With 2010 declared as the International Year of the Youth by the United Nations, the World Youth Conference is being organized in Mexico to discuss urgent issues and solutions concerned for the youths around the world. The conference “will bring together young people from the country and from all over the world in order to have a conversation and a proposal with Government representatives, legislators and organisms of the civil society. From that dialog, action solutions will be looked for on subjects of global importance to be met at the international agenda of development, beyond the Millennium Development Goals.” The conference is scheduled from 23-27 August 2010 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Mexico.
The general objective of the conference is “to identify action priorities on youth issues to be included in the international agenda for development beyond the Millennium Goals. This forum will allow strengthening cooperation links among the countries and social actors involved in youth policies.” Specifically, it will reach a consensus on a governments’ Declaration that identifies action priorities for youth and development policies, which will be submitted in September this year during the LXV period of sessions of the United Nations General Assembly; develop develop a mechanism that follows up the youth agenda in the United Nations; create dialogue between the organizations and governments that pay attention to youth needs at a global level; and share experiences and knowledge on diagnosis, policies, strategies and programs on youth issues and development.
There are three main components of the conference:
- Governments Forum
- Social Forum
- Legislators Forum
The Social Forum is the most significant part of the programme for the civil society as it includes the NGO Global Meeting along with the a Global Village and NGO representatives can apply to be participate in it. The organizers of the conference will cover all travel and accommodation for selected participants.
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