CIVIC Youth Brazil Engagement Program
The CIVIC Youth Brazil Engagement Program is a Bank-executed initiative designed to enhance the World Bank’s engagement and partnerships with youth and youth-led civil society organizations (CSOs) in Brazil.
Anchored in the World Bank's commitment to inclusive and sustainable development, the Program turns CIVIC’s mandate into action, serving as a bridge between youth-led organizations and the decisions that shape public policy and development finance.
Our Scope
Capacity Learning Through E-learning Courses
Youth-designed training for youth with WorldBank team and partners
COMEÇAR CURSO
Jovens em Ação: Engajamento que Transforma
Building a Community of Practice
Innovation Funds
Grants for WB partners with youth-led and youth-serving organizations to take World Bank operations to scale or find innovative solutions to common development problems.
Regional Context: Brazil’s Northeast
Yet, youth face structural barriers:
43.1%
of households connected to sewage networks
81.3%
have internet access (below the national average)
R$ 1,072
per month income. The lowest average income among Brazilian regions
The Challenge
Young people are directly affected by public investments in jobs, infrastructure, digital access, and social services, yet many struggle to navigate and influence the development finance systems that shape these decisions.
Youth engagement in development projects is often limited to consultations
Youth-led CSOs struggle to access:
Financing
Technical support and learning
Direct pathways into large-scale development operations
Informality, rural isolation, racial inequality, and digital divides limit youth voices and constrain their ability to scale solutions.
Core Purpose
A Bank-executed pilot under CIVIC designed to move youth from consultation to co-creation and co-implementation.
To bridge youth participation with public planning and financing systems, ensuring that young people influence how development resources are designed, financed, and implemented.
Geographic Focus
These states combine: Large rural youth populations, strong youth-led CSO ecosystems, active World Bank operations (agriculture, water, urban, social inclusion)
Who the CIVIC Youth Program Engages
Mapped Organizations
The CIVIC Approach to Youth Engagement
Engage youth as co-designers and partners
Connect to World Bank operations
Focus on racial, territorial, and digital exclusion
Generate evidence for scalable solutions