Lebanon, Beirut, Achrafieh, Sessine, Saydeh Church, Tabbal Street, Khederian Building, 2nd Floor.
Beirut
لبنان
- Democracy and community development
- Human rights
- International/Cultural relations
- Media
- Research
- Youth and education
Operating as the official representative of the UN Youth community on the Lebanese territory UNYA Lebanon holds firmly the slogan of "Proudly Youthocrats"(Youth+Democracy). Therefore part of its objectives, as stated in its constitution, are:
• Empower young people by advocating at a governmental level for a national youth inclusion & empowerment strategy and for a Lebanese youth representatives system to the UNGA.
• Be a forum for youth-to-youth knowledge-sharing about social entrepreneurship & the MDGs.
• Act as the umbrella organization of Lebanese UN Clubs (except UNESCO Clubs*), MUNs, UN Youth Campaigns, UN Youth Volunteers.
• Create channels of cooperation with ministries and civil society actors, in order to engage more local partners in its yearly youth action plan.
*UNESCO Clubs in Lebanon work under the umbrella of the Lebanese National Committee - UNESCO Clubs Section and are not affiliated to the UNYA-Lebanon.
The main programs &projects of UNYA Lebanon target:
- the advocacy towards an effective Lebanese national youth policy
- the promotion of a youth-to-youth knowledge-sharing for active citizenship
- and intercultural dialogue
An example of our regular activities is "Lebanon's Open Forum on Youth Policy", a Facebook group that is part of a larger project "Inform Youth" (a research project aiming to release by October 2011 a visual data/info of the exact situation of a so-called Lebanese national youth policy. A project which will allow UNYA Lebanon and fellow youth NGOs to define priority causes to advocate for).
The Open Forum aims at defining: What is youth policy? is there in Lebanon a national youth strategy? What are the rights of the Lebanese youth? Etc.
UNYA Lebanon will award the best contributors with technical and small financial support for the implementation of their ideas into actions.