Youth to Youth Initiative

Problem, which we try to solve:
The voices of young people are very often not heard in the society, which becomes an obstacle for them to engage in decision-making process. Therefore, young people turn to be inactive in their communities. They lack skills and knowledge on how to solve problems and create change, as well as have a limited access to affordable, solid and skills development trainings. Youth to Youth Initiative was founded in 2015 to solve these problems.

Mission and Vision

Youth to Youth Initiative aims to empower and inspire global youth community to become change makers, community leaders through holistic and accessible training, networking opportunities and mentorship of youth-led projects.

Youth to Youth Initiative (Y2Y) was founded in 2015 as a youth organisation with an international mandate as well as a platform for young leaders to express themselves, to learn and network with each other. We believe that this directly leads to systematic change, because if we empower and inspire young people through developing their skills, equipping them with knowledge, provide networking opportunities and mentoring on how to start and manage a project on their own, they will be able to successfully solve existing problems in their communities, improving the whole societies.

Since 2015, there were five international summits organised, eight training courses and three summer schools targeting youth leaders from 16 to 35 years old. Each year Y2Y summits get together around 100 young leaders. Each training is attended by 35 youth workers that on average reach out to 200 young people in their networks, which has given us 280 alumni who reached out to around 56,000 young people in their respected countries. Y2Y incubator has reached out to over 1,000 youth activists solely.

Additionally, Y2Y training models are being replicated within the network of partner organisations such as Anna Lindt Foundation and European Youth Foundation which have thousands members. Overall within six years of operation Y2Y was able to reach out to over 10,000 young people worldwide. Meanwhile, the indirect impact is twice bigger and approximately estimates 1,000 000 youth from all around the world.