The Youth Culture and Diversity project aims at strengthening youth participation, diversity and opportunities in organisations, institutions and communities in Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Denmark. The project is financed by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the Danish-Arab Partnership Programme’s Youth Innovation Grant, and is developed and implemented in close cooperation between the Danish Youth Council, KFUM-Spejderne in Denmark, Les Scouts Tunisiens (LST) in Tunisia, Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute (DEDI) in Egypt and the East and West Center for Sustainable Development (WE Center) in Jordan.

The intentions for this publication/product are:

• To document the learnings, best practices and success stories that exist within the YCD project, capturing how the involved organisations have navigated through dynamic and shifting circumstances.
• To synthesise and map different themes that have emerged in the two decade-long partnerships and contextualise these within existing literature and theory on international partnerships and youth work.
• To offer inspiration and practical guidance to youth organisations on how to establish and maintain international partnerships, i.e. how to deal with challenges and dilemmas that may arise along the way.

The main deliverable will be utilisation-focused and interactive, with emphasis on cultivating and maintaining cross-cultural partnerships, offering learning and inspiration for youth involved in or wishing to establish international partnerships.

NCG was awarded the contract, and the team is composed of NCG partners Lone Bildsøe Lassen, Mikkel Otto Hansen and Ayla-Kristina Olesen Yurtaslan.