This section explores young people’s strategies, practices and experiences of participation and engagement. It provides a selection of resources on the topic of youth participation, including a tool to map multiple entry points into young people’s involvement in international decision-making, a direct follow-up of the London Symposium on meaningful youth participation.
At this very moment, the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth is taking place in Lisbon, Portugal. It's a reunion: 21 years ago, youth ministers met for the first
“Young people are the future” – how often have we all heard this sentence being muttered and have rolled our eyes? And how often have we pointed out in meetings,
In September 2017, Jayathma Wickramanayake became the second person to be the UN Secretary General's Envoy on Youth. Originally from Sri Lanka, she was the country's first UN Youth Delegate,
At the First Global Forum on Youth Policies, held in 2014, the UN co-conveners – the Youth Envoy, UNDP, UNESCO – committed to ten global actions to strengthen youth policies.
During the quieter summer time, we have updated our Structures, Spaces & Places page, which provides details of the regional forums, global movements and international processes that young people can
The third working paper looks at recent trends in child and youth participation. It explores academic literature, recent publications and considers the relevance of traditional participation models - particularly seen
The Global Youth Forum of the World Bank is taking place right now, gathering more than 150 partners and representatives from the public and private sectors, civil society, and young
The Commonwealth Youth Council was launched in 2013, immediately becoming the world's largest youth structure representing 1.2 billion young people across 53 countries. At the General Assembly in Malta in
What happens when you want to know if a campaign to increase youth volunteerism is effective, but then you realise you’re missing some key information: how many young people are
