CIVICUS Youth Action Team

The CIVICUS Youth Assembly and World Assembly take place every year and are the global gathering for youth and civil society. Organisations from around the world attend the conference which is a mixture of workshops, side events, panels and speakers. The Youth Assembly took place alongside the International Civil Society Week took place in Bogota, Colombia in April 2016. The Youth Assembly statement highlights the priorities for youth civic engagement as: peace; inclusion and participation; support to build an enabling environment; creative strategies to raise consciousness and collaboration.