Explore Crossing Borders
Educating, connecting and empowering people to become active global citizens
We work with passion to build and celebrate our world of diversity providing safe spaces for dialogue and change
About Crossing Borders
Crossing Borders is a non-profit, civil society organization. Crossing Borders educates and empowers young people to become active global citizens.
Across cultures and professions, we provide platforms for young people to cross-fertilise ideas and form global associations, networks, and communities worldwide. In a learning environment where all participants are encouraged to grow and learn from one another, we enable youth to share their best ideas, best products, and best practices.
In 1999, Crossing Borders started out as a project to support dialogue in the Middle East and in 2004 it was registered as an NGO. The same year, Crossing Borders became an official partner with UNESCO. In 2013, Dr. Mariano A. Davies became Chairman of the Advisory Board and in 2016 the Danish Photographer and author of the American Picture Jacob Holdt joined the Advisory board too. In 2017 Crossing Borders moved to the center of Copenhagen. In the same year He. Ambassador Zindzi N. Mandela became the Patron of Crossing Borders. In 2019, the Danish-Kurdish Author Sara Omar became Life Ambassador of Crossing Borders.
Mission & Vision
Our mission is to educate global citizens and raise awareness of educators on global issues with the aim to contribute to building a peaceful and sustainable world.
This is done by providing capacity building and dialogue space for the youth to take action toward the world they want to live in
We believe in a world where young people see themselves and are seen by the society as active global citizens whose human, civic and social rights are integrated and mainstreamed in the development policies of their home countries and across the world
Our values
is the key to open the possibilities for dialogue. We provide the space for each person to have their voice heard by sharing their stories. Through this, it is possible to educate the younger generation to take action in a world of opportunities
People from different parts of the world working together: different backgrounds, different professions, different countries, ages, genders and different perspectives
People from different parts of the world working together: different backgrounds, different professions, different countries, ages, genders and different perspectives
Why Crossing Borders
In an increasingly globalized and mutually interdependent world, the need for face-to-face interaction among young people of various backgrounds has never been more urgent. Enabling young people to connect and co-create is the core of Crossing Borders day-to-day work.
We provide youth with platforms to cross-fertilize ideas and to form global associates, networks and communities worldwide. In a learning environment, where all participants are encouraged to grow and learn from one another, we enable young people to share their best ideas, best products and best practices.
Through engagement and dialogue, we provide space for the youth to:
- Gain leadership skills to take action
- Understand the nature and implication of migration
- Turn climate challenges into opportunities
- Turn diversity into an asset
- Share and engaging in good social practices
- Build a worldwide community of youth inclined towards inclusiveness and fairness in a global context
Only with greater concerted efforts allowing young people to join forces, build, and co-create together, we can develop an understanding of globalisation to include respect, mutual understanding, and human rights – encouraging co-existence, a common view as humanity and a common heritage.
