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THIS 18th Melaka International Youth Dialogue: Youth Engineering a Sustainable Urbanisation

The training activity took place
in Melaka, Malaysia
organised by WAY - World Assembly of Youth
24.06.2018-28.06.2018
Reference person

Ediola Pashollari

(organiser, Secretary General of WAY)
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Aims & objectives

The Melaka International Youth Dialogue (MIYD) is an annual programme of the World Assembly of Youth (WAY) which brings together young people, youth leaders and relevant stakeholders from around the world to discuss pertinent youth issues. One of the trainings were dedicated to the role of youth in advocating for SDGs. Aim of the trainings was to empower young people coming from different parts of the world to advocate for SDGs based on the needs of their national realities. During the trainings we aimed to identify roles of municipalities, local governments and youth organisations in ensuring sustinable development of cities and communities. As WAY is an international organisation which unites national youth councils and other NGOs across the world addressing the need for sustainable development was very relevant.

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

42 nationalities representing different youth organisations and youth councils from Europe, Africa and Asia

Training methods used & main activities

- Group Work in national delegations and mixed groups
- Mind- Mapping
- Simulation activities
- World Cafe
- Presentation by trainer (goals and targets of SDGs)

Outcomes of the activity


As part of the youth dialogue, training managed to empower young people to speak up and urge other stakeholders such as national governments and international organisations to recognize role of young people and proposed different solutions for sustainable urban agenda.

Declaration can be found her: https://en.horyou.com/org/world-assembly-of-youth/action/18th-melaka-international-youth-dialogue-declaration

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

- Design programme of the training
- Use relevant methodologies
- Facilitate the process of declaration drafting on recognizing role of young people in achieving SDGs

I worked on this training for 3 days as a full time trainer.

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