UNESCO Youth Club of Thessaloniki is a non-profit local youth NGO that was founded in 2004 in Thessaloniki (Court of First Instance of Thessaloniki, Reg. Nr.: 7572/30.06.2004). Its establishment was approved by the Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO.
Our organisation is a member of the Greek Federation of Clubs, Centers and Associations for UNESCO, the “Great Silk Way - International youth Organization”, the Greek National Youth Council, the Network of Voluntary Organisations of Thessaloniki (Thess-Diktio), the Greek Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation, the Euro-Med Youth Platform, the European Network Youthnet, the Network Select Respect for Human Rights, and the Hellenic Platform for Development. It is also a registered organization in the General Secretariat for Youth in Greece and the Transparency Register of the European Commission. Member of the Network of the European Youth Capitals.
UNESCO Youth Club of Thessaloniki plays a leading role in youth activities in our region, promoting youth participation, inclusion and education initiatives. Youth employment and social inclusion, active citizenship, non-formal education, volunteerism and the EU Youth Strategy are listed among our main priorities when implementing our activities in local, national level & European level. Recently our Club has been nominated by the United Nations Regional Information Office in Brussels (Office for Greece and Cyprus) as a national promoter of the UN Youth Strategy 2030.
Based on the fundamental principles and objectives of UNESCO, as well as the EU, our activities can be mainly categorized in the fields of education and human rights, culture, science, information and communication. Our goal is to deploy the youth priorities and strategies of UNESCO and the EU in order to support young people, fostering their engagement within the local and European societies.
Our Club was actively engaged in the preparations of the candidature of the city of Thessaloniki as the “European Youth Capital 2014” and supported the implementation of the Municipality’s agenda afterwards (2012-2014).
Since 2016, our Club is actively engaged at school level in the area of Thessaloniki. In cooperation with the teachers and the directorates of secondary education we carry out non-formal educational activities concerning the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
