Third and Fourth Plenary Sessions of 2018 Youth Forum

Third and Fourth Plenaries of the ECOSOC Youth Forum 2018

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Side Events
• Video Length: 01:36:45
• Production Date: 31 January 2018
• Asset Language: Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish
• Corporate Name: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL - ECOSOC
• Subject Topical: 2030 AGENDA; DEVELOPMENT FINANCE; POLICY-MAKING; YOUTH
• MAMS Id: 2084643
• Parent Id: 2084643

Description

Plenary Session: Reporting on the breakout sessions on regional concerns and priorities and the role and development needs for youth, including reports/key messages from other youth and related forums that addressed these issues, followed by interactive discussions.

- Interactive Roundtable on “Means of Implementation & Financing Youth Development”, featuring Ministers, other High-Level speakers, and youth organization representatives.

Promoting development policies in support of and driven by youth requires funding. This roundtable will address the financial and other means that are needed to implement the 2030 Agenda with a view to allow young people to achieve their full potential and contribute to youth development and reach the goals and targets contained therein.

Introductory remarks: Ms. Jayathma Wickramanayake, United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth reflecting on the outcomes of the Thematic and Regional Break Out sessions and providing kick off remarks on Means of Implementation.

Moderator: Mr. Andreas Karsten, Board Member, Demokratie & Dialogue.