Thematic meeting
"It's all about you(th): the transformative power of youth participation & leadership for community foundations"
Join us for this two-days event that will center why and how European community foundations can foster young people leadership, empower and involve them in decision-making to build fairer, more equitable and thriving communities.
Organised by ECFI in collaboration with Streekfonds East Flanders and with the support of the King Baudouin Foundation, this interactive conference will bring together practitioners from the community philanthropy field, youth organisations and other philanthropic actors. It will give the opportunity to exchange and interact with peers, share ideas and experience and reflect on how your organisation can better and more meaningfully attract and involve young people.
THE AGENDA
Here you can find the meeting draft agenda: plenty of space to interact and exchange and bring your own unique perspective on the topic.
VENUE AND STAYING
The Thursday's panels and working groups will take place at De Kazerne, 15 minutes on foot from Gent-Sint-Pieters. We will also access different places in the city: Ghent is a small walkable city and we will be based in central parts, easy to access by public transport as well.
HOW TO GET TO GHENT
By train: If you decide to go by train, you can reach Brussels first, that has several international connections. From Brussels, there are frequent connections to Gent Sint Pieters, the city main station.
By plane: The nearest airports are:
- Brussels Airport (Brussels-Zaventem), where direct trains will get you to Ghent city center
- Brussels South Charleroi Airport, from where direct buses go to Ghent (check Flibco for instance)
REGISTRATION
To partially cover the direct organisational cost (meals, transfers, venues, other costs), we ask participant to pay a participation fee that is:
- 100€ for community foundations and community foundations support organisations
- 100€ for youth organisations (With youth organisations we mean organisations youth-led (with majority of young people, aged under 35, in the governing body) who focus and work with young people)
- 200€ for philanthropic organisations, other civil society organisations and individual consultants
You can register through this form. Once you have registered; you will receive from the ECFI team the invoice for the fee payment.
Note that tickets are not refundable; however, they can be transferred to someone in your organisation.
If you have any doubts in which category your organisation falls into, do reach out to Francesca Mereta (francesca[at]communityfoundations[punkt]eu)
Registration closes on the 27th of August or up to venue capacity.
Francesca Mereta
Peer Learning Expert
Reviews & Reports
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2024 Online: How Philanthropy For Climate can propel climate action in community foundations (2024)
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2024 in person: It's all about you(th) - insights and lessons learned
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2024 Online: Empowering young people as active participants and decision-makers in community foundations From fundamentals (why) to examples of practice (how)
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2024 Online: Community Foundations and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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2024 Rome: Local Philanthropy and Community Foundations in European Capital Cities. Challenges and opportunities
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2023 Online: Circular Economy – tackling climate change locally
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2023 Online: Safeguarding Principles and Community Foundations
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2023 Online: Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) - Masterclass takeaways
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