Mediterranean Youth Foundation for Development – MYF: It

Mediterranean Youth Foundation for Development – MYF: It is a central non-profit organization registered with the Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity under No. 6563/2018, 982/2021, and working to promote cultural and youth cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean region. MYF, the first youth foundation oriented to Mediterranean countries, was established in the Arab Republic of Egypt in 2018. It is led by youth/women and aims to serve youth, by involving them in social life, especially youth and women with fewer opportunities to promote their participation in building youth/women-friendly societies. Key Milestones in MYF Journey: 2018: Establishment of Mediterranean Youth Foundation for Development -MYF 2019: Obtaining the quality label from the European Union as a sending and hosting foundation to send/host volunteers to and from European Union countries. 2020: Obtaining the King Hamad Award (King of the Kingdom of Bahrain) for youth empowerment to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals - Youth Empowerment Category. 2021: Obtaining the United Nations and BMW Prize for Innovation and Intercultural Dialogue (Intercultural Innovation Hub - IIH), with the support of Accenture. 2022: Accreditation as a permanent observer member, to be the second Egyptian foundation in history to obtain permanent membership in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC 2023: Granted special advisory membership in the United Nations Economic and Social Council + Granted the status of public benefit from the Egyptian government (enjoying the privileges of public authority). MYF vision: Being the largest green digital youth/women Foundation in the Euro-Mediterranean region working with and for youth, women and the environment. MYF Message: Our message triangle focuses on: - Contributing to the achievement and promotion of Sustainable Development Goals 4, 5, 6, 8, 10,13, 16, and 17 - Empowering young women in communities with less access to opportunities - Building partnerships to exchange and apply regional and international best practices in the field of youth, women and environment. Our mission: Enhancing cultural and youth/women cooperation between countries overlooking Our case: Empowering youth and women, facilitating movement and facing challenges in the Euro-Mediterranean region. MYF Objectives: - Promoting a culture of intercultural dialogue and cultural pluralism among the Mediterranean and neighboring countries. - Building youth capacities to keep pace with development and face global challenges (technological, environmental and climatic). - Contributing to achieving and promoting the fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, tenth, thirteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth SDGs. - Enhancing youth participation to achieve peace, security and human fraternity. - Involving youth who have less access to opportunities in social life. - Empowering young women in societies with less access to opportunities and helping them navigate beyond borders. - Building partnerships to exchange and apply best regional and international practices in the field of youth, women and environment. Our priorities: 1- Facilitating movement 2- Upbringing, literacy and Education in the field of human rights 3- Partnerships to achieve goals 4- Working for youth, women and the environment 5- Working with refugees 6- Capacity building in the field of youth work Our values: Human Fraternity – Solidarity – Mobility of Freedom – Justice E-mail Address: info@myfmed.org Office Address: Office No. 1, Building No. 2013, Al-Eyadaat Street, Zahraa Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, 11528