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Catalysing youth-driven action for safer cities, through capacity building and co-creation.

15/10/2026

What if your ideas could help shape the future of cities around the world? 🌍 The S²Cities Global Youth Advisory Group (YAG) is bringing together 14 young leaders from Ghana, the Philippines, Ecuador, and Colombia to turn youth perspectives into action and help build safer, healthier, and more inclusive cities.

✨ Bring your creativity, experience, and ideas to a glocal space for collaboration! Connect with young change-makers, strengthen your skills in advocacy and communication, contribute to campaigns and knowledge products, and help make young people’s voices heard in conversations about the future of our cities.

🚀 READY TO MAKE YOUR IMPACT GLOBAL?

📅 APPLICATIONS OPEN

OCTOBER 15–26, 2026

If you’re 18–30, have participated in S²Cities, and live in one of the eligible cities, this is your moment. Review the requirements and apply at the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd17xJW6GJONH6zicTrmQkkUiSlj_wrDd8g8Day4dlPtbZUIQ/viewform

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¿Y si tus ideas pudieran ayudar a construir el futuro de las ciudades del mundo? 🌍 El Youth Advisory Group de S²Cities (YAG) reunirá a 14 jóvenes líderes de Ghana, Filipinas, Ecuador y Colombia para convertir las perspectivas de las juventudes en acción y contribuir a crear ciudades más sanas, seguras e inclusivas.

✨ ¡Lleva tu creatividad, experiencia e ideas a un espacio de colaboración global! Conecta con jóvenes que están transformando sus comunidades, fortalece tus habilidades en incidencia y comunicación, contribuye a campañas y productos de conocimiento, y ayuda a que las voces de las juventudes estén presentes en las conversaciones sobre el futuro de nuestras ciudades.

🚀 ¿LISTX PARA LLEVAR TU IMPACTO AL MUNDO?

📅 POSTULACIONES ABIERTAS

DEL 15 AL 26 DE OCTUBRE DE 2026

Si tienes entre 18 y 30 años, has participado en S²Cities y resides en una de las ciudades elegibles, ¡esta oportunidad es para ti! Revisa los requisitos y postula en el siguiente link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd17xJW6GJONH6zicTrmQkkUiSlj_wrDd8g8Day4dlPtbZUIQ/viewform

15/10/2026

✨ Connecting S²Cities programme learnings with global governance and urban policy at !

👉 Last month, representatives from S²Cities' Global Programme Manager, Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation (GIB), hosted a workshop at Placemaking Week Europe, drawing on experiences from S²Cities programme cities across Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The session explored how local youth-led initiatives can influence wider systems of governance, strengthen partnerships, and inform urban policy. Through urban game methods, stakeholder mapping, and real-world case studies, participants explored practical ways to strengthen youth-led placemaking and translate local interventions into opportunities for lasting urban change.

🌐 🤝 Together, participants created a board of pictures and emotions reflecting how they feel while moving through their cities. The discussion explored what needs to change and how everyday experiences connect to the larger systems that shape urban environments.

🌟 Through participation in forums like Placemaking Week Europe, S²Cities brings youth perspectives and programme learnings into wider conversations on urban development, advocating for young people to have a meaningful role in shaping their cities. This , we celebrate the platforms, partnerships, and initiatives that are making cities better for and with young people, and advancing the vision of safer, more inclusive, and more liveable urban environments. 🌱 💡

Thank you to everyone who joined us and shared their time and valuable reflections! 💜 🎉

30/09/2026

✨ Last week, partners from across the S²Cities network came together for the 3rd Global Quarterly Meeting of 2026—an opportunity to reflect on progress across cities, exchange knowledge, and celebrate the programme’s momentum while also charting the way forward. 🌱

💡 These Global Quarterly Meetings continue to strengthen a shared pathway rooted in collaboration, learning, and a collective commitment to safer, more inclusive cities for young people. 🤝

Swipe to catch up on all that unfolded in the last quarter 💜

15/09/2026

✨ Join our workshop at Placemaking Week Europe!

🌍 S²Cities Global Programme Manager, Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation (GIB), will be hosting a workshop at Placemaking Week Europe this month.

🌟 Titled ‘PLAY, PLACE, CHANGE: From Local Action to Global Impact’, the interactive session will draw on experiences from S²Cities Programme cities across Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America to explore how youth-led local initiatives can influence more than physical spaces, shaping governance, partnerships, and urban policy.

🌱📖 Through urban game methods, stakeholder mapping, and real-world case studies, participants will explore how experimentation and co-creation can help identify leverage points, build alliances, and connect local action with wider systems of change.

The session will offer practical tools and strategies to strengthen the impact of youth-led placemaking and turn local experiments into opportunities for lasting urban change. 🤝✨

👉 Interested? Come join us!
Register for the workshop here: https://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/2RjdH/play-place-change-from-local-action-to-globa...

👉 Drop by and say hi to Emily Simpson, S²Cities Programme Manager, Southeast Asia and Africa, and Agustín Müller, Jr. Programme Officer, GIB Foundation, from our team!

Stay tuned for updates from the event.💜🌟

11/09/2026

🌟 Safe and Sound Cities will be at Placemaking Week Europe this month!

✨ Representatives from our Global Programme Manager, Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation (GIB), will be hosting an interactive workshop at Placemaking Week Europe later this month in Wrocław, Poland, to exchange ideas and knowledge centred around generating systems change to improve urban environments for young people.

🤝 💡 Placemaking Week Europe, hosted by Placemaking Europe, is a celebration of efforts and initiatives around the world that are making cities more inclusive, safe, regenerative and caring. In addition to facilitating a hands-on workshop, S²Cities will be sharing programme learnings and showcasing the work of the young people who are influencing institutions, policies, and systems shaping urban life in our programme cities.

👉 If you are attending Placemaking Week Europe, please do not be shy, and come say hi to our team who will be happy to share resources and opportunities to join the Global Learning Network.

Stay tuned for the registration link for the workshop, and updates from the event! 🌱💜

09/09/2026

🌟📖 This , we are featuring three youth-led initiatives from our programme cities, that promote the propagation of knowledge and carry the spirit of learning and idea exchange within communities and cities.

✨👉 Our young participants continue leading initiatives that aim to educate and include community members in order to create improved urban environments, remedying various safety issues through the creation of safe public spaces, boosting community learning practices, and ensuring the safety and inclusion of young people.📚🤝

Swipe ahead to learn more! 💜🌱

Safe and Sound Cities - Naga | Safe and Sound Cuenca | Sarigan sa Kalye

31/08/2026

🌍 S²Cities is heading to World Safety Conference 2026!

✨ This week, Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation (GIB), in partnership with Youth for Road Safety (YOURS), will join the Safety 2026: 16th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion in Cape Town.

The conference will bring together experts, policymakers, practitioners and government officials from around the world to advance innovative solutions for injury prevention and safer environments, with discussions spanning safer mobility, urban safety, climate resilience, mental health and youth-led prevention. 🤝🌱

🦺🚦GIB and YOURS - Youth for Road Safety will showcase youth-led innovations and action in urban safety, highlighting the passion and energy of young people driving meaningful change towards safer neighbourhoods and cities.

👉 Come say hi to Kelly Donovan, Global Programme Manager, S²Cities, and follow along for updates from the conference!

🇿🇦 1–4 September | Cape Town, South Africa

Session Title: Youth-Led Action in Urban Safety: a driver for social impact and equity
Date: 2 September 2026
Time: 18:45–20:15

SaferCities

13/08/2026

✨ This , we are celebrating the young people taking action to address the safety challenges in their cities — creating spaces and communities that are safer, more inclusive, and more liveable! 🌱🤝

Swipe to explore the four key safety themes around which young people are leading initiatives across the S²Cities programme network ➡️💜

👉🔗 Visit the youth-led initiatives page on our website to discover more youth-led initiatives from across the programme - https://www.s2cities.org/initiatives
Safe and Sound Cities - Naga | WeSolve Foundation | Cordilleran Youth Center | Life Relief Foundation | Safe and Sound Cuenca | Street Tactics | Sarigan sa Kalye | Verdant Spires

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