Civic Engagement in Europe & CIS

Workshop : Advancing Youth Inclusion, Civic Engagement and Volunteerism towards Achievement of MDGs - Kiev, 1-2 July 2008

01 July 2008 - 02 July 2008

Location: Ukraine, Kiev

Contact: michaela.lednova@undp.org

UN Volunteers and UNDP Civic Engagement Practice organized a two-day workshop “Advancing Youth Inclusion, Civic Engagement and Volunteerism towards Achievement of MDGs”. The workshop represents one of the key activities under the ongoing joint UNV/UNDP scoping project and was intended to deal with recent regional trends and developments influencing civil society and youth volunteerism including multi-sectoral partnerships. The specific experiences of individual countries in the RBEC region were also discussed. The main objective of the workshop was to contribute to formulating future UNDP/UNV interventions for the support of youth volunteering and civic engagement.