The project Youth Leadership, Engage, and Advocate for Democracy (Y-LEAD) is the mobility of young people with and without fewer opportunities and special needs to share, explore, practice and co-create tools and practices of effective youth engagement. The youth exchange will be hosted in Kristiansand, Norway, it contributes to Kristiansand Youth Forum during Democracy Week in May 2025, with the aim to learn from the Norwegian model of civic participation, as well as share practices, from diverse stakeholders across Europe. The exchange brings together 45 young people from as Norway, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Macedonia, Hungary, Slovenia and Romania. A mix of program and partner countries, countries with consolidated democracy, and those with democracy in transition, as well as countries which have political and social issues among each other (especially Western Balkan countries), is important for young people to meet in a neutral country ( like Norway), to reflect, brake prejudice and establish positive relations among each other.
Date: May 1–7, 2025
Location: Kristiansand, Norway
Youth Engagement & Practice:
Stakeholder Engagement:
Motivated by civic participation, community engagement, and democracy-building, and who are committed to sharing their learnings locally. Open to individuals with or without fewer opportunities or special needs (e.g., facing social, economic, geographical, or cultural obstacles).You may Apply as:
- youth leader (age 18 +; connected to the sending organization)
- young person with fewer opportunities (age 18-30)
- typical young person (age 18-30)
- young person with sensory and/or mobility impairments (age 18-30)
- accompanying persons (age 18+)
Deadline of Application: 20 February 2025
For more information please see the infopack Below
