2022 ECOSOC Youth Forum - COVID-19 recovery: Youth taking action for a sustainable future (19 April 2022, Plenary)
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Summary
The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum will be held on 19 and 20 April 2022. The two-day event will feature plenary sessions, interactive thematic and regionally based discussions.
Description
  • Opening: Youth taking action for a sustainable future
  • Plenary: Working with and for youth in building back better from COVIS-19 and achieving the 2030 Agenda
  • Connecting, amplifying, and leveraging – A virtual networking session for young changemakers

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.

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.