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 2014 World Conference on Youth, held on 6-10 May 2014 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, brought together more than a thousand young people from 120 countries with 53 governmental delegations
The World Conference on Youth 2014 (WCY 2014) is taking place from 6-10 May, 2014 in Colombo, Sri Lanka with a focus on ‘mainstreaming youth in the Post 2015 development
The World Conference on Youth 2014 (WCY 2014) will take place from 6-10 May, 2014 in Colombo, Sri Lanka and focus on “mainstreaming youth in the Post 2015 development agenda."
Right now the Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals is conducting its 8th session at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Squeezed in among the discussions
In June 2012, world leaders, along with thousands of participants from various groups including governments, the private sector and civil society, came together at the infamous Rio+20 conference to shape
Intergenerational equity (Inteq) was one of the few good news stories coming out of YOUNGO, and out of the recent UNFCCC COP19 negotiations more widely. Youth Policy Labs' Chef Campaigner
“I realized in Warsaw, however, that the official delegations are not the enemy, and these “actions” often run counter-productive to official activities.” Civil society walked out of the COP19 climate
"Like Brand… I would like to live in a fairer, more equal society... However, the aspect of Brands article that I spent most time thinking about is that of voting,
The Youth Forum was held as a side event to the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which has been marked by international controversy. While the headline allegations of
At the moment, elderly men in grey suits dominate the bureaucratic world. With their knowledge and experience they have an important role in policymaking, but too often the input of
