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May 19, 2015

Africa Day 2015

What is Africa Day? Africa Day, designated by the African Union as an annual celebration of the continent’s unity, falls on 25th May each year.  Celebrations to mark […]
May 5, 2015

Millennium Youth Project

The National Youth Council of Ireland is delighted to announce its ‘Millennium Youth Project’, an exciting development education project working with the Baltic Regional Fund Latvia, World […]
April 30, 2015

Youth Sector & Development Education

Youth Sector & Development Education Since February 2015, a number of youth organisations and those working in the youth sector on development education have come together under […]
March 20, 2015

International Day of Happiness – March 20th

In 2013, United Nation member states agreed that happiness is a “fundamental human goal” and said that they would work together to achieve “a more inclusive, equitable […]
March 4, 2015

International Women’s Day – Action 2015

(Sunday – 8th March) is a crucial opportunity for us to highlight how important the Sustainable Development Goal summit and the Climate Change negotiations will be […]
February 5, 2015

I Want to Know

‘I Want to Know’ is a short play written by Elizabeth Moynihan (Playwright) about the issue of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). It was performed during NYCI’s […]
January 23, 2015

European Year for Development – Irish Launch

The European Year for Development is here. What will be YOUR contribution? President Michael D. Higgins kicked off the programme of events for the European Year for […]
December 12, 2014

European Year for Development – Action Day January 15th 2015

2015 is finally here and what a very important year it promises to be for all of us. Governments the world over will, in September 2015, agree a road […]
December 8, 2014

Young People, 2015 and Beyond: February 10th 2015

Dublin Castle, Tuesday 10th February, 2015 “2015 must be the year the world wakes up and delivers a safer, more just future for children and young […]