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MYF FRANCE (MYFF)
MYF FRANCE (MYFF) is a French
non-governmental youth/women-led organization harnessing the legacy of MYF MED since 2018 to enhance youth cooperation and regional integration in the Euro-Med region.
About us
The Mediterranean Youth Foundation-France is an established branch of the Mediterranean Youth Foundation for Development, it’s an international organization dedicated to empowering youth and fostering intercultural cooperation across the Euro-Mediterranean region. Since the MYF Egypt has become a leader youth organization, earning many global awards, including the King Hamad award for youth empowerment and recognition from the United Nations and BMW for innovation in intercultural dialogue.
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Core values and distinctive Approach for MYF France:
We aim to empower the youth, particularly youth with fewer opportunities, by providing non-educational programs, and platforms for civic engagement. We believe that through non-formal education, dialogue, and collaboration, the youth can become leaders of change in their societies.
The Mediterranean Youth Foundation – France aspires to become a leading organization that promotes SDGs and social inclusion among the youth across the Euro-Mediterranean countries and its neighboring countries. We work towards a Mediterranean region that is more resilient and inclusive by building understanding and cooperation among cultures.
MYF France’s commitment to green innovation through adopting sustainable practices in program operations to pioneering eco-education, MYF France empowers youth to envision and enact a sustainable future.
MYF France values inclusivity, particularly for youth with fewer opportunities and immigrant communities within France, and provides targeted programs that reduce barriers to participation and ensure social justice.
MYF Objectives:
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Empowering the youth and women through non-formal education that enables them to navigate societal barriers and pursue their ambitions.
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Supporting the youth with fewer opportunities in our programs and providing them with the opportunities to participate in social and cultural activities.
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Involving the youth in civic life and decision-making processes.
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Provide access to quality non-formal education and skill-building programs that equip the youth with the skills and competencies needed.
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Enhancing youth participation to achieve peace, security, and human fraternity.
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Involving the youth in projects focused on the preservation and promotion of cultural heritage sites, traditions, and practices, encouraging active participation in safeguarding their cultural legacy.
MYF France
Priorities:
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Facilitating international mobility programs.
Promoting peacebuilding and heritage non-formal education.
Promoting peacebuilding and heritage non-formal education.
Partnerships to achieve goals.
Working for youth, women, and the environment.
Working with refugees.
Capacity building in the field of youth work and environment.
Highlight the youth’s roles in heritage preservation.
MYF France
Scope Of Work:
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Capacity Building
● Capacity Building Field
Cultural Exchange
● Cultural Exchange and Intercultural Dialogue Field
International Volunteering
International Volunteering
Social Entrepreneurship
● Social Entrepreneurship and Heritage Field
Youth, peace,
● Youth, peace, and Human fraternity Field
The Field of Gender
● The Field of Gender Justice
Environment
● The Field of Environment and Climate Change
Studies
● Youth Studies and Policies Field
The main target group:
The main target group: is youth and women with fewer opportunities in the age group (18-29) who face geographical, educational, linguistic, economic, or physical challenges in the Euro-Mediterranean region.
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Mediterranean Youth Foundation France holds international accreditation Code OID: E10378956
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It is also registered with the European Union (PIC Number: 875591162)
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As well as registered by INSEE (Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques) under No.93426073800018 for the year 2024.
MYF Staff Members:
Lisa Tocquard
President of the Mediterranean Youth Foundation France
I draw on a strong academic background, with a master’s degree in International Relations from the Centre International de Formation Européenne (in Berlin, Nice, and Istanbul) and a research master’s in Anthropology, completed jointly between Université Lumière Lyon 2 (France) and Maynooth University (Ireland).
I lead initiatives to empower young people in the Mediterranean region, with a special focus on the empowerment of women and their access to culture and education. Additionally, in my role as a social and scientific mediator at the association Les Petits Débrouillards, I work to promote critical thinking and the values of ecological, digital, and social transition through science.
These commitments reflect my passion for the development and empowerment of individuals and the Mediterranean region.
Youssef Aroog
Mediterranean Civil Activist, King Hamad SDGs Awardee, IIA-UNAOC/BMW Awardee, and from the Sinai Peninsula.
Youssef Aroog is a researcher specialised in European experiences in youth empowerment and is President of the Mediterranean Youth Foundation for Development in Egypt and Estonia. He has five years of experience in establishing and managing youth movements and organizations and has spent more than 10,000 hours as a volunteer with governmental and international organizations in Egypt, Morocco, Spain, Estonia, and Hungary.
Youssef is interested in European Integration and international relations, youth empowerment, peace and security issues, and the Egyptian government nominated him with Ministerial Resolution No. (453) for the year 2019 to represent Egypt in the Seventh Arab-European Youth
Forum on Peace and Security in Hungary, and he was chosen by Al- Azhar to participate in the Emerging Peacemakers Forum 2018 in London. Recently the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations invited him to participate in the “Young Peacebuilders Program”.
For the last five years, Youssef has focused on conceptualizing new youth projects, coordinating with civil society organizations and international agencies on youth projects, and supporting larger youth volunteerism and community participation efforts in Egypt. He managed and developed several projects locally and regionally to enhance the cultural & youth cooperation in the Euro-Med region.
His foundation won the King Hamad International Prize for Youth Empowerment in 2020 as the first Egyptian youth foundation to win the award since its launch. Also, he is the recipient of the United Nations Prize for Innovation and Intercultural Dialogue 2021.
Contact Us
20 avenue de la Croix du Capitaine, Montpellier, 34070