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CALL TO YOUTH How are young people being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic?

UNESCO and the UNESCO Chairs at the National University of Ireland Galway and Penn State University are committed to ensuring that young people have meaningful ways to contribute to sustainable development - ways that are designed and managed by young people as our partners.

Be part of the design!

If you identify as a young person in your country, we invite you to get involved in designing this research initiative!  Your answers to the questions in this Survey will be used to identify the key research questions that need to be answered and to design the research focus. The Survey asks about your experiences with COVID-19 and the things you have seen happening to your friends and other young people.

This 20 question Survey, available in English and French, will only take you 5 minutes.

Why Youth As Researchers?

This initiative trains and supports young people to do their own research and identify policy responses based on the evidence collected. "It is important that young people are involved in researching issues that affect us because we understand and experience these issues ourselves. Conducting research also gives us valuable research skills and experience in doing research". Anna Golden, Ireland age 16

If you are interested in knowing more about the Youth As Researchers project or how to be involved in the next stage, please contact yar@unesco.org