on July 7th, UN-Habitat organised an information webinar to present the Young Gamechangers Expression of Interest in more details and answer questions from interested applicants.
See below the recording of the session.
You can also reach out directly for more information: unhabitat-publicspace@un.org
At the eleventh session of the World Urban Forum, Fondation Botnar and UN-Habitat launched the Young Gamechangers Initiative (YGI), a three-year engagement that addresses the health and wellbeing of young people in growing cities.
Funded by Fondation Botnar and led by UN-Habitat, in partnership with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Block by Block Foundation, the initiative is open to all municipalities, non-profit organisations and researchers and will focus on improving the urban health of young people through their active engagement in urban governance, design of inclusive public space and digital engagement.
Maimunah Mohd Sharif,
UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN-Habitat
The cities will be selected through an open Expression of Interest (EoI), whereby local governments and non-profit organizations express their willingness to be part of the initiative and to provide the physical space during the life-cycle of the project.
The YGI should secure a space to be located in public amenities such as local government offices, in a community or youth center, public school, or existing public facility. The gamechanger space are a non-discriminatory space, open to all young women and men regardless of personal identifications. The Gamechangers space is programmed and managed in partnership with the local government and/or non-profit organizations with significant engagement from the local youth population.
Cities will be willing to engage with UN-Habitat country offices in a series of digital engagement, co-creation and learning studios and will support the mobilization of young people. Eventually, the studios will act as a learning hub for young people where talent development, innovation and creativity are enabled.
Some of the training and learnings might include, but not limited to, training on the rights to the city, planning and governance, public space, healthy urban environments, citizen engagement, Minecraft, HerCity digital platform, Methodkit, assessment tools and others.
As an applicant, you can only submit one video for your city to be considered:
Finally ensure that your video addresses the following:
UN-Habitat collaborates with partners to build inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities and communities. UN-Habitat promotes urbanization as a positive transforming force for people and society, and reduces inequality, discrimination and poverty.
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