Youth

@letstalkmigration is an online Instagram community with around 1,800 young members and growing sharing tools and tips on how to change the often negative narratives on migration in their communities.

The campaign ëEverybody knows something that you donít knowí, launched by the Migration Youth and Children Platform on TikTok, allows for the engagement of young people to discuss complex ideas and phenomena (such as migration), and may contribute to promoting nuanced narratives.

The Migration Youth Forum is MYCP's flagship initiative and an official youth preparatory space to the GFMD Summits, implemented since 2018. This has been 2-3 days long virtual or in-person event, which have been very successful in:
– building the capacity of young people to advocate on issues of migration;
– giving youth a space to consult, help them consolidate their priorities, and amplify their voices;
– creating strong networks and collaborations across youth peers as well as relevant institutions from governments to UN and civil society;

The Youth Leadership and Innovation Award for Migration (YLIA) is a global contest empowering young leaders to drive innovative solutions for migration challenges. The inaugural Youth Leadership and Innovation Award for Migration organised as part of youth engagement in the 2021 Global Forum for Migration and Development Summit, awarded cash prizes totaling $33,000 to three winning youth initiatives. These were chosen from nine finalists by a high-level jury during a pitching and awards ceremony during the GFMD summit itself.

Everybody Knows Something That You Don't Know is a social media campaign using short interviews to create a positive migration narrative. During the interviews, the MYCP team talks to youth about the topic of migration and publishes this in the format of interactive interviews on social networks.

@letstalkmigration Instagram Platform is a community of more than 2000 young members and growing sharing tools and tips on how to change the often negative narratives on migration in their communities.To enable capacity building for youth wanting to learn more about shaping narratives on the ground beyond the tools and advice shared on the account, we have hosted an online workshop series with 6 regional rounds for young people on how to use social media to create their own positive and hope-based narratives with over 40 participants from different regions worldwide.

This action was submitted through the GFMD Mayors Mechanism Call to Local Action for Migrants and Refugees.Not every family finds its way easily to youth work. The youth movements of Mechelen are not yet a reflection and representation of the diversity in our city. The youth service has taken up the challenge to change this with the youth movements and their associations.

This action was submitted through the GFMD Mayors Mechanism Call to Local Action for Migrants and Refugees.