Generation Next – Strategy

As stated in the World YMCA Vision 2030, our Movement believes that all young people deserve the
right to learn, engage in flexible, dignified and meaningful work, and build sustainable livelihoods.
Hence the YMCA Europe with its Generation Next project aims at attributing to all the 5 principal
objectives set in its Strategy 2021 – 2026, namely:

• Relevance: that need-based assistance is offered to young people, including those emerging from
social, gender, ethnic backgrounds.
• Representation: that the YMCA values and service opens up to the academia, where most of the young
people are present.
• Relationship: that Armenia-Georgia cross-border cooperation is in place fostering collaborative
learning turning into collaborative action.
• Resilience: that the project helps war affected young people and communities to stay strong and
hopeful.
• Response: that it directly contributes to the YMCA Europe response to Artsakh Exodus – i.e.
deportation of the entire ethnic Armenian population of Karabakh to Armenia proper.

 

Generation Next – Aim & Objectives

The project aim or developmental goal is:

Young people in Armenia and Georgia are contributing to a fair and sustainable
society in their countries.

The following objectives are set to attribute to the above aim:

1.Academically educated young people from disadvantaged backgrounds become
opinion leaders in social change parallel to their professional development.

2.The scholarship holders contribute to overcoming important challenges in their
communities in Armenia and Georgia during their studies.

 

Generation Next – Key Activities

1. YMCA Scholarship: individual tuition fees and pocket money for 20 junior
students for consequent 3 academic years;
2. YMCA Internships: structured involvement of all the 20 YMCA Scholarship
holders into YMCA activities in Armenia, including induction;
3. International Summer Schools: soft-skills development residential week-long
seminars for all the 20 students together;
4. Final Year Community or Research Projects: Up to group 4 projects
implemented by the students;
5. Project External Evaluation: outcome and impact assessment by experts, plus a
workshop.