Apply today to the mini-grants offered by the youth for change project. You might also win one of the 3 scholarships to attend the World Youth Congress in Quebec City next August. You can find the application form in English and Arabic among the project documents.

The Youth For Change Project aims to help youth from the Arab world to become inspired, informed and involved in issues that affect them. The project will be implemented through a partnership between Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt and TakingITGlobal in Canada and will engage youth in cross-cultural dialogue as well as support youth-led development through local projects. The pilot project launched in Egypt on March 2nd, 2008 and is focused on outreach in 10 priority countries: Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, Qatar, Yemen, UAE, Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine.

The project aims to achieve its objectives through the following project components:
• The project will facilitate ongoing cross-cultural dialogue through the use of online community tools and spaces provided by TakingITGlobal and InfoMall.
• Facilitation of local Youth for Change Open Forum events where approximately 30 youth will come together in a library, community centre, school or NGO in order to identify key challenges facing youth and how they can be addressed by youth. These sessions will also showcase related guides and online tools to support youth action.
• Two online live chat events will take place to encourage discussion among participants in the priority countries on the following themes:
o ‘Utilizing new media to promote dialogue across cultures’
o ‘Strengthening youth as community Agents of Change’
• Supporting youth-led action projects through Mini-Grant Awards and online training workshops that will leverage the TakingITGlobal Guide to Action and feature case studies of youth who have had experience in implementing community action projects on topics such as youth employment, health and education.
• Selected award winners will receive scholarships to attend the World Youth Congress in Quebec City in order to receive additional support, training and access to international networks focused on supporting youth-led development

This project will be implemented with the support of focal point and local organizations in the targeted countries;

The partners are:
Sustainable Develppment Association-SDA
http://www.sda-web.org/

National Forum for Youth and Culture- Jordan Youth
http://jordanyouth.org

Association Tiflétois new life “ATNL MOROCCO”
www.atnl.asso.ma

ISOC Tunisia
http://www.isoc.org.tn/

Arab Thought Foundation
http://www.arabthought.org/

Iraq Health Aid Organization

Contact Name: Tala Nabulsi
Contact Email Address: tala@takingitglobal.org