OHCHR invites youth-led and youth-focused organizations to nominate young people to become part of the new cohort of the Youth Advisory Board that will help empower youth to stand up for their human rights.
Opportunity Details
The Youth Advisory Board will be established by OHCHR and Education Above All (EAA) for the new phase of the project "Working with and for youth in vulnerable situations including conflict, violence, and insecurity".
The project, initiated in 2021 aims at empowering and mobilizing young people to stand up for their human rights by developing and disseminating a toolkit on human rights knowledge, skills, and advocacy. The first phase of the project involved the setting up of a Youth Advisory Board and the development of the Youth Rights Advocacy Toolkit, which was launched in September 2023 as the YES: Youth Empowerment System ("YES").
In February 2024, EAA and OHCHR signed an agreement for the continuation of the project, which will use "YES" to train young people on human rights advocacy at a country level, as well as through organizing a Youth Rights Academy in Geneva.
To ensure the meaningful engagement of young people in the project, a new cohort of the Youth Advisory Board will be established that will work in partnership with EAA and OHCHR on the implementation of the project.
Members of the Youth Advisory Board will exercise their role on a voluntary basis (without remuneration). Travel expenses for their participation in the project events and activities will be fully covered by OHCHR.
The nominees should correspond to the following criteria:
The Youth Advisory Board will be expected to guide and monitor the implementation of the project, develop capacity-building activities for youth, enhance and promote “YES”, and participate in the project events and activities.
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Apply for Call for Nominations: OHCHR-EAA Youth Advisory Board