🌎 Empower Tomorrow, Shape Today
🌿 Climate Action is the Right Way
🌎 Empower Tomorrow, Shape Today 🌿 Climate Action is the Right Way
Global Dialogues Project
To be able to support our more experienced Network Members on a specific theme on global conferences, the award winning Global Dialogues Project (GDP) has been organized since the year 2024. This is a collaborative initiative between WAT-GP and YEE that focuses on creating learning and exchange opportunities for young climate leaders worldwide that have organized themselves in organizations. This project has each year another specific topic, and organizes throughout the whole year capacity-building sessions on those topics, facilitating youth dialogues, organizing exchanges between Global South and Global North countries, and developing advocacy agendas in preparation for the COP that takes place every year. All with the goal to amplify the voices of youth and empower them to lead the charge in developing and advocating for climate justice related topics. The project is designed to support meaningful collaboration and advocacy among youth and environmental organizations from the Global South and Global North, promoting youth engagement in global climate processes.
Structure of the Project
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1. Internal Planning
The planning process will begin alongside the other project, in order to be able to fully map and evaluate the human, knowledge, and economic capacities of WAT-GP.
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2. Application Process
WAT-GP posts the call for Network Members to apply. The WAT-GP coordinators will make decisions regarding which organisations to prioritise for that year.
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3. Onboarding
The participants will be informed on all important matters of how the program will run, the calendar, the guidelines and rules, as well as what to expect from WAT-GP.
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4. Knowledge Sessions
The knowledge Sessions will be lead by the T&R team. Participants will attend different sessions with experts who will share their expertise and knowledge with them.
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5. National Youth Dialogues
The Participants organise their National Youth Dialogues. Reaching out to diplomatic and strategic supporters is also part of this stage.
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6. Agenda Writing
With the input obtained from the National Youth Dialogues, the NYCA will be developed. This will be a crucial tool to advocate with towards national and international stakeholders.
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7. COP Advocacy
Participants will start preparing their COP Strategy. When possible, the Participants will be financially supported to attend COP as observers and implement their strategies.
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8. Review and Reflection
After the project, evaluations will be hold with the Participants in order to learn about the successes and challenges of the project and its implementations.
Capacity Building Sessions
National Youth Dialogue
Advocacy Agenda
Project Goals
Enhancing youth influence in global climate policy through equipping young leaders with technical knowledge, advocacy skills, and direct engagement opportunities.
Strengthening cross- border youth networks in the run-up to key climate summits – such as LCOYs, RCOYs, and UNFCCC Conferences like the COP.
Support the creation of national and global youth visions, developed bottom-up by Global South and Global North youth.
Support and hold effective, strategic, inclusive National Youth Dialogues based on capacity building sessions and cross-cultural exchanges between Global South and Global North youth.
Bridge the gap between Global North and Global South youth perspectives, ensuring climate justice remains at the core of climate policies.
