MOVE — knowledge, strategy, action
Find Your Next Move
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Turn what you care about into a strategy for change.

MOVE is built by and for young people providing the knowledge, tools, and guidance to understand civic challenges, develop stronger strategies, and take meaningful action.

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Built by young people who know what it feels like to care deeply—and not know where to start.

Why MOVE

Young people are not apathetic. The systems around them have not adapted.

Young people are already questioning, organizing, communicating, and building communities in new ways. But many institutions still treat them as audiences, beneficiaries, or occasional consultants instead of decision-makers.

The problem is not a lack of interest. It is a lack of meaningful opportunities, accessible tools, strategic support, and real power.

  • Young people care.

    Their participation may not always look like traditional engagement.

  • Access is not influence.

    Being invited into a room does not mean having power within it.

  • Energy needs strategy.

    Caring about an issue is the beginning—not the complete plan.

From intention to action

A clearer path from “I care” to “I know what to do next.”

01

Knowledge

Understand the forces shaping your civic space.

Discover lessons from real youth movements and civic experiences. Learn how people organize, communicate, adapt, and create change in different contexts.

02

Strategy

Turn your understanding into a practical plan.

Diagnose the problem, map power, identify allies, define objectives, build narratives, manage risks, mobilize people, and evaluate progress.

03

Action

Get personalized guidance for your next move.

Use CIVIS, MOVE's AI civic coach, to reflect on your challenge, strengthen your decisions, and identify practical next steps.

CIVISCIVIS

A GENERATION IN CONSTANT MOTION

Change starts wherever you are.

Every node is a young person choosing to act. When young people across the world move together, local action becomes a global force.

One ecosystem. Three ways to move.

The MOVE platform.

Knowledge

The Unwritten Rules of Civic Space

A collection of practical lessons drawn from youth movements and civic experiences across different regions. It explores what helps collective action survive, adapt, communicate, and create meaningful change.

Explore the Handbook

Key themes

  • Participation does not require permission
  • Collective action outlasts individual efforts
  • Digital spaces are civic spaces
  • What people cannot understand, they cannot defend
  • Movements need a vision, not only a demand
  • Adaptation is essential

Strategy

Build a strategy that fits your reality.

A practical toolkit that helps young people understand their context, map their ecosystem, design strategies, mobilize people, communicate effectively, assess risks, and learn from action.

Choose Your Level

Five areas

  • Understand the Context
  • Know Yourself and Your Ecosystem
  • Build Your Strategy
  • Mobilize and Communicate
  • Learn and Adapt

Action & Guidance

CIVISCIVIS

Meet your AI civic coach.

CIVIS helps young people think through civic challenges, test ideas, reflect on risks, strengthen strategies, and identify practical next steps.

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What CIVIS is

  • A thinking partner that asks better questions
  • Guidance adapted to your context
  • A way to turn reflection into action
  • Not a replacement for human judgment
  • It will never tell you what to do or believe

Your next move starts here

How it works.

  1. Start with what you care about

    Identify the issue, challenge, or change you want to address.

  2. Understand your reality

    Explore the context, people, institutions, power relationships, risks, and opportunities surrounding the issue.

  3. Build your strategy

    Select the tools and learning path that match your experience, time, and goals.

  4. Make your next move

    Use what you have learned to choose a realistic action, test it, learn, and adapt.

Start My Journey

Choose where you are

You do not need to have everything figured out. Start where you are.

I care about an issue, but I do not know where to begin.

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Start with Quick Start

Time: Approximately 30 minutes

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I have an idea or campaign and need a stronger plan.

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Build a Campaign

Time: Approximately 2–3 hours

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I am ready to develop a comprehensive strategy.

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Enter the Strategy Lab

Time: Complete strategic journey

Explore Level →Download
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CIVIS

AI Civic Coach for the next generation of leaders.

Not sure where to start?

Let CIVIS help you find your next move.

You do not need to have everything figured out. Tell CIVIS where you are, what you are trying to change, and how much time you have. It will help you identify the Playbook level that fits your needs.

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Personalized guidance. Clearer questions. A stronger next move.

Built differently

Not another project designed for young people without young people.

Youth-centered by design

MOVE begins with the realities, language, questions, and needs of young people.

Strategy, not just inspiration

It moves beyond motivational messages by providing practical tools for real decisions.

Context before templates

MOVE does not assume the same solution works everywhere. Understand your reality before taking action.

A space to experiment

Question, test ideas, make mistakes, reflect, and find your next move without needing all the answers first.

Built by young people who understand what it means to care deeply, navigate uncertainty, and search for a meaningful way to act.

The story behind MOVE

It started with a question about youth apathy. The research revealed a different problem.

MOVE began with a question: Why are so many young people described as apathetic or disengaged from democracy?

Conversations, research, and experiences with youth activists across different countries revealed a different reality. Young people are not indifferent. Many are already participating, organizing, communicating, and creating alternatives—but traditional institutions often fail to recognize these forms of engagement or provide meaningful pathways for leadership.

MOVE was created to help close that gap by making civic knowledge, strategic tools, and personalized guidance more accessible to young people who want to create change.

You already care. Now decide what comes next.

Explore the knowledge. Build your strategy. Make your next move.

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A space to question, experiment, make mistakes, and find your next move.