Transcultural exchange to listen in on!
Gain experience abroad.
Young people meet all over the world.
International young voices in exchange.
young@mission21
We are the Mission 21 network for young adults. We are committed to cultural exchange among young adults from all over the world and work for a just world. Do you want to gain experience with people from other cultural contexts and work for a fair coexistence? Welcome to young@mission21!
Next events
Meet & Greet with young@mission21
The young@mission21 team invites all interested parties to an information event on the current projects and focus topics. This will take place online via Zoom on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 1 p.m. until approx. 2 p.m.
young@mission21 - Get-together
The "Get-together" is a new format from young@mission21, which aims to facilitate regular exchanges between young adults from our international network. The format is closely linked to our podcast Young Voices and offers space for exchange, discussion and questions about the topics covered in the podcast.
Youth Summit 2025
This year, the International Youth Summit will take place online via Zoom on April 5, 2025. At the annual online event, young adults will address various issues of global justice. In 2025, the focus will be on environmental protection initiatives, particularly with regard to plastic waste.
Podcast - Young Voices
We are committed to transcultural exchange between young people and work together for a just world. That's why we want to give young people from our international network a voice with our podcast "Young Voices".
Our podcast can be heard every 2nd Friday on all popular podcast platforms. Join us and let's listen, learn and grow together. The podcast is in English.
You can listen and subscribe to the podcast here: Spotify, Apple, YouTube, Amazon.
What is your story? Get in touch with us if you would like to inspire others with a podcast episode.
PEP! - Further education abroad
Are you interested in international cooperation and would like to work abroad for a while? Are you looking for an opportunity to contribute and expand your skills?
This is what the Mission 21 trainee program, called the Professionals Exposure Program (PEP!), offers you. The program includes preparation, an assignment in a partner organization in Africa, Asia or Latin America, support during the assignment and return support. The assignments last a minimum of six months and a maximum of twelve months. While working on a project, you will deepen your specialist knowledge and build up intercultural and transcultural social skills.
The positions are applied for annually by our partners and are only advertised according to need.
Current PEP! deployments
Youth Ambassador Program
In the young@mission21 youth embassy program, young people from all over the world meet, learn more about other cultures and broaden their personal horizons in the process.
The programme offers young adults from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America the opportunity to get to know each other, explore pressing issues in a globalized world and work together to find solutions.
Get-together
The "Get-together" is a new format from young@mission21, which aims to facilitate regular, international exchange between young adults. The format is closely linked to our podcast "Young Voices" and offers space for exchange, discussion and questions about the topics covered in the podcast.
At each meeting, a* Podcast guest* to discuss the topic covered in the corresponding episode in greater depth, ask questions, exchange ideas and learn from each other. The meetings take place every second month (odd months) on the last Saturday at 2.00 pm via Zoom takes place.
There is an event entry for every get-together, where you can register and choose the form of communication. If you want, you can also join the WhatsApp community where the information is shared.
By participating in the get-together and/or joining the community, you confirm that you are of legal age and that you accept our Safety and Code of Conduct Guidelines and the Terms and Conditions and the Privacy policy and accept them.Â
Take part in our next get-together:
- January 25, 2025 at 14.00 with Mónica from Mexico. Click here for the Registration
Further dates take place on: May 24, July 26, September 27, November 29
We are Sarah, Mandula, Barbara and Carole.
We work part-time for young@mission21.
Contact
Tel.: +41 (0)61 260 22 39
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