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YCIV hosts online series of exchanges with international civil society organisations!
YCIV hosts online series of exchanges with international civil society organisations!
As part of the YCIV project, IIED is coordinating a series of international online exchanges with civil society organisations from different countries, using video-making as a means to capture and share the complexities of local processes.
06-10-2025 by Camila Cociña
As part of the YCIV project, IIED is coordinating a series of international online exchanges with civil society organisations from different countries, using video-making as a means to capture and share the complexities of local processes.
06-10-2025 by Camila Cociña
These exchanges aim to learn from diverse challenges and strategies used by organisations to strengthen the engagement of diverse youth in urban processes, reflecting on two questions: How is youth represented or excluded from urban processes in your city? And what are the strategies you have used to engage and empower diverse youth, change narratives, and bring about change?. The exchanges –which are taking place in September and October 2025– include the participation of the teams from Bhuj and Dharan, as well as two other teams from the ACHR network, and nine organisations that were invited to join through the Hub for Housing Justice and its partners. These include:
Lumanti Support Group for Shelter (Nepal), which is part of the YCIV project with their work with youth in Dharan. More info: https://lumanti.org.np/
Hunnarshala (India), which is part of the YCIV project with their work with youth in Bhuj. More info: http://www.hunnarshala.org/
HaZoBiT (Benin), a youth-led slum dwellers federation that works for dignity, social inclusion and sustainable development at the grassroots. More info: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552476783297
SDI-Kenya (Kenya), a non-profit organization part of Slum Dwellers International that supports the urban poor, and that has organised the initiative Muungano wa Wanavijiji Youth. More info: https://www.muungano.net/
Community Mappers (Kenya), a community-based organisation based in Kibera, Nairobi, empowering young women through research and entrepreneurship. More info: www.communitymappers.com
Know Your City TV (Zambia), a youth-led media initiative under Slum Dwellers International and the Zambia Homeless and Poor People’s Federation. More info: https://www.facebook.com/people/Know-Your-City-TV-Zambia/100064091521392/
ACTogether (Uganda), an NGO providing technical support to the National Slum Dwellers Federation, a movement of the urban poor communities that promotes community savings groups and works with youth through the KYC-TV initiative. More info: https://www.actogetherug.org/
Agbajowo Collective – Media4Change (Nigeria), a group of young storytellers from different informal communities in Lagos, using media to show resilience, injustice and discrimination. More information: https://www.justempower.org/media4change
Slum Dweller International (SDI) Secretariat (South Africa), a global network of community-based organizations in informal settlements in over 30 countries, promoting data collection, media activism and peer learning, engaging youth through initiatives such as Know Your City (KYC) Academy and KYC-TV. More info: https://sdinet.org
Indian Institute of Human Settlements (IIHS) (India), and their efforts to actively engage youth from marginalized communities in Indian urban centres to amplify their voices through social media platforms. More info: https://www.instagram.com/mpnavnirmanmanch/
Alumni of the IIHS Inclusive Housing Programme, Delhi Cohort, 2023-2024 (India), a group of community-based activists working on the issues of housing and rights in the city of Delhi, who met as fellows of IIHSs Inclusive Housing Programme in 2023. More info: https://khorigaon.in/author/khorigaon/
Arkom (Indonesia), which works organising urban poor communities in cities such as Yogyakarta, Palu, Surabaya, Surakarta, and Lombok through community architecture practices. More info: www.arkomindonesia.id
Philippine Action for Community-led Shelter Initiatives (PACSII) + Technical Assistance Movement for People and Environment (TAMPEI) (Philippines), two organisations that collaborate and work closely with the Homeless People's Federation Philippines (HPFPI), supporting community-led housing, land tenure, and settlement upgrading initiatives nationwide. More info: www.pacsii.org and https://www.tampei.org/
Following the exchanges, the YCIV team will make publicly available the videos produced, together with a short reflection and a ‘summary video’ to capture key themes, messages and calls for action emerged during the exchanges, which will be also reflected in further YCIV policy uptake activities and outputs. Together, these activities look to strengthen the capacity of civil society organisations to empower youth and increase the participation of young people in processes that affect their neighbourhoods.
CAP Exhibition
CAP Exhibition
On April 9th, 2025, a Community Action Plan Exhibition was held in Dharan Sub-metropolitan City, targeting ten communities in ward 5 and 15. The event aimed to highlight the community's identified needs and priorities, demonstrate community participation in planning and decision-making processes, and engage stakeholders and decision-makers in promoting transparency and accountability. The event was attended by the Deputy Mayor of Dharan Sub-metropolitan City, Ward Chairs from the project implementing wards 5 and 15, officers from various departments, representatives of ten Tole Lane Organizations, and invitees from various city organizations. Local leaders, such as the Deputy Mayor and Ward Chair, documented their written commitments on a chart at each stall, indicating their potential support for the communities' requests. The event was organized in coordination with the Youth Network and aimed to engage the wider public and stakeholders in the implementation of the action plan.
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