you prefer you can also download the questionnaire document here:

  • download the english version here.
  • descargue la versión española aquí.

and once completed send it to:

North-South Centre Of the Council of Europe
Marcos Andrade
Avenida da República, n° 15 – 4°
1050-185 Lisbon,
Portugal

Fax (+351) 21 358 40 37 / 72
E-mail : nscinfo@coe.int

Your responses will help to improve future sessions of the University so please answer as honestly as you can! You will be asked about your activity session as well as joint sessions involving the whole University. Thank you!

Say it!
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Contribute to the Report of the 10th UYD

September20

You are invited to contribute to the Report of the 10th UYD!


Please click here to access the questionnaire. Note that it is not an evaluation questionnaire but a tool to support the production of the report…
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COOPERATION!

20 Bridge Builders

September18

The North-South Centre will be celebrating its 20th Anniversary, from November 2009 to May 2010.

One of the Celebrations of the North South Center’s 20th Anniversary, under the motto “One world, our world”, will be to select 20 personalities who have contributed in a remarkable way to intercultural dialogue- 20 bridge builders of the story of humanity. At the University on youth and Development happening at Mollina we made the same challenge, we asked the participants, from all over the world, to name their bridge builder. Here we present a list with  some of the results.

Ban ki-moon 

Barack Obama

James Brown

John Lennon

Martti Ahtisaari

Mahatma Gandhi

Nelson Mandela

None

Others

Paulo Freire

Peter Garrett

Símon Bolívar

University on Youth and Developement’s participants

Zeca Afonso






Global Education on-line training-course

September18

The North-South Centre (NSC) is happy to announce the online training
course Human Rights Education: Addressing Global Challenges offered by
the North South Centre and The Network University. Information on this and
future courses can be found at: http://hre.netuni.nl

Spcifically for the Mollina University on Development and Youth, the
current online course is offered along side this weeks program. We would
like to invite you to participate in the online discussions which are
organised in the Global Coffee room (next tot the entrance of the
restaurant) and give you the opportunity discuss several topics with the
online participants who wanted to be here, but were not able to.
Schedule:
Thursday 22.00 – 23.00 with a focus on glocal issues
Friday: 15.00 – 16.00 (glocal issues) and 22.00 – 23.00 (environmental
issues).

Bring your laptop!

however, if you cannot make at these times, we still invite to go to the
discussion forum (mollina.netuni.nl) and read and contribute to it.

See you around!

Global Cafe permanent activities

September15
- Cup boxes Recycling
You can personalize one of the boxes to make a big mandala of our diversity, by the end of the week. Join the project and enjoy it.
- Make your own T-shirt
At the space of the Global Café, you can recycle your t-shirts or ask for a t-shirt to paint, to cut, write and to sew. The main objective is to have a fashion show with all the new t-shirts on the final day party.
Sculptures in pulp (paper and water)
We recycle paper used at the university and make sculptures to show off and express yourself!
University flag
Bring something from your culture and add to the huge university flag.
We are waiting for you at any time!

- Cup boxes Recycling
You can personalize one of the boxes to make a big mandala of our diversity, by the end of the week. Join the project and enjoy it.

- Make your own T-shirt
At the space of the Global Café, you can recycle your t-shirts or ask for a t-shirt to paint, to cut, write and to sew. The main objective is to have a fashion show with all the new t-shirts on the final day party.

Sculptures in pulp (paper and water)
We recycle paper used at the university and make sculptures to show off and express yourself!

University flag
Bring something from your culture and add to the huge university flag.

We are waiting for you at any time!

UYD Opening Cerimony Live

September13

Monday, 14 of September, 2009
10h00 a.m