Participants took part of several knowledge-building sessions held by the Finnish Peace Education Institute and the MENA Youth, Peace, and Security Coalition, and Capacity-building workshops led by the UN Youth of Finland and the Dag Hammarskjold Foundation. The event also included a hearing with the Nordic Youth Council, as well as discussions and workshops aimed at exploring UNSCR2250, and identifying its challenges and opportunities with its implementation and advocacy at both national and regional levels. Sini Al Fraidawi, who is the Project Coordinator of the Nordic Forum on Youth, Peace, and Security, described the event.
“The Nordic Forum on Youth, Peace, and Security underscored the enthusiasm, innovation, and solution-oriented mindset of young peacebuilders, while emphasizing the imperative of youth inclusion in peace processes. However, it also underscored the necessity of a regional approach to UNSCR2250 Youth, Peace, and Security,”, says Al Fraidawi.
The forum’s greatest achievements is uniting Nordic young peacebuilders, identifying challenges and potential solutions, and most importantly, laying the groundwork for enhanced Nordic cooperation on UNSCR2250 with the establishment of the Nordic Coalition on Youth, Peace, and Security.
In addition, the coalition serves as a networking platform for young peacebuilders across the Nordic Region, furnishing them with the requisite knowledge and tools to advance within the field of peacebuilding and propel the Youth, Peace, and Security Agenda forward.
The project has been granted funding from the Norden 0-30 programme in 2023.
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