“Youth Engagement in the Transition from Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals: What will it take?” - part 3

Session V “Global, regional and other processes”

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Economic and Social Council
• Video Length: 03:15:43
• Production Date: 3 February 2015
• Asset Language: Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish
• Subject Topical: MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS; POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; YOUTH
• MAMS Id: 1294021
• Parent Id: 1292669

Description

Moderator
Martin Sajdik, President of the Economic and Social Council

Keynote speaker
Edeltraud Glettler, Director General for European, International and Social Policy Issues of the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection of Austria presenting the various measures in the field of youth employment in Austria

Speakers
Andreas Karsten, co-founder, youthpolicy.org, presenting the outcomes of the First Global Forum on Youth Policies
Alejo Ramirez, Secretary-General, Ibero-American Youth Organization (OIJ), presenting the outcomes of the Meeting of the Ibero-American Youth under the 24th Summit of the Heads of Ibero-American States and Governments
Ma-Umba Mabiala, Director of Education and Youth, International Organization for La Francophonie (OIF) presenting on the outcomes of the 15th Summit of the La Francophonie and the adoption of the new Youth Strategy
Yama Akbari, Hope XXL Foundation presenting the Liemers List
Nicholas Bian, Chair of World Bank Group Youth Summit presenting on the outcomes of the 2014 WBG Youth Summit
Marija Lugarić, Member of the Board of the Forum of Young Parliamentarians of the IPU, Member of the Parliament of Croatia presenting on the outcomes of the First IPU Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians

Interactive discussions

4.25 PM – 4.30 PM

Keynote speaker
Luigi Bobba, Deputy Minister for Labour and Social Policies of Italy

4:30 PM – 4:45 PM
Financing Sustainable Development: Investing in Youth

Chair
Oh Joon, Vice-President of ECOSOC and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations
George Wilfred Talbot, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations, Co-Facilitators for the preparatory process of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development
May-Elin Stener, Chargé d’Affaires, Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations
Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen, UNFPA Deputy Executive Director presenting 2014 State of World Population Report on the Power of 1.8 Billion Adolescents, Youth and the Transformation of the Future

4:45 PM – 5:40 PM
KEY MESSAGES AND NEXT STEPS
“Youth Engagement in the Transition from MDGs to SDGs”

Chair
Oh Joon, Vice-President of ECOSOC and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations
Chris Dekki, United Nations Liaison Officer for ICMYO

Speakers
Jilt van Schayik, UN Youth Delegate of the Netherlands
Jean Manney, US Country Representative, Restless Development
Maribel Ullmann, Plan International
Aashish Khullar, United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth

5:40 PM – 6:00 PM
Closing Session

Special address by
Helen Clark, Administrator of UNDP

Closing remarks by
Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General, Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Ahmad Alhendawi, United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth
Martin Sajdik, President of the Economic and Social Council