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CYEC supports young people and organisations to develop and deliver youth projects and events across the UK and the Commonwealth.

This includes innovating and developing new services, pilot projects and initiatives that promote interchange and youth led development. Find out about some of the projects we're running now and have recently been involved in.

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Current projects

London Youth Policy Symposium, 2011

The Open Society Foundations and the British Council are supporting a symposia series to address key issues in the sphere of youth policy. These participatory events, which will be convened regularly in a variety of international settings, will engage experts in youth sector and development policy-making and programming, along with donors, academics, and young people. Each symposium aims to highlight international perspectives on the challenges, insights, successes and next steps for agencies and young people engaged in youth policy work at national, transnational and global levels.

Past Projects

Debate to Action

Debate to Action is based around international and national development aimed at young leaders from youth organisations. It is currently running in Africa and the UK and provides opportunities for implementing the Millennium Development Goals within the community. It also offers skills building, interaction and Intercultural Dialogue between Africa and the UK.

Web Skills for Guyana

In Summer 2009, a small team of young adults (18 - 35) spent six-weeks in Guyana running workshops, training events and skill-sharing sessions with young people to develop the online skills of young people in Guyana.

The need for such a project has been identified through the work of VSO Volunteer Jane Quinn (on a year our from her work with the education team at the BBC) and CYEC are involved in recruiting and supporting the UK team of young online experts.

Citizen You

The CitizenYou Commonwealth Youth Summit took place at the University of Sunderland between 2-7 July 2002. Over 200 young men and women aged 18-25 attended as representatives of some 50 Commonwealth countries. They came together to debate citizenship issues, exchange knowledge, and brainstorm ideas for stimulating young citizen action in their home communities. The themes were Democracy & Participation, Globalisation and Rights & Responsibilities. The slogan of the summit expressed the importance of activism by young people themselves. The notion that citizens acting on their own and in groups can make change, received whole-hearted support.