YEU Workshop

<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><strong>Description of the event</strong></p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>The YEU (Youth Engagement in UNESCO designated sites) project held an <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uiVSeirKVhqk4PLSof4QCGok1cdzSVeI/view">online three-day workshop</a> titled “Empowering youth towards sustainable development.”</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Strengthening young people’s skills, capacity building, and increasing awareness on cultural and social contexts/environments in which they live and work is a way to actively and effectively include and engage young people in decision-making processes. The focus of the workshop, therefore, was on the potential of UNESCO designations to enhance such processes involving future generations, with a cross-sectoral approach between education and culture.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><strong>Involvement and mission</strong></p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>The fellow Harriet Cliffen was a selected member of the discussion panel/working group that saw 25 participants discuss topics related to education, awareness, and action for empowering youth and promoting sustainable development.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://en.unesco.org/sites/default/files/yeu_programme_def.pdf">Agenda</a></p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://events.unesco.org/event?id=1186189712&lang=1033">[pdf-embedder url=”https://digitalheritagelab.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/yeu_programme_def.pdf”]</a></p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p>