MEDiterranean Youth for Creative Impact (Med-Y-CI)
About the Med-Y-CI Project
The MedYCI project addresses educational disparities, digital gap, and high youth unemployment in the Mediterranean region. With a significant youth demographic facing low civic engagement, and informal employment, particularly among young women, the project unites France, Spain, Türkiye, Tunisia, and Egypt to co-develop an innovative training program for youth Civil Society Organizations (CSOs).
MedYCI aims to foster digital, creative, and analytical skills crucial for new job markets and active civic participation. By pooling expertise from multidisciplinary experts and artists across five countries, the project develops new educational practices that promote lifelong learning and regional solidarity.
Med-Y-CI Key Figures
1.1M€
Project Budget
89%
EU Contribution
5
Countries
5
Partners
Who does Med-Y-CI Benefits
Med-Y-CI is designed to benefit a diverse range of stakeholders and actors across the Mediterranean:
- 200 young people aged 18 to 30 selected for their readiness to engage in regional advocacy and for their diverse socio-economic and educational backgrounds.
- 50 young entrepreneurs involved by associated organizations to share their skills and highlight their initiatives.
- 500 young people impacted indirectly by the project’s activities.
- 10 artists who will have led creative workshops.
- 30 experts in fields such as digitalization, innovation, and regional development.
- Local communities and the civil society in at least 5 territories.
What it Aims to Achieve
Med-Y-CI pursues the below main two core objectives to achieve its mission:
- To co-design and develop a transnational training program for Mediterranean youth CSOs, blending digital and face-to- face methods, focusing on engagement as a key skill for employment and addressing regional challenges through social and artistic innovation.
- To support and engage young Mediterranean people to advocate for positive changes in Mediterranean societies through the implementation of concrete local and transnational creative actions and promoting original projects.
What does the Project Deliver
To achieve its objectives, Med-Y-CI delivers eight concrete outputs:
- Co-design of a pedagogical framework for the MedYCI training program developed by young Mediterranean participants and experts across five regions.
- Creation of a multidisciplinary team of 30 trainers.
- 5 MedYCI training sessions implemented across 5 countries, directly engaging over 200 youngsters.
- Establishment of five MedYCI studios which will be fully operational to enhance creative young participants skills in each region.
- Strategic recommendations for the Mediterranean Youth Council ensuring they are informed by diverse youth perspectives across the Mediterranean.
- 5 showcases of 50 innovative ideas for a better future of the Mediterranean.
- 25 simultaneous local creative engaged actions executed by youth, across the Mediterranean.
- 10 transnational webtv show (Medtalk) created by MedYCI trained Mediterranean youth.
Expected Change
Through its activities and outputs, Med-Y-CI expects to generate the following changes:
- Trained 200 young people from Türkiye, France, Spain, Tunisia and Egypt, co-developing and applying innovative learning methods that fostered engagement and enhanced employment skills – digital, creative, and analytical – while addressing Mediterranean challenges.
- Strengthened young people’s civic actions.
- Fostered a transnational participatory dynamic.
For more information about the Med-Y-CI project please visit the Interreg NEXTMED website.
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