{"id":8775,"date":"2026-03-25T11:40:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T10:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.learningplanetinstitute.org\/?p=8775"},"modified":"2026-03-25T17:08:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:08:37","slug":"one-year-ago-the-unu-hub-future-of-learning-with-youth-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningplanetinstitute.org\/fr\/news\/one-year-ago-the-unu-hub-future-of-learning-with-youth-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"One year ago: The UNU Hub “Future of Learning with Youth” (FLY)"},"content":{"rendered":"

How the Learning Planet Institute and the United Nations University<\/a> are co-constructing the future of education, with and for youth.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In March 2025, the Learning Planet Institute (LPI) and the United Nations University (UNU) launched the very first UNU Hub in France. The UNU Hub FLY (Future of Learning with Youth)<\/a> was born from a shared conviction: young people must not simply be the beneficiaries of education, but also – and above all – its co-architects. One year later, this conviction has already translated into concrete action. <\/em>A look back at a year under the aegis of the UNU Hub FLY.<\/em><\/p>\n

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A strengthened collaboration between LPI and UNU \/ UNU-FLORES.\u00a0<\/strong>At the heart of this UNU Hub FLY is a close partnership between LPI and the UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES)<\/a>, which adds its expertise in the “Resource Nexus approach<\/a>” – an integrated framework for understanding the interconnections between natural resources and addressing sustainability challenges. Through its Knowledge Academy for the Resource Nexus (KARE)<\/a>, UNU-FLORES also engages young people across diverse learning formats, from online courses to postgraduate programmes and capacity-building workshops.<\/p>\n

Together with LPI and supported by the UNU Paris Office<\/a>, the UNU Hub FLY embodies this collaboration through joint research, conferences, and educational initiatives like the RE-ACT podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Recently, LPI and UNU-FLORES also submitted a joint funding proposal, opening prospects for future collaboration and shared research opportunities.<\/p>\n

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Rethinking higher education for a planetary future.\u00a0<\/strong>The collaboration between LPI and UNU extends well beyond the borders of Paris and Europe: on 12 August 2025, Fran\u00e7ois Taddei,<\/a> co-founder and president of the Learning Planet Institute, joined the UNU Rector, Tshilidzi Marwala<\/a>, and the UNU Japan Outreach Communications Assistant, Yukiko Takei<\/a>, at UNU Tokyo headquarters for a dialogue<\/a> on the occasion of International Youth Day.<\/p>\n

The conversation explored how education can evolve to address pressing global challenges<\/a> and invited participants to rethink traditional models of education. By fostering exchanges between institutions and young people, the dialogue underscored the importance of co-creating more inclusive, creative and future-oriented forms of learning, highlighting the growing collaboration between the Learning Planet Institute and the United Nations University.<\/span><\/p>\n

The encounter in Tokyo later expanded to the United Nations Youth Office<\/a>, as Fran\u00e7ois Taddei held a bilateral meeting with Dr Felipe Paullier<\/a>, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs, who was also visiting the UNU at the time. This exchange offered an opportunity to deepen discussions on meaningful youth engagement and the role of education in addressing global challenges, while reinforcing synergies between the Learning Planet Institute and the wider United Nations system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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