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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 24 JULY 2024, 23:59 CET
Call for participants: 8th Arab-European Youth Forum – Youth and Intercultural Dialogue in times of Artificial Intelligence

“In cooperation with the Ministry of Youth and Sport of Egypt, the 2024 Arab-European Youth Forum is organised with a view to reset and re-launch the cooperation between young people and youth movements affiliated to the two organisations.
The forum will be a unique space and moment for dialogue and exchange in a social-political context marked by polycrisis that impact heavily on young people and the context for dialogue that include armed conflicts, persisting grave human rights violations, climate crisis and environmental degradation and the threats and opportunities of Artificial Intelligence.”

Aim and objectives

The forum aims at promoting dialogue and cooperation among young people and organisations cooperating with the Council of Europe and the League of Arab States by sharing expectations for intercultural dialogue and cooperation and exchanging on the impact of Artificial Intelligence on young people within the broader Arab and European contexts.

Participants

The forum will bring together some 80 youth leaders, activists and other stakeholders active on Euro-Arab cooperation in the youth field.

The participants recruited through this call must be:

• Resident in a member state of the Council of Europe or state signatory of the European Cultural Convention;
• Aged between 18 to 30 years;
• Able to work in English (knowledge of Arabic will be an asset);
• Involved in a youth organisation or youth work project connected to Euro-Arab youth cooperation, intercultural dialogue or literacy on Artificial Intelligence;
• Able to share their experiences and ideas and be motivated to take full part in forum actively and contribute to its success and follow-up.

Presentation of the Forum and call for applications
14-19 October 2024
Youth City, Luxor, Egypt
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Deadline for applications: 24 July 2024, 23:59 CET