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Title: 6th UNESCO Youth Forum - Online dialogue
Location:
Global
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Status:
In Progress
Timeline:
January 1 00 to January 1 00
Description:
This online dialogue will serve to discuss the follow-up on the 6th UNESCO Youth Forum (Paris, 1 - 3 October, 2009). The Forum is an integral part of UNESCO’s General Conference, the organization’s highest decision-making body, which gathers experts and heads of state from all over the world.
The online dialogue of the 6th UNESCO Youth Forum is an interactive consultation process which looks to integrate the views, concerns and suggestions of young people into UNESCO’s work, its action and its future initiatives. It will be moderated by UNESCO, and hosted by Taking it Global.
The online discussions will constitute an important part of the review and follow-up processes of the 6th UNESCO Youth Forum. Therefore, your contributions are considered an integral part of UNESCO’s actions to follow up on its 6th Youth Forum, and, as such, all participants will be collaborating in UNESCO’s work with, by and for young people. We look forward to hearing from you, as individuals, as well as from the organizations you may work with.
Background:
The Youth Forum of the 35th UNESCO General Conference was held from 1 to 3 October 2009.
The UNESCO Youth Forum has taken place since 1999, and has become an integral part of UNESCO’s General Conference, the organizations highest decision-making body. It brings together young delegates from all over the world to exchange views, share experiences and identify common opportunities and challenges.
The Final Report of the Forum is presented at the opening plenary session of the General Conference, allowing for the young delegates’ views, concerns and recommendations to be taken into account by the representatives of the Member States and the UNESCO Secretariat.
This online dialogue is held to reinforce the results of the Youth Forum.
The Forum’s main theme was "Investing out of the crisis: towards a partnership between UNESCO and youth organizations”. It was complemented by a cross-cutting theme on "Youth participation - UNESCO Youth Forum, a long term approach''. Furthermore, the different UNESCO Sectors (Social and Human Sciences/Youth, Education, Culture, Natural Sciences, Communication and Information and Bureau of Strategic Planning) presented their areas of work in Parallel Sessions.
For detailed information please refer to the reference documents, or visit: www.unesco.org/youth
Objectives:
- Exchange ideas with other young people from every corner of the world, in the context of the themes of discussion of the UNESCO Youth Forum, which exists to voice young people’s concerns and proposals in an international, policy-making debate
- Reinforce the knowledge of the participants through the discussions and the supporting materials
- Reinforce UNESCO’s work through young people’s ideas on some of the key issues being dealt with by the organization
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