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2023 ECOSOC Youth Forum

The 2023 ECOSOC Youth Forum will take place on the 19th and 20th of April in a virtual format.

The Forum will provide a platform for young people to engage in a dialogue with Member States and other actors on concrete actions to rebuild from COVID-19 and to advance towards the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Decade of Action.

More Information Coming Soon!!

Side event for the 7th Annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals

The 2022 STI Forum will take place on the 5th and the 6th of May in a virtual format. Its theme will be on the “Science, technology, and innovation for building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”.

The SPI platform’s data cluster will be holding a side event for the forum on May 5th at noon EST.

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2021 Voices of Youth Report

Outcome Document of the ECOSOC Youth Forum 2021

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Youth Action Platform on COVID 19

We have built a platform to showcase youth-led actions leading the response to the COVID health and social crisis, in order to give visibility to youth leadership and action.


 

What do we do?

The UNMGCY is the formal mechanism for young people to meaningfully engage in the United Nations

We work on a range of issues at the global, regional, national and subnational levels across the pillars of the UN- human rights, sustainable development, and peace and security and organs of the UN- general assembly (GA), economic and social council (ECOSOC), security council, and secretariat. Our areas of work include the following:

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Policy and Advocacy

We facilitate the collective participation of young people in official, formal and informal  avenues of policy design, implementation, monitoring, follow-up, and review at all levels.

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Capacity Building

We facilitate activities for young people to enhance their understanding, knowledge, and skills in relation to sustainable development, meaningful engagement, and the UN system.

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Knowledge

Provide young people a platform for dialogue to create an evidence base for best practices through the assessment of existing knowledge, generating new knowledge, identification of emerging issues, and effective use and dissemination.

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Action

We provide young people with a platform that encourages them to lead, join, showcase, and share innovative and effective actions addressing the needs of people and the planet.


What do we work on ?

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Resilience and Humanitarian Action

Disaster Risk Reduction, Humanitarian Affairs, Refugees, Migration and Displacement, Sustainable Urban Development

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Human Rights

Indigenous Peoples, Disabilities, LGBTQI+ (SOGIE), Age Based Discrimination, Children, Descent and Work Based Discrimination, Faith Based Communities

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Peace and Security

Youth Peace & Security, Women Peace & Security, Disarmament, Counter Terrorism, Drugs and Crime, Environmental Security

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Youth Policy and Development

UN Youth Strategy, World Program of Action on Youth, Office of SG’s Envoy on Youth, UN Inter Agency Network on Youth Development

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Sustainable Development

Economic, Environmental, Social Dimensions

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Governance

Multilateralism, UN Reform, Various Accountability Processes, Global Economic and Environmental Governance


Where do we work?

We work in all regions of the world. While we follow the different regional and subregional classifications used by UN frameworks/process, our regional caucus are based on the five regional commissions of the UN- Asia Pacific, Western Asia, Africa, Europe and North America, Latin America and Caribbean, in addition to SIDS (small island developing states)

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What is our scope ?

In addition to topic and region we also convene our coordination structures by types of entities/organisations by scope of work, and by organisational standing in the UN. These include dedicated space for grassroots/local youth, national, regional and international youth entities. In addition we also seek to bring together youth organisations that have different types of standing in the UN system.

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Our Reach

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