As Bridging, Breaking Barriers progressed in Marrakech, participants moved deeper into the themes of gender, inclusion, human rights and digital advocacy. The programme combined reflection with practical learning. Participants explored digital human rights through a World Café activity focused on safety, privacy, power and vulnerability, before bringing their ideas together into a shared declaration. A major highlight was the participant-led workshops, where youth workers shared their own knowledge and experience on topics including WenDo self-defence, human development and attachment, harmful digital content, and the cycle of violence and femicide risk assessment. During the final days, the focus shifted towards advocacy and action. Participants explored how youth workers can respond to hate speech and online bullying, worked with storytelling and the GAMMMA+ model for digital campaigns, and developed guidelines to better support vulnerable young people facing discrimination. The training concluded with a workshop on designing mobilisation campaigns for real-world impact, bringing together many of the ideas explored throughout the week. We had an amazing week of exchanging perspectives, challenging gender-related stereotypes and strengthening our youth workers with tools they can carry use in their communities!
After a year and a half of work, the No Hate Embassy programme came to a close at the end of 2025 with its final international conference in Marrakech. The conference marked the culmination of a long-term Euro-Mediterranean programme addressing hate speech from multiple angles, including research, capacity-building, campaigning and youth-led action. More than 60 participants joined us for the event, including international expert speakers, civil society representatives and the No Hate Embassy fellows. Throughout the day, keynote speeches, workshops and discussions explored topics such as fear, freedom of expression, intersectionality, youth work and the mechanisms through which hate speech spreads and takes hold. A central part of the conference was also dedicated to the work of the NHE fellows. Their initiatives, developed during the fellowship period, were presented alongside the results and impact achieved in their local communities. The conference offered a space not only to reflect on what had been accomplished, but also to bring together many of the people who had shaped the programme at different stages. It was a fitting way to close an ambitious project that meant a great deal to everyone involved and to celebrate the ideas, partnerships and youth-led initiatives that grew from
In collaboration with Lycée Goscinny Drap and as part of the #NoHateEmbassy campaign 💬 On November 18, 2025, in Drap, France, we delivered a 3-hour workshop session to the 10th-grade Media class, focusing on media literacy and combating online hate speech. We had 36 enthusiastic students ✨ who joined us and actively took part in the non-formal education activities we organized: 🌟Team role-playing games based on quotes from opinion leaders🌟 Practical simulations around current social issues🌟 Engaging discussions and debates on hate speech A big thank-you to Lycée Goscinny for their warm welcome and involvement, and to the students for their active participation.
How can we tell hate speech from silencing, and why does it matter? 🤔 Our #NoHateEmbassy Italian fellowship team brought this question to the University of Pavia for their workshop “No Hate Embassy – Ways to Fight Hate Speech and Silencing.” Students, youth workers, and activists were brought together for a lively session that mixed theory with dynamic activities: role-playing, breaking down real examples, and open discussions that addressed the topic to help participants recognize, reflect, and respond effectively. Participants also worked together in creative group sessions to put theory into practice and develop powerful and original strategies to identify and confront hate speech and silencing. The event was led in an atmosphere of curiosity, plenty of questioning, and a genuine willingness to learn from one another ✨.
How is hate speech being weaponised to silence voices and shrink spaces for dialogue? 🤐 This was the central question explored in a workshop led by our Italian #NoHateEmbassy fellows in October 2025. Participants reflected on how hate speech operates: how we can recognise it, challenge it, and defend freedom of expression in our communities. 👊 Working in small groups, they discussed and debated to identify the main priorities for tackling this phenomenon. The top priority identified 👉 EDUCATION, both in recognising and avoiding hate speech, and in learning to manage emotions and communicate with empathy. 🫠 The group also highlighted how a lack of emotional awareness can contribute to declining public dialogue and the erosion of spaces for open discussion.
A few weeks ago, our Design Youth participants from Luxembourg took part in a design thinking training in Portugal. Fast forward to this past weekend and and they were already putting what they learned it into practice by designing and running their very own workshop back home in Luxembourg. Their session focused on self-discovery and career orientation, using tools like the Japanese Ikigai framework to explore purpose, values, and direction. We had an awesome time full of openness, reflection, and meaningful conversations. We’re proud to see our participants turning their learning into action and creating a safe, empowering space for others to explore who they are and where they’re going. More to come from Design Youth, stay tuned!
The Coconuts have a taste of the Europa Experience! On 23rd May we took our participants from Eelectrickplus Erasmusplus Youth Exchange to attend the EU4YourFuture conference in Luxembourg, a place dedicated to shaping the future of the social and solidarity economy in Europe. It was an absolute blast! Our participants proudly shared the ideas and work they developed during the exchange. They had the chance to: ⭐️ Co-create a Vision Board with other young people and policymakers, using collages to imagine how to strengthen the EU’s social pillar and boost youth participation.⭐️ Engage in dialogue with Members of the European Parliament and EU representatives⭐️ Share their voice through inspiring testimonials Big thanks to Wecitizens Asbl and the European Parliament Liaison Office in Luxembourg for making it all happen! Special thanks to the Luxembourg National Agency Anefore, and the guest MEP speakers: Tilly Metz and Charles Goerens.
Our NHE Fellowship Training in Filadelfia has come to an end with a lot of energy, learning, and the promise to meet again in Morocco for the second part of this journey where we will conclude with a conference. In the final days, our fellows were trained on powerful digital campaigning tools, including communication strategy and the GAMMMA+ model. They were also provided with visual design guidance and structured posting calendars 🔥 Everyone wrapped up the training with a clear message and crafted their first campaigns set to go live on June 18th—International Day of No Hate. Now they return home equipped with the skills, tools, and motivation to help build a more peaceful, hate-free Euro-Mediterranean region. And we couldn’t be more excited about the work they will produce in this 6 month process.
From Filadelfia, Italy with love! 💚 We have welcomed 30 fellows to the No Hate Embassy from: France, Italy, Morocco, Romania, Tunisia and Egypt. During a period of 6 months, we’ll be closely working with them to tackle hate speech through impactful digital campaigns, starting with a training course in sunny Filadelfia, Italy. Our mission in this training was to meet our fellows, get to know them and preparing together for the work ahead. Over the course of the training we have deepened our knowledge on hate speech and explored effective digital campaigning tools to address it. The first days have been filled with energy sharing stories, backgrounds, and engaging in thoughtful discussions around critical concepts central to our mission. Our fellows then jumped right into the work of preparing to launch powerful digital campaigns that advocate for peace and inclusion. They’ve explored the complex topic of hate speech 🚫 through lively group discussions, creative expressions like theatre and poetry, and national reality presentations. On top of that, they’ve used the Council of Europe’s framework to break down local cases, gaining deeper insights into what defines hate speech and effective countermeasures!
During the last days of our Electick+ youth exchange we were excited to see our coconuts go from problems to solutions, creating campaigns and pitching them to address issues that hold young people from participating in democratic and electoral processes. We saw creative and funny reels, community space proposals, calls for digital advocacy, and youth-led info platforms – all designed to boost youth participation and awareness. Thus resulting in: 👉 Awareness-raising video campaigns 👉 Proposals for local youth spaces 👉 Informational platforms to support participation 👉Youth-to-youth advocacy strategies 👉 Community spaces & events Between campaign labs and final presentations, we also reflected on what it means to be an advocate and how even small steps can shift systems. Inspired by each other and the voices we met at the Europe4YourFuture conference, we’re now ready to do more and give more!
On the 16th of May, we turned up the voltage on youth participation and advocacy in Luxembourg with Electrick+ Youth Exchange ⚡️ in hopes of charging up the next generation of change-makers. We had just wrapped up a whirlwind of pitches, prototypes, and digital dreams, but it was high time to bring 40 young minds from across Europe to: 🔹Understand how advocacy works today, and what strategies and systems exist at both national and EU levels. 🔹Show how young people can make a difference in decisions made by their countries and the EU. 🔹Help young people build digital skills by learning about new ways to take part online. 🔹Support young people in creating and promoting their own advocacy efforts, using real-life examples as inspiration. 🔹Boost critical thinking by helping them learn how to assess and question information found online. Over the course of the program, the teams have diagnosed what’s holding young people back from taking part in elections and other democratic processes. Participants divided themselves into teams to develop real solutions to: 🔹 The lack of local youth communities. 🔹 The lack of motivation. 🔹 Inaccessibility of information. 🔹 Youth passivity and apathy. 🔹 The absence of unbiased information.
As Bridging, Breaking Barriers progressed in Marrakech, participants moved deeper into the themes of gender, inclusion, human rights and digital advocacy. The programme combined reflection with practical learning. Participants explored digital human rights through a World Café activity focused on safety, privacy, power and vulnerability, before bringing their ideas together into a shared declaration. A major highlight was the participant-led workshops, where youth workers shared their own knowledge and experience on topics including WenDo self-defence, human development and attachment, harmful digital content, and the cycle of violence and femicide risk assessment. During the final days, the focus shifted towards advocacy and action. Participants explored how youth workers can respond to hate speech and online bullying, worked with storytelling and the GAMMMA+ model for digital campaigns, and developed guidelines to better support vulnerable young people facing discrimination. The training concluded with a workshop on designing mobilisation campaigns for real-world impact, bringing together many of the ideas explored throughout the week. We had an amazing week of exchanging perspectives, challenging gender-related stereotypes and strengthening our youth workers with tools they can carry use in their communities!
After a year and a half of work, the No Hate Embassy programme came to a close at the end of 2025 with its final international conference in Marrakech. The conference marked the culmination of a long-term Euro-Mediterranean programme addressing hate speech from multiple angles, including research, capacity-building, campaigning and youth-led action. More than 60 participants joined us for the event, including international expert speakers, civil society representatives and the No Hate Embassy fellows. Throughout the day, keynote speeches, workshops and discussions explored topics such as fear, freedom of expression, intersectionality, youth work and the mechanisms through which hate speech spreads and takes hold. A central part of the conference was also dedicated to the work of the NHE fellows. Their initiatives, developed during the fellowship period, were presented alongside the results and impact achieved in their local communities. The conference offered a space not only to reflect on what had been accomplished, but also to bring together many of the people who had shaped the programme at different stages. It was a fitting way to close an ambitious project that meant a great deal to everyone involved and to celebrate the ideas, partnerships and youth-led initiatives that grew from
In collaboration with Lycée Goscinny Drap and as part of the #NoHateEmbassy campaign 💬 On November 18, 2025, in Drap, France, we delivered a 3-hour workshop session to the 10th-grade Media class, focusing on media literacy and combating online hate speech. We had 36 enthusiastic students ✨ who joined us and actively took part in the non-formal education activities we organized: 🌟Team role-playing games based on quotes from opinion leaders🌟 Practical simulations around current social issues🌟 Engaging discussions and debates on hate speech A big thank-you to Lycée Goscinny for their warm welcome and involvement, and to the students for their active participation.
How can we tell hate speech from silencing, and why does it matter? 🤔 Our #NoHateEmbassy Italian fellowship team brought this question to the University of Pavia for their workshop “No Hate Embassy – Ways to Fight Hate Speech and Silencing.” Students, youth workers, and activists were brought together for a lively session that mixed theory with dynamic activities: role-playing, breaking down real examples, and open discussions that addressed the topic to help participants recognize, reflect, and respond effectively. Participants also worked together in creative group sessions to put theory into practice and develop powerful and original strategies to identify and confront hate speech and silencing. The event was led in an atmosphere of curiosity, plenty of questioning, and a genuine willingness to learn from one another ✨.
How is hate speech being weaponised to silence voices and shrink spaces for dialogue? 🤐 This was the central question explored in a workshop led by our Italian #NoHateEmbassy fellows in October 2025. Participants reflected on how hate speech operates: how we can recognise it, challenge it, and defend freedom of expression in our communities. 👊 Working in small groups, they discussed and debated to identify the main priorities for tackling this phenomenon. The top priority identified 👉 EDUCATION, both in recognising and avoiding hate speech, and in learning to manage emotions and communicate with empathy. 🫠 The group also highlighted how a lack of emotional awareness can contribute to declining public dialogue and the erosion of spaces for open discussion.
A few weeks ago, our Design Youth participants from Luxembourg took part in a design thinking training in Portugal. Fast forward to this past weekend and and they were already putting what they learned it into practice by designing and running their very own workshop back home in Luxembourg. Their session focused on self-discovery and career orientation, using tools like the Japanese Ikigai framework to explore purpose, values, and direction. We had an awesome time full of openness, reflection, and meaningful conversations. We’re proud to see our participants turning their learning into action and creating a safe, empowering space for others to explore who they are and where they’re going. More to come from Design Youth, stay tuned!
The Coconuts have a taste of the Europa Experience! On 23rd May we took our participants from Eelectrickplus Erasmusplus Youth Exchange to attend the EU4YourFuture conference in Luxembourg, a place dedicated to shaping the future of the social and solidarity economy in Europe. It was an absolute blast! Our participants proudly shared the ideas and work they developed during the exchange. They had the chance to: ⭐️ Co-create a Vision Board with other young people and policymakers, using collages to imagine how to strengthen the EU’s social pillar and boost youth participation.⭐️ Engage in dialogue with Members of the European Parliament and EU representatives⭐️ Share their voice through inspiring testimonials Big thanks to Wecitizens Asbl and the European Parliament Liaison Office in Luxembourg for making it all happen! Special thanks to the Luxembourg National Agency Anefore, and the guest MEP speakers: Tilly Metz and Charles Goerens.
Our NHE Fellowship Training in Filadelfia has come to an end with a lot of energy, learning, and the promise to meet again in Morocco for the second part of this journey where we will conclude with a conference. In the final days, our fellows were trained on powerful digital campaigning tools, including communication strategy and the GAMMMA+ model. They were also provided with visual design guidance and structured posting calendars 🔥 Everyone wrapped up the training with a clear message and crafted their first campaigns set to go live on June 18th—International Day of No Hate. Now they return home equipped with the skills, tools, and motivation to help build a more peaceful, hate-free Euro-Mediterranean region. And we couldn’t be more excited about the work they will produce in this 6 month process.
From Filadelfia, Italy with love! 💚 We have welcomed 30 fellows to the No Hate Embassy from: France, Italy, Morocco, Romania, Tunisia and Egypt. During a period of 6 months, we’ll be closely working with them to tackle hate speech through impactful digital campaigns, starting with a training course in sunny Filadelfia, Italy. Our mission in this training was to meet our fellows, get to know them and preparing together for the work ahead. Over the course of the training we have deepened our knowledge on hate speech and explored effective digital campaigning tools to address it. The first days have been filled with energy sharing stories, backgrounds, and engaging in thoughtful discussions around critical concepts central to our mission. Our fellows then jumped right into the work of preparing to launch powerful digital campaigns that advocate for peace and inclusion. They’ve explored the complex topic of hate speech 🚫 through lively group discussions, creative expressions like theatre and poetry, and national reality presentations. On top of that, they’ve used the Council of Europe’s framework to break down local cases, gaining deeper insights into what defines hate speech and effective countermeasures!
During the last days of our Electick+ youth exchange we were excited to see our coconuts go from problems to solutions, creating campaigns and pitching them to address issues that hold young people from participating in democratic and electoral processes. We saw creative and funny reels, community space proposals, calls for digital advocacy, and youth-led info platforms – all designed to boost youth participation and awareness. Thus resulting in: 👉 Awareness-raising video campaigns 👉 Proposals for local youth spaces 👉 Informational platforms to support participation 👉Youth-to-youth advocacy strategies 👉 Community spaces & events Between campaign labs and final presentations, we also reflected on what it means to be an advocate and how even small steps can shift systems. Inspired by each other and the voices we met at the Europe4YourFuture conference, we’re now ready to do more and give more!
On the 16th of May, we turned up the voltage on youth participation and advocacy in Luxembourg with Electrick+ Youth Exchange ⚡️ in hopes of charging up the next generation of change-makers. We had just wrapped up a whirlwind of pitches, prototypes, and digital dreams, but it was high time to bring 40 young minds from across Europe to: 🔹Understand how advocacy works today, and what strategies and systems exist at both national and EU levels. 🔹Show how young people can make a difference in decisions made by their countries and the EU. 🔹Help young people build digital skills by learning about new ways to take part online. 🔹Support young people in creating and promoting their own advocacy efforts, using real-life examples as inspiration. 🔹Boost critical thinking by helping them learn how to assess and question information found online. Over the course of the program, the teams have diagnosed what’s holding young people back from taking part in elections and other democratic processes. Participants divided themselves into teams to develop real solutions to: 🔹 The lack of local youth communities. 🔹 The lack of motivation. 🔹 Inaccessibility of information. 🔹 Youth passivity and apathy. 🔹 The absence of unbiased information.