Mob in Med! : Introduction to Advocacy Tools

After more than a year of discussions and reflection, three action-oriented training modules, and a meeting in Italy filled with workshops, debates, and field visits, the 22 participants of the Mob in Med project and the Jeunesses Med network are pleased to present the tools developed during this collective endeavor. 

These written and audiovisual works serve as a reminder that mobility is not merely a technical detail, but a deeply political issue. 

The Jeunesses Med network would like to extend its heartfelt thanks to the authors of these stories and resources. Their testimonies and their work serve both as a tool for advocacy and as a call to place mobility back at the heart of public policy, so that it is no longer a privilege but an effective right for everyone. 

Alongside this writing project, four participants created short videos that serve as a close-up look at their local areas. Drawing on their local experiences, they highlight the practical challenges that hinder young people’s mobility in their respective communities. The regions featured are very different, and the obstacles can take the form of everyday constraints related to transportation or urban planning, but also much harsher realities linked to conflict, borders, or colonization. 

While the contexts vary profoundly, these testimonies show that obstacles to mobility are rooted in broader political and socio-economic mechanisms. Through these localized perspectives, these videos reveal the diversity of Mediterranean realities while highlighting a common issue: mobility remains a right that is unequally accessible.