About us

The Youth Green Deal is a Midi project which involves 7 partners: Catalonia, Belgium, France, Italy, Palestine, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia, the coordinating party. It sheds light on the challenge of climate change and the engagement of youth volunteers into the environmental issues(eco-volunteering) . The YGD will result in strengthening the North South partnership as well as creating a model to follow concerning dealing with climate change in each country. YGD is made up of two Steering Team Meetings in Tunisia and Spain, three trainings in Tunisia, Belgium and Jordan and four eco-camps in Tunisia, Morocco, Palestine and Spain.

overall objective

1- The aim of the project is to build strong participative youth organisations impbedded in resilient local communities to reduce the effects of climate change. 2- It will give inspiration to mitigate climate change and lead sustainable lifestyles through eco-volunteering projects with a Mediterranean/international dimension.

Specific Objectives:

1-As a learning by doing example this project will increase the organisational and project management skills of th involved youth organisations.
2-As a good practice the project conducts an impact reseatch on youth leadership and eco-volunteering, supervised by an expert, to improve the quality of future projects and to develop appropriate advocacy tools.
3-To ensure the quality and outreach of the local eco-volunteering pilot projects youg people are trained in youth leadership, bio-construction and visual storytelling.
4-To disseminate the knowlodge gained by this project to local Tunisian civil society organisations and policy makers and the wider volunteer world.