The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) is collaborating with Education First (EF) in the context of the first UNAOC-EF Summer School, which will take place in Tarrytown, NY, USA, from 24 to 31 of August 2013.
This UNAOC-EF Summer School will bring together 100 youth from all over the world for a week of discussions on pressing global challenges within the context of cultural and religious diversity. Several skills-building workshops will be offered with a view to strengthen participants’ ability on topics such as peace-building, human rights, advocacy, social entrepreneurship, etc.
The objectives of the UNAOC-EF Summer School are to:

contribute to the empowerment of young people by enhancing their intercultural skills and competences;
strengthen young people’s capacity to get involved in the preparation and implementation of cooperative action across borders;
facilitate networking and exchanges between young people; and
develop a network of alumni and make it an important platform for joint action to help address a global challenge.

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