Youth Ambassador and Point of View Guidelines

I. Youth Ambassador Guidelines

II. Point of View Guidelines

I. Youth Ambassador Guidelines

The Middle East Youth Initiative works with a select group of civically active youth who are tuned into their local communities and keen to communicate their personal insights on the social and economic inclusion of young people in their countries. Currently, communication takes the form of editorial pieces in our “Point of View” service on the MEYI website, but this role can evolve as the “Point of View” service on the website further develops and grows.
 
Editorials can be in either Arabic or English and will take the following forms:

• Issue-specific discussions in key areas of employment, education, marriage, housing and credit, and civic participation. Feel free to present first-hand your experience and perspective in any of those areas by relating to a past event or as you work towards a desired goal. It is also recommended that you raise questions to stimulate further discussion from a broad audience.
• Accounts of personal involvement in NGO-related activities that help address the challenges young people face in your community, gaps, progress, and opportunities. Please be sure that the information you include is accurate and any links to programs and projects follow protocol and user guidelines. Feel free to include photos but please ensure that the photos are copyrighted if photos are not yours and if people appear in photos that their approval has been granted. 
• Raising attention to news updates related to youth in social and economic spheres. You can touch on current events pertaining to the five areas and write about observed impact on young people in your community. You can present an idea or hypothesis based on your understanding of these events, describe local perception of these events and raise questions that generate input from the audience.
• Personal journal as it relates to issues raised: transition from education to employment to family formation. This can be a daily/weekly diary that provides MEYI with a case study and overall improves the understanding of how young people spend their time during transitional periods. 

Responsibilities

• Submit content of editorial posts for review by the Middle East Youth Initiative, before they are posted online.
• Help moderate postings in coordination with the MEYI communications team and play proactive role in expanding readership/contribution through local networks. 
• Participate in scheduled conference calls with staff at the Middle East Youth Initiative, to evaluate progress and discuss further activity.
• Collaborate with MEYI by broadening our knowledge base of local realities, sharing local experiences and perspectives in “Point of View”, and contributing inputs, perceptions and feedback gained from youth-related activities, events, conferences.

We are currently accepting applications. If you are interesed in becoming an MEYI Youth Ambassador, please send a written piece and resume if you have one to Samantha Constant at sconstant@brookings.edu.