The Open
Society Foundations’ Youth Initiative proposals for up to $10,000 in funding to develop and curate thematic
pages on the new global youth portal and community at youthpolicy.org. Through
grantmaking and support for debate programs, the Youth
Initiative works to engage students and youth from all backgrounds in policy issues critical to their future.
The
Initiative seeks to identify, inspire, empower, and learn from a network of young people to promote
equality, justice, and open society values worldwide.
The Youth
Initiative’s main office is in New York with staff in Kyrgyzstan;
Hungary; Uganda; Ukraine;
and the United Kingdom. Programs include Global
Debates, a $20 million program that challenges universities to engage students in the policy
issues that will have a lasting impact on their future. The Youth
Initiative also supports youth debate programs and training outside traditional educational
institutions in over 50 countries, with a particular focus on the Middle East and North Africa, China and Southeast Asia, Latin America,
sub-Saharan Africa, and Central Asia.
The
youthpolicy.org aims to consolidate knowledge and information on youth
policies across the international sector, ranging from analysis and formulation
to implementation and evaluation.
Themes
Potential themes for website
pages include, but are not limited to:
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Participation
and Citizenship
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Activism
and Volunteering
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Global
Drug Policy
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Community
Work
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Informal
Learning
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Multiculturalism
and Minorities
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Justice
http://www.youthpolicy.org is a project by Democratic & Dialog with
initial support by the Open Society Foundations.
Organizations seeking funding must be
registered NGOs. Please note: grants will not be made to individuals or for-profit entities. Proposals
should not exceed $10,000 or one year in length. All proposals must be
submitted in English. ToApply, download the complete application
guidelines below.
Proposals will be reviewed on a
rolling basis. For more information, visit this link: http://www.youthpolicy.org/work-with-us/thematic-curation
