We are pleased to announce the opening of nominations for the Youth Committee of the Youth Empowerment Circle

Click here to access the application form

What is the Comité Jeunes?

The Youth Committee works to ensure that the ideas and opinions of young people are genuinely included and taken into account at the heart of the Youth Empowerment Circle's strategic decisions.

How will the Youth Committee be organized?

The Committee will meet monthly to discuss and co-construct the strategic direction of the Youth Empowerment Circle. The first cohort of the Committee will be selected for a mandate of’October 2021 to March 2022 (6 months), initiated at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Who can join?

Applications are open to all committed young people, aged 12 to 25, who wish to contribute to amplifying the voice of young people in favor of their rights, education and health, at local and/or international level. The most convincing applications are those that demonstrate strong motivation, and/or concrete participation in one or more initiatives that illustrate this motivation.

Why join the Comité Jeunes?

• Contribute to the strategic management of a vast network of youth organizations and institutions worldwide
• Connect, dialogue and collaborate with a network of young change agents around the world
• Have the opportunity to speak at global events focused on youth

What kind of commitment is expected of Youth Committee members?

• Participate in the Committee's monthly strategy sessions

Bringing the voice of youth to issues such as :

The rights of children and young people

Sustainable development (including climate challenges)

• Education
• Health and well-being
• Represent the Club at international events (optional)

How to apply?

Fill in the application form before the September 21, 2021. The members of the first Committee will be selected by the Circle's founding organizations (#LearningPlanet, CAP-2030, Catalyst 2030, Ashoka France, La Ville de Paris) and announced on September 24, 2021.

Please note that the form is in English; Committee members will indeed need to be fluent in English to be able to communicate with other members and fully assume their role on the Committee.

About Youth Empowerment Circle

A #LearningPlanet Circle is a group of organizations/communities committed to thematic and/or regional priorities. Circles are conceived as privileged spaces for advancing dialogue between very diverse actors (institutions, educators, social entrepreneurs, committed citizens and young people...) working for the same cause (in this case, the’youth empowerment), and to create and/or support high-impact projects.

The idea of creating a Cercle dedicated to youth emerged following the publication of the report “A future for the world's children?” in February 2020 by the WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission, which paints an alarming picture of the growing threats to young people's health. To address these issues, the Commission has launched the CAP 2030 (Children in All Policies 2030) in May 2021, for which CRI and #LearningPlanet have become key partners in France and internationally. Also in May, the “Catalysing Change Week” organized by Catalyst 2030 hosted the two international launch sessions of the Youth Empowerment Circle. For full details of the international Cercle, go to Dedicated project page (in English).

Visit Cercle Youth Empowerment Francophonie is the French-language version of this Circle, which focuses on youth empowerment at a more local level (France and French-speaking countries), and in French, in partnership with CAP 2030, the City of Paris and Ashoka France. The inaugural session of this French-speaking Circle took place on July 2, 2021, on the occasion of the’Assembly #LearningPlanet.

Youth Empowerment Circle founding organizations:

1. #LearningPlanet (International and Francophonie)
2. CAP-2030 (International and Francophonie)
3. Catalyst 2030 (International)
4. Ashoka France (Francophonie)
5. City of Paris (Francophonie)