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Written by: Rebeca Marques Rocha 14 members of the Youth RISE management team and the international working group came together to establish priorities and goals for the year ahead. On January 21-22, we had our Annual Strategy Meeting in Dublin, Ireland. The event brought together 14 members from the Youth RISE Management Team and our…

Written by: Rebeca Marques Rocha Students for Sensible Drug Policy and YouthRISE launch the Project Report and Consortium Strategy for the 2022 ERASMUS+ Project. On February 2nd at 6 pm CET, SSDP, in Partnership with YouthRISE, launched the Project Report and Consortium Strategy for the 2022 ERASMUS+ Project. Participants in the first in-person component held in Dublin, Ireland in…

Written by Mayank Singh, our Global Fund Consortium Project Manager. Global Fund (GF) organized a meeting for partners in Bangkok, Thailand, on September 7th-9th 2022, aimed at assessing and strengthening NFM3 ( New Funding Model 3) country outcomes, emphasizing more meaningful engagement in NFM4 ( New Funding Model 4) processes, and exploring adaptation to maximize value for…

As part of our EU Drug Policy Training & Strategy Series for Young People, funded by the Erasmus+ programme, we ran the first of two in person components of this project, co-managed with SSDP International. We brought the participants of this project, young people engaged or interested in drug policy, from all over Europe to…

Escrito por Sara Berenice Monsalvo En el marco de la VIII Conferencia Latinoamericana y XX Conferencia Nacional sobre Políticas de Drogas algunxs miembrxs de Youth RISE viajaron a la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires para participar presencialmente en la jornada de actividades que llevada a cabo en los recintos de la Cámara de Diputados de…

Written by Sara Berenice Monsalvo. In the framework of the VIII Latin American Conference and XX National Conference on Drug Policy, some members of Youth RISE traveled to Buenos Aires to participate in person in the day of activities that took place in the precincts of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina on August 24th,…

Job Title: Project Manager (Erasmus+ Project) Salary: 500 Euro per month (there are 3 months remaining in this position, therefore 1,500 Euro remaining for 2022) Timeframe: Mid-October 2022 until 31st December 2022 Reports to: Executive Director Background:  Youth RISE, along with the lead organization for this project, Students for Sensible Drug Policy International were granted…

Youth RISE is recruiting between 4 to 8 members to a Working Group to produce key resources addressing the specific needs of young sex workers who use drugs, including the release of a position paper on December 17, the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Please submit your expression of interest by the…