Organizācijas apraksts:

Mediterranean Youth Foundation for Development – MYF:

It is a central non-profit organization registered with the Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity under No. 6563/2018, 982/2021, and working to promote cultural and youth cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

MYF, the first youth foundation oriented to Mediterranean countries, was established in the Arab Republic of Egypt in 2018. It is led by youth/women and aims to serve youth, by involving them in social life, especially youth and women with fewer opportunities to promote their participation in building youth/women-friendly societies.

Key Milestones in MYF Journey:

2018: Establishment of Mediterranean Youth Foundation for Development -MYF
2019: Obtaining the quality label from the European Union as a sending and hosting foundation to send/host volunteers to and from European Union countries.
2020: Obtaining the King Hamad Award (King of the Kingdom of Bahrain) for youth empowerment to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals - Youth Empowerment Category.
2021: Obtaining the United Nations and BMW Prize for Innovation and Intercultural Dialogue (Intercultural Innovation Hub - IIH), with the support of Accenture.
2022: Accreditation as a permanent observer member, to be the second Egyptian foundation in history to obtain permanent membership in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC
2023: Granted special advisory membership in the United Nations Economic and Social Council + Granted the status of public benefit from the Egyptian government (enjoying the privileges of public authority).

MYF vision:

Being the largest green digital youth/women Foundation in the Euro-Mediterranean region working with and for youth, women and the environment.

MYF Message:

Our message triangle focuses on:

- Contributing to the achievement and promotion of Sustainable Development Goals 4, 5, 6, 8, 10,13, 16, and 17
- Empowering young women in communities with less access to opportunities
- Building partnerships to exchange and apply regional and international best practices in the field of youth, women and environment.

Our mission:
Enhancing cultural and youth/women cooperation between countries overlooking

Our case:
Empowering youth and women, facilitating movement and facing challenges in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

MYF Objectives:

- Promoting a culture of intercultural dialogue and cultural pluralism among the Mediterranean and neighboring countries.
- Building youth capacities to keep pace with development and face global challenges (technological, environmental and climatic).
- Contributing to achieving and promoting the fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, tenth, thirteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth SDGs.
- Enhancing youth participation to achieve peace, security and human fraternity.
- Involving youth who have less access to opportunities in social life.
- Empowering young women in societies with less access to opportunities and helping them navigate beyond borders.
- Building partnerships to exchange and apply best regional and international practices in the field of youth, women and environment.

Our priorities:

1- Facilitating movement
2- Upbringing, literacy and Education in the field of human rights
3- Partnerships to achieve goals
4- Working for youth, women and the environment
5- Working with refugees
6- Capacity building in the field of youth work


Our values:

Human Fraternity – Solidarity – Mobility of Freedom – Justice

E-mail Address:
info@myfmed.org

Office Address:
Office No. 1, Building No. 2013, Al-Eyadaat Street, Zahraa Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, 11528

Temati, kas saistīti ar sociālo iekļautību

Šī organizācija var uzņemt brīvprātīgos, kuru personīgā situācija sarežģī dalību projektos, proti, šādu kategoriju brīvprātīgos dažādu veidu projektiem:

• Kultūras atšķirības
• Ekonomiski šķēršļi
• Ģeogrāfiski šķēršļi