Youth Connect for Ukraine aims to support young Ukrainians to lead fulfilling and purposeful lives now, wherever they are living. It aspires to support young people, including women, girls and those from disadvantaged groups affected by the war in Ukraine to have the skills and motivation to build connections in their local context and influence their own future and their communities.
We are designing training and activities to build leadership attributes that are needed in times of disruption and to support social development.
The programme’s ambition is to meet the needs of young leaders from Ukraine and Europe (aged 16–30) and provide them with skills, resources and networks that they need to provide leadership in their current communities and in a reconstructed Ukraine as part of a European network.
The programme, in the first year of implementation, will take place in Ukraine, Romania and Poland and it will present the Pop-Up Youth Centres in different locations offering skills development and learning opportunities, access to information, support from experts and opportunities for networking and exchanging. The programme is open to young leaders from Ukraine who might be internally displaced or are currently living in Romania and Poland, and to young participants from the local communities who are interested in leadership and creating positive relationships within their communities.
Youth Connect for Ukraine is part of the wider Stronger Together – Youth Leadership Programme
