About the Programme

Youth in Africa and Europe stand on the forefront of intercultural exchange, fight against poverty, corruption, climate change, green and digital transformation, innovation and peace and reconciliation in conflict areas. They are better connected to the rest of the world and champion civil, political, economic, social and cultural human rights.

Innovative participatory approaches are needed to connect young people from different backgrounds and both continents, encouraging them to collaborate, share knowledge, and raise their voices to influence policy at all levels, from local to international levels, including the African Union and European Union.

The European Union and the African Union put forward the AU-EU Youth Lab, a new programme that builds on the success of the AU-EU Youth Plug-In initiative and the AU-EU Youth Cooperation Hub and results from extensive consultations with hundreds of young people from both continents.

PILLAR 1

PARTICIPATION &
REPRESENTATION

Advancing youth participation and
representation in policy and decision-making processes.

PILLAR 2

EMPORWERMENT &
CAPACITY BUILDING

Providing training and capacity building
to young people and youth organisations.

PILLAR 3

YOUTH
INITIATIVES

Providing financial support
to youth-led initiatives.

The AU-EU Youth Lab will be targeting 44 countries. 17 African countries and all EU member states will be eligible for the AU-EU Youth Lab’s diverse funding mechanisms.

OUR OBJECTIVES

1

To ensure that policy-making and decision-making processes around the Africa-EU Partnership are more youth-responsive and inclusive and that youth participation and representation is stronger.

2

To empower and enhance the capacity of young people, youth organisations and key stakeholders active around the AU-EU partnership to advocate for young people’s concerns and priorities at cross-continental, continental, regional and national levels.

3

To create joint African-European youth-led cooperation activities that pursue long term impact and positive change. These are supported by the award of grants to innovative ideas in coordination with pilot dialogue and engagement mechanisms led by young people.

OUR YOUTH LABS

For more information on AU-EU Youth Voices Lab, click here

For more information on AU-EU Youth Action Lab, click here

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This website has been prepared with the financial assistance of the European Commission. The views expressed herein are those of the consultants and therefore in no way reflects the official opinion of the European Commission.

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