Youth Action Lab 2020 (Fully Funded )

Young people face increasing barriers and threats to their activism. Youth-led movements cannot access sustainable resources, lack the technical capacity and networks to engage with political systems, and continue to work in silos, separated from other movements and activists through geographies, movements, and causes.

Many times, these barriers and existing hierarchies in civil society often position young people as foot soldiers and not as agents of change. Through extensive research and consultation with stakeholders, CIVICUS has come to understand that the design of an alternative resource mechanism that focuses on the meaningful participation of young people is essential to achieve a sustainable, resilient, and inclusive civil society. Its solution to the above-mentioned problems is to launch a Youth Action Lab, an experimentation laboratory for ten young activists based in the Global South (Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and the Pacific) that would support them to be more sustainable and resilient in their activism.

Apply now to be part of this incredible initiative! Strategy development: the laboratory will provide opportunities for capacity development through peer-to-peer learning, training, and skills development workshops with the objective of supporting youth activists to be more strategic and specific in their campaign.
Building alliances: The Laboratory, through a residence in-person and regular peer learning sessions, will create spaces for movements and youth groups to connect, share experiences and heal together, to build stronger alliances and more connected movements