Open Society and Soros Foundation
about usinitiativesgrants and scholarshipsresource centernewsroom
Contact
Search

About This Initiative
The Open Society Institute Youth Initiative works to identify, inspire, empower, and learn from a network of young, active citizens promoting open society ideals.

YouthExchange 2010
Budapest, Hungary
April 10, 2010
Sponsored by the Open Society Institute, YouthExchange focuses on promoting democracy through the use of new media.

Youth AfriCamp
Nairobi, Kenya
March 14, 2010
Organized by the Open Society Institute, Youth AfriCamp focuses on building the advocacy capacity of youth in analyzing and responding to issues that affect their communities.

Empowering Roma Youth
March 2010
This Open Society Institute Youth Initiative study compiles difficult-to-find information and offers suggestions on how OSI can position itself to aid Roma organizations.

Rise Up, Oh Youth
Jagannath Lamichhane
February 18, 2010
Jagannath Lamichhane, a Youth Action Fund grantee and a global mental health and disability rights activist, writes about the situation of youth in Nepal.

Youth Action Fund
The Youth Action Fund provides small grants and other support to encourage progressive, youth-driven initiatives that are aligned with the mission of the Open Society Institute.

Debate Program
The Debate Program encourages youth to engage in reasoned discussion about issues important to their lives and to call for positive change around the world.

Youth Citizen Journalism
The Youth Initiative has sponsored a series of youth citizen journalism workshops to accompany the Moving Walls International documentary photography exhibit across the Middle East and North Africa.

OSI Grantee iDebate Press Releases Two New Publications
December 8, 2009
In January 2010, iDebate Press is publishing the next two volumes in its Sourcebook on Contemporary Controversies series.

Global Youth Panel Debates Decisions of UN Climate Change Conference
December 7, 2009
Outcomes from the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference will be debated by more than 1,000 members of the Debatewise Global Youth Panel, with support from the Open Society Institute.

About Us  |  Initiatives  |  Grants, Scholarships & Fellowships  |  Resource Center  |  Newsroom  |  Site Map  |  About this Site  |  Contact


Creative Commons License
Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative License.
©2010 Open Society Institute. Some rights reserved.