Empowering young people – Road to Ghent
“It’s all about you(th): the transformative power of youth participation and leadership for community foundations” is the in person peer learning event organised by ECFI in collaboration with
Streekfonds Oost Vlaanderen and with the support of King Baudouin Foundation on the 11-13th September 2024 in Ghent (Belgium). The city’s choice is intentional: Ghent is the European Youth Capital in 2024!
We will be soon opening the registration, share the agenda and other updates: if you want to be kept informed leave your contacts
here.
Upcoming Online Meeting: Young People in Governance
The road to Ghent continues with a second online meeting focusing on the meaningful involvement of young people in community foundations. “Young People in Governance: Examples from the Field” will take place on 27th June from 3.00 – 4.30 pm CET. Nevenka Girova from the
Local Community Development Foundation, Stip (North Macedonia), and Grace Hanley from the
Heart of Bucks Community Foundation (UK) will prompt the conversation with insights from their experiences. Young and not-so-young are welcome to join – register
here.
Recap of Our Kick-off Online Meeting
We kicked-off the journey to Ghent with an online meeting “Empowering young people as active participants and decision-makers in community foundations: from fundamentals (why) to examples of practice (how)”, where along with representatives of Elevate Children Funders Group, we explored the fundamentals of their toolkit,
Weaving a collective tapestry – A funders toolkit for child and youth participation, which aims to build an appreciation of the value of meaningful involvement of children and young people, and to offer ways to improve practice.
