For Safe and Prosperous Sudan
من آجـل سـودان آمــن ومزدهــر بقيــادة الشبــاب
Session on Youth Skills and labor market integration in Egypt
16 July, 2025
The Opening Session marked the official launch of the youth-focused campaign, introducing its overall objectives and thematic focus on youth skills development, employability, and labor market integration in Egypt, alongside the role of young people in promoting community peace. The session highlighted the realities and challenges Sudanese youth face in accessing employment opportunities and developing market-relevant skills within the Egyptian context.
The session featured interactive discussions and facilitated exchanges that explored the relationship between employability skills, social stability, and peacebuilding. Participants reflected on youth challenges and opportunities in contributing to peaceful and resilient communities, emphasizing how skills development, decent work, and economic inclusion can serve as entry points for strengthening youth agency, reducing vulnerability, and supporting community-level peacebuilding efforts.
Panel Discussion: Youth Skills as a Pathway to Peace
24 July, 2025
The panel discussion examined youth skills as a critical pathway to peacebuilding and leadership, focusing on peacebuilding skills, negotiation tools, and conflict resolution mechanisms, and their relevance to youth engagement in community leadership and civic action.
Panelists and participants engaged in an in-depth dialogue on the practical application of these skills in addressing community-level conflicts, fostering inclusive decision-making, and promoting youth-led peace initiatives. The discussion underscored the importance of equipping young people with both technical and soft skills to enable meaningful participation in peacebuilding processes and community leadership.
Film Night Event
2 August, 2025
The Film Night event was organized as part of the campaign’s community engagement activities, using film and visual storytelling as tools to promote peace awareness and youth engagement. The event featured curated film screenings highlighting themes of community leadership, collective action, and youth participation in peace initiatives.
Following the screenings, participants engaged in open discussions reflecting on the key messages presented in the films and their relevance to real-life community challenges. The event provided a safe and creative space for dialogue, emphasizing the power of storytelling, culture, and visual media in fostering empathy, awareness, and collective reflection on peace and social cohesion.
Online Symposium on Sudanese Youth Participation in Peacebuilding
10 August, 2025
The online symposium explored Sudanese youth participation in peacebuilding, with a focus on skills gaps, barriers to inclusion, and structural challenges facing young people. The event brought together youth activists, practitioners, and community actors to analyze constraints and opportunities for meaningful youth engagement in peace processes.
Through thematic discussions and shared reflections, participants examined pathways for strengthening youth-led contributions to sustainable peace, highlighting the need for inclusive spaces, skills development, and supportive frameworks that enable young people to actively shape peacebuilding efforts at community and national levels.
International Youth Day Celebration
12 August, 2025
The International Youth Day Celebration was organized as a youth-led event to mark the global observance of youth engagement and empowerment. The activity featured interactive and cultural components aimed at reinforcing youth participation in peacebuilding and community development.
The event emphasized creativity, dialogue, and collective participation as tools for empowering young people and highlighting their role as agents of positive change. Through shared activities and discussions, the celebration reinforced the value of youth voices, collaboration, and innovation in building peaceful, inclusive, and resilient communities.
Project Impact
The Youth Skills and Peace Engagement Campaign strengthened youth awareness of the relationship between skills development, leadership, and peacebuilding.
Through discussions, cultural activities, and thematic dialogues, the project enhanced youth understanding of peacebuilding skills, negotiation, conflict resolution, and civic engagement, while creating inclusive spaces for reflection and exchange. The use of film and cultural activities expanded youth engagement beyond traditional formats, encouraging critical reflection and collective dialogue.
The campaign reinforced youth identity as agents of peace and development, promoted peer learning, and contributed to sustained youth participation in peacebuilding initiatives at the community level.