Youth Forum 2010: Join the Entry Competition

“Climate change is a global challenge that concerns young people as much as it concerns the older generation. Climate change already has an impact on the daily lives of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, destroying livelihoods, exacerbating conflict and claiming lives.

Nowadays, we can no longer solve the climate challenge separately from each other, be it across nations, across religions, across sectors or across generations.

It is of the utmost importance that we as the young generation have a real say in the climate debate and take action!
From 28 June – 1 July 2010, the Global Humanitarian Forum’s Youth Forum will host its second annual event. Youth Forum 2010 – Young Adults 4 New Results, entitled “Generations taking on the Climate Challenge”, will take place in Geneva, Switzerland.

Of course, as the second edition of the GHF’s Youth Forum centerpiece event, Youth Forum 2010 is going to be bigger, better, funnier, louder and crazier than last year!

Youth Forum 2010 will be held simultaneously and interlinked with the GHF’s high-level centerpiece event, the 2010 Forum. Consequently, attendees of Youth Forum 2010 will engage in dialogue and interact with GHF’s high-level participants.

During the four days of Youth Forum 2010, you will have a chance to:

• Share your expertise, experience and knowledge with interesting young adults from all over the world
• Engage in true intergenerational dialogue with high-level personalities from across global society
• Participate in discussion rounds, plenary debates, workshops and brainstorming sessions
• Listen to leading young guest speakers from various sectors
• Develop new and action-oriented initiatives with the help of a high-tech idea development tool
• Enjoy Geneva and its environment through our various social activities… and legendary parties!”

Young people between 18 and 30 years from any background can apply to participate in the forum. They can participate by first entering into an open competition. The Forum will select 150 committed and active international young adults (18-30 years) through the entry-competition. The deadline to participate in the competition is 1 March 2010. For more information, visit this link.