Call for Applications for the European Union – United Nations Youth Delegates 2025 – 2026

Participation in the EU in the UN Youth Delegate programme permits the EU to be current in related Youth dialogues at the UN, to advocate for the pursuits and rights of younger individuals in Europe, and to extend the illustration and geographic protection of younger individuals in the EU.

The EU is delighted to appoint European Union Youth Delegates to the UN for a fourth 12 months in 2025-26, in cooperation with representatives of the European Youth Forum and the National Youth Councils of EU Member States.

Mission

Two European Union Youth Delegates to the UN will likely be chosen to take part in the programme for 2025-2026. Their mandate will embrace, inter alia:

• Participate on behalf of the EU Delegation to the UN in New York in related discussions, together with on youth affairs and different issues as applicable, in the UN General Assembly and its committees and the useful commissions of the Economic and Social Council.
• Ensure shut coordination and data sharing with EU Member States’ Youth Delegates, together with via the organisation of standard coordination conferences with EU Member States’ Youth Delegates, with the help of the EU Delegation.
• Provide enter to EU Delegation workers when wanted, to make sure that a youth perspective is mirrored throughout the three pillars of the UN (peace and safety, sustainable growth, human rights) and in all strands of labor.
• Liaise and coordinate with and report back to National Youth Councils and youth organisations at EU and EU Member States degree, together with the EU Youth Sounding Board and different youth teams, to make sure that their voices are mirrored and that they’re conscious of necessary discussions at the UN that contact on topics of curiosity for European youth.
• Communicate their actions in keeping with the communication technique created by the EU Delegation, in the context of the Youth Delegates programme: host/take part in preparation of the “Who Rules the World” podcast episodes, promote their actions through social media to their networks, and talk in the digital area about different points of their work as Youth Delegates.
• Offer steerage to the subsequent cohort of Youth Delegates, together with via the provision of a written handover and a digital assembly with the chosen candidates (tentatively in August 2026).

The fourth cohort of the programme will start its mandate in September 2025 for a period of 12 months. The programme is managed collectively between the EU Delegation to the UN in New York and DG INTPA of the European Commission in Brussels.

Candidates ought to meet the following standards:

• Be a citizen of an EU Member State;
• Be below the age of 30 at the time of application;
• Be in a position and keen to commit as much as roughly 40 days per 12 months to actions associated to their function as Youth Delegates;
• Demonstrate an curiosity in worldwide relations, political science, legislation, human rights, worldwide growth, public well being, local weather or every other subject associated to UN actions;
• Be motivated and/or have expertise in and data of youth advocacy;organisations, and actions, and have a imaginative and prescient for youth participation at EU and UN ranges;
• Be obtainable to journey to New York approx. 3 times throughout the 12 months, in addition to to Brussels if vital (journey prices will likely be coated by the Youth delegates programme);
• Have wonderful data of written and spoken English and have good communication and presentation expertise;

Selection

Applications ought to include a CV and a brief motivation letter (one web page most) outlining related expertise, motivation and potential contributions to the EU Youth Delegates to the UN programme.

These are to be submitted to National Youth Councils by 28 February 2025 at 17:00. The National Youth Councils are invited to submit one candidate per EU Member State to kind a pool of candidates for additional choice, which will likely be performed by the EU Delegation to the UN in New York and DG INTPA of the European Commission. Please discover data on apply on the respective websites of the National Youth Councils, which you could find HERE. The European Youth Forum will moreover choose 5 youth activists from their INGO pillar to be added to the pool for choice.

The EU is dedicated to the precept of non-discrimination. Applications from European younger individuals of varied backgrounds are inspired. Respect for gender equality, steadiness in regional illustration and variety will likely be key standards throughout the choice course of.

Timeline

Launch of the Call for Applications: 30 January 2025

The application paperwork are to be submitted to National Youth Councils by 28 February 2025 at 17:00 CET. Late purposes won’t be thought-about.

The deadline for the nomination by the National Youth Councils of candidates from EU Member States and by the European Youth Forum for candidates from their INGO pillar to the EU Delegation to the UN in New York is 14 March 2025 at 17:00 CET.

Further choice course of will likely be performed in two levels:

• First stage – shortlisting: all candidates submitted to the EU Delegation by the National Youth Councils and the European Youth Forum will likely be knowledgeable of the consequence of the first stage by 31 March 2025, by the EU Delegation.
• Second stage – interviews: the shortlisted candidates will likely be invited for interviews between 14-18 April 2025, by the EU Delegation.
• Result: all shortlisted candidates will likely be knowledgeable of the outcomes by 30 April 2025.

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Deadline: 28 February, 17:00 CET
Youth Council Overview: https://buff.ly/3PWM1u7
Call for Applications: https://buff.ly/3PV8JmF
Info Session:

An data session is deliberate for 11 February 2025 at 5.00pm CET/11.00am EST, for events. Please be aware that the RSVP is obligatory to entry the on-line session.