Youth

The project aimed to promote the socio-economic inclusion and civic engagement of young people by supporting over 1,000 youth project leaders to develop socially, culturally, or environmentally impactful initiatives, structuring a regional network of actors, and creating dialogue spaces between youth and public authorities to foster social, political, and economic inclusion and resilience. Activities focused on mentoring and supporting youth-led projects, strengthening organisational ecosystems that accompany young people, and facilitating multi-stakeholder dialogue to connect youth initiatives with policy processes.

The project supported an Ethiopian education reform that introduced French as a foreign language in selected public high schools, with the objective of enhancing youth employability through strengthened language skills and improved access to educational and professional opportunities. Main activities included developing curriculum frameworks, pedagogical guides, and teaching resources, supporting authorities and teachers in the roll-out of French language teaching, and building a cadre of FLE trainers able to deliver future in-service professional training.

The programmes aimed to provide vulnerable youth aged 15 to 18, including ethnic minorities, young women, and learners with disabilities, with work-based learning opportunities that combine practical workplace training and technical skills with transversal and life skills aligned to local labour market needs. Activities included organising company-based training, structuring competency-based learning pathways, and implementing a competency development strategy to support both professional insertion and personal development of participating youth.

The project aimed to strengthen mechanisms that enable young people to access academic, professional, or cultural mobility experiences and to improve the quality, organisation, and impact of mobility programmes within the regional framework for Sub-Saharan Africa. It supported institutions and actors involved in mobility by providing technical assistance, enhancing programme design and management, and fostering networking between youth and partner structures to develop open, enriching, and internationalised learning pathways.

The project aimed to support the professionalization of the media sector in the Comoros and guide the development of digital platforms, while strengthening media literacy, particularly among young people. It sought to strengthen the professional skills of media actors, foster critical thinking among youth, and support the production of educational and informational content in French.

The project aimed to enhance mechanisms enabling youth to access academic, professional and cultural mobility experiences across regions and to support institutions and stakeholders involved in mobility programmes to improve their quality, organisation, and impact. Main activities included providing strategic design and technical assistance for mobility schemes, supporting institutional cooperation and exchange of good practices between African and international partners, and facilitating networking among young people and organisations to create open, enriching and internationalised learning and mobility pathways.

The SAFIR project aims to promote youth socio-economic inclusion and civic engagement by supporting youth-led projects with social, cultural, or environmental impact across MENA countries. It combines capacity-building for incubators, universities, and civil society organisations with coaching and support for more than 1,000 youth project leaders, as well as structuring a regional actor network and creating dialogue spaces between young people and public authorities.