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.
The EC has suggested to merge the seven existing EU programmes for education, training, youth and sport into one new programme, suggesting that “this will increase efficiency, make it easier
“The motto of the disability community – “Nothing about us, without us” – has always struck me as powerful, as the voices of people with disabilities are crucial to creating
As we look at the world and the polarizing effects of income inequalities, migration, war, poverty, gender-based violence, we must reflect on the factors that serve as barriers or facilitators
“Yesterday, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) urged the international community not to forget the vulnerability of children with disabilities. It is because of the fact that their needs are
Rio+twenties, a Brussels-based youth-led NGO aiming to facilitate youth participation in the lead up to the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, also known as Rio 2012 or Rio+20,
Here Youth Policy brings you a summary of the Nov 4, 2011 Live Twitter Conversation on youth & employment, organised by the United Nations Youth Unit with UN Youth Champion,
“Failing to invest in our youth is a false economy”, Ban Ki-Moon said at the opening of the High Level Meeting on Youth in July 2011. And yet, the format
Over 2 days in May 2011 85 people from 45 countries gathered in North London for the global youth policy symposium, ‘Meaningful Youth Participation in International Decision Making: Principles, Practice
In addition to the annual International Day of Youth, for twelve months, the United Nations commemorated the 2010-2011 International Year of Youth. A descriptive report on the implementation of the
The Roma Youth Conference Voicing the aspirations and projects of Roma youth in the Council of Europe, taking place at the end of September in Strasbourg, aims at bringing together
