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The Young Republic is a youth organization working to empower young refugees to foster their democratic participation, civic engagement and social inclusion in their host communities. The Young Republic is registered in Sweden as a non-governmental organization since January 2015.

Vision: Young refugees are connected, empowered and active citizens, contributing to the development of their host communities, and advocating for their rights, democracy and inclusion.

Aims: - Promote the culture of democracy, human rights, gender equality and freedom of speech among young refugees in Europe and build their civic capacities. - Foster youth participation, civic engagement and active citizenship of young refugees in their host communities and support their social inclusion. - Enhance cultural exchange and cooperation between young refugees and their peers from the host communities. - Build a strong base for youth integration and engagement that counter extremism, radicalization and hate.

Programs:

Non-Formal Education: Training and GAMIFY: The Young Republic organizes training courses for young refugees and for people working with them to support their participation and inclusion. The Young Republic also organizes GAMIFY, a series of half-a-day events presented as entertainment events. It is an interactive and participatory learning experience designed to build inclusive communities; it gathers new comers with well established locals (with a focus on bringing plural and diverse groups) to game and meet other young people while exploring democracy and human rights related themes, reflecting, sharing and learning from each others experiences. We use games to develop the attitudes, knowledge and skills of young people in the field of democracy, human rights and freedoms on both concept and practices levels. Democracy is tackled as a holistic concept where all citizens (either new comers or well-established) have the same rights to participate in the socio-economic, political and cultural life.

Research: The Young Republic aims to develop the knowledge about young refugees in Europe. The research and mappings focus on the demography and composition, their characteristics and preferences, their perspectives and priorities, the structures of their communities, their integration in the host communities, the conflicts that are attached with them, individual and collective attempts for organization or mobilization, the gender situation and women participation and the challenges facing them.

Advocacy The Young Republic advocates for social inclusion as a human-rights based approach, youth participation, human rights, inclusive policies towards refugees and other issues within its framework and priorities both on the European level and on member states level. The Young Republic is part of wider coalition of Syrian refugee activists advocating the EU to adopt more inclusive migration and refugees policies. The coalition held several meetings in Brussels and NY ahead the UN High-Level Summit on Refugees and Migrants.

Adamelsod (talk) 13:48, 16 November 2017 (UTC)