Deadline: 7-Apr-22
The Major Group for Children and Youth has announced the applications for the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum 2022.
The 2022 Annual Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum takes place at a critical point in the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be an opportunity for young people to share their perspectives on how to transform the world into a fairer and more sustainable place and reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) amidst the continuing crisis. It will address the theme of ECOSOC and the 2022 UN High-level Political Forum on sustainable development (HLPF) on “Building back better from COVID– 19 while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda.”
It will address the theme of ECOSOC and the 2022 UN High-level Political Forum on sustainable development (HLPF) on “Building back better from COVID- 19 while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda.”
The 2022 ECOSOC Youth Forum is convened by the President of ECOSOC and co- organized by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and the Office of the Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth (OSGEY), in collaboration with the United Nations Inter- Agency Network on Youth Development (IANYD), and co-convened by the Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY) and the International Coordination Meeting of Youth Organizations (ICMYO), with technical input from youth organizations relevant to the theme of the forum.
Sustainable Development Goals
- Quality Education
- Gender Equality
- Life below Water
- Life on Land
- Partnerships for the Goals
Objectives
The 2022 ECOSOC Youth Forum will:
- Provide a platform for young people to engage in a dialogue with United Nations Member States and other actors on concrete actions to rebuild from COVID-19 in a way that advances the sustainable development goals at the grassroots, national, regional and global levels.
- Share experiences and identify solutions to support youth in surmounting the devastating impact of COVID-19 in their economic, social, health and education’s lives as well as in bolstering their resilience to future shocks.
- Allow young people to contribute to the review of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs and to shaping policy recommendations at the HLPF and other Intergovernmental fora, such as the UN Transforming Education Summit, the UN Ocean Conference, the Financing for Development (FfD) Forum and others.
- Discuss and report on progress for the implementation of the UN Youth Strategy, Youth 2030: Working with and for Young People, and leverage the Forum in support of advocating and advancing the United Nations (UN) Youth Strategy, as well as increasing coherence between the Youth Forum and UN Youth Strategy. There will also be discussions on sharing information on plans for measuring and monitoring the impact of the strategy at the national, regional and global levels and on the role of young people and youth organizations in the implementation of the strategy.
Additional Information
- The two-day event will feature plenary sessions, interactive thematic and regionally based discussions. Young people are encouraged to share best practices, lessons learned, solutions as well as creative and innovative ideas with Member States, other youth and stakeholders on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and also on the sustainable development goals under review in the Economic and Social Council and the High-level Political Forum in 2022.
- Side events will take place virtually on Monday 18 April 2022, one day prior to the ECOSOC Youth Forum. Guidelines to submit applications for side events will be posted online shortly.
Outcomes
- The outcome of the Youth Forum will be a Presidential Statement, capturing key outcomes of the discussions and findings of the Forum, which will be made available to the ECOSOC High Level Segment, the High-level Political Forum in July, the 2022 STI Forum and the FFD Forum, the Oceans Conference, and sent to all Permanent Missions to the UN in New York as well as to the team preparing the Secretary General’s Transforming Education Summit in 2022.
- An informal summary of the proceedings will also be prepared including specific recommendations which will also be shared with decision-makers.
- In addition, major youth networks will bring together youth entities/organizations to prepare the “Voices of Youth” at the ECOSOC Youth Forum. This document would be a complement to the formal Major Group on Children and Youth Sectoral Position Paper, to be prepared for the HLPF in July. It would be a direct call to action from young people on the current challenges they are facing and their expectations vis-a`-vis the international community and contain a few high priority action points which young people may want to be reflected in the HLPF Ministerial Declaration.
Eligibility Criteria
Youth leaders from around the world will have the opportunity to engage with government representatives, youth delegates, policymakers, and other relevant stakeholders in civil society and the private sector. They will contribute to the review of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs and to shaping policy recommendations at the HLPF and other Intergovernmental fora, such as the UN Transforming Education Summit, the UN Ocean Conference, the Financing for Development (FfD) Forum, among others.
For more information, visit https://www.unmgcy.org/main-news-updates/2022/3/6/ecosoc-youth-forum-2022
