YouthPact 2.0

YouthPact is a cross-border project acting as a Quality and Impact Body for the EU PEACEPLUS Youth Programme. YouthPact is a cross border partnership of four regional organisations: Co-operation Ireland (CI) (Lead Partner); Ulster University (UU); National Youth Council Ireland (NYCI); and Pobal. The objective of this partnership is to provide a quality assurance and impact support role for the work and workers in the Youth Programme, delivering peace-building programmes for young people aged 14-24 across Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland. YouthPact will offer training to youth workers to improve their peace-building work with young people, with a focus on key themes which feature across all projects: · Good relations and peace-building · Citizenship and building social activism · Personal development · Employability skills development · Positive progression · What is youth work? The project will provide this role through a range of activities including learning and best practice events, Young Voices events, guidance and resources. This will allow them to ensure the quality of the delivery projects and to maximise the impact of their projects. YouthPact will build a network for progression services and statutory career services. YouthPact uses the principles of co-design, participatory processes and strengths-based approaches to build a strong community of practice.