Networks of Mediterranean Youth explained

The Networks of Mediterranean Youth (NET-MED Youth) (2014-2017) was a three-year project implemented by UNESCO and funded by the European Union for young people in the Mediterranean area of Europe.^[1]

Goal

Networks of Mediterranean Youth, Its goals were to improve youth employment and youth civic participation by empowering youth organizations to deal with national governments national media and regional media.^[2]

Beneficiaries

• Youth organizations from 10 countries along the eastern and western basins of the Mediterranean Sea
• Youth, skills development and employment stakeholders (ministries, public institutions, social partners, and others)
• Media professionals, citizen journalists and bloggers^{[3] [4]}

Reason for NET-MED

The project came as a response to the common challenges shared by Southern Mediterranean countries related to the social inclusion of youth. These include, among others, disinterest in civic engagement; insufficient representation in public and political spheres, as well as in mainstream media; high unemployment and a particularly weak participation of women in the labour market.^[5]

Focus areas of NET-MED

• Dynamic mappings of youth organizations
• National consultative working groups on key themes: Public Policy on Youth, Youth and Media, Youth and Employment
• Situational analysis of youth and national stakeholders, including legal and political frameworks
• Capacity building among youth organizations and ministries
• Formulation of and advocacy for national action plans on youth
• Monitoring of youth's representation in media, and surveying of youth's opinion about media
• Outreach actions fostering youth-friendly, inclusive, objective and fair media coverage
• Trainings and resources to promote freedom of expression, media and information literacy, production of media content by youth
• Capacity building among young journalists, bloggers and citizen journalists
• National and regional situational analysis reports on labour market, youth transition and data availability challenges
• Development of tools for skills anticipation in close collaboration with national stakeholders
• Capacity building among youth organizations for better involvement of youth in evidence-based policy design.^[6]

References

1. Web site: 2022-11-09 . en.unesco.org.
2. Web site: Who are we? . 2022-11-09 . NETMED Youth . en.
3. Web site: The Mediterranean Youth for Water Network . 2022-11-09 . The Mediterranean Youth for Water Network CMI . en . 9 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221109110527/https://www.cmimarseille.org/programs/mediterranean-youth-water-network . dead .
4. Web site: 2019-10-04 . Evaluation of the Networks of Mediterranean Youth (NET-MED Youth) Project (2014-2018) . 2022-11-09 . GCED Clearinghouse . ko.
5. Web site: Evaluation of the Networks of Mediterranean Youth Project (2014–2018) . 2022-11-09 . unesdoc.unesco.org.
6. Web site: NET MED Youth (Network of Mediterranean Youth) . 2022-11-09 . MED DIALOGUE . en-US.