From May 13 to 17, 2024, a one-week sum­mit with young people from Frankfurt and 12 sister cities will take place. The summit strengthens both: the inter­national net­work and the inter­cultural compe­tence of young people. The result of the summit is creating a frame­work for the young people to discuss politi­cal questions in a multi-perspective setting, to identify common challenges, and to articulate require­ments for the (virtual) conti­nuation of the “Global House of Young Voices”.

Besides cultural activities and plenary sessions, including in St. Paul's Church, the program includes eight workshops. They have been prepared together with the young people in virtual pre-meetings and will be kicked-off by experts:

• Structural Biases in Different Cultural Settings
  Evein Obulor, Director European Coalition of Cities Against Racism
• Mental Health in a Digital Age
  Alix Puhl, CEO of tomoni Mental Health
• Climate Change
  Sukanya Janardhanan, Researcher at Institute of Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt
• The Future of Democracy & the Rule of Law
  Dr. Elisabeth Hoffberger-Pippan, Senior Researcher at PRIF – Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
• Education Equity
  Dr. Raphaela Schlicht-Schmälzle, Researcher at DIPF – Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education
• Quality of Life for Young People in Local Contexts
  Dr. Ute Lembeck, Head of department at Schule am Ried & member of executive board of “Stiftung Junge Weltbürger”
• Poverty Gap & Social Justice
  Dr. Nils Teichler, Researcher and Coordinator at Research Institute Social Cohesion  
• Civic Participation
  Jan Schierkolk, Advisor, Facilitator & Project Manager

The summit will conclude with a public panel discus­sion on May 17, from 11:00 to 12:30h at St. Paul's Church.

The goals of the project are to pro­mote edu­cation for global citizen­ship in the sense of the UN Sus­tainable Develop­ment Goals, to link local and global political pro­cesses, and to sustain­ably streng­then Frankfurt's city partner­ships.

The pro­ject takes place with­in the frame­work of “Netzwerk Paulskirche”. It is fun­ded by the City of Frank­furt am Main as well as Stiftung Junge Weltbürger (“Young Global Citizens Foundation”) and coor­dinated by PRIF, with the support of the Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education (DIPF).

Frank­furt’s Sister Cities in­clude: Birming­ham, Buda­pest, Deuil-La Barre, Dubai, Eskişehir, Gra­nada (Nicaragua), Guang­zhou, Kairo, Kra­kau, Leip­zig, Lyon, Mai­land, Philadel­phia, Prag, Tel Aviv, Toron­to, Yoko­hama.