Youth Forum Archives - United Nations Sustainable Development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/tag/youth-forum/ 17 Goals to Transform Our World Sun, 24 Jun 2018 20:29:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 Leymah Gbowee to young people: Find your passion /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/02/leymah-gbowee-young-people-find-passion/ Mon, 05 Feb 2018 16:25:12 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=44430 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Advocate Leymah Gbowee spoke with Ariel Alexovich on the SDG Live during the ECOSOC Youth Forum in New York about the role youth play in building peace.

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]]> ECOSOC Youth Forum: Robotics Team, SDG Media Zone – ECOSOC Youth Forum 2018 /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/02/ecosoc-youth-forum-robotics-team-sdg-media-zone-ecosoc-youth-forum-2018/ Thu, 01 Feb 2018 22:22:46 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=44370 The post ECOSOC Youth Forum: Robotics Team, SDG Media Zone – ECOSOC Youth Forum 2018 appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

]]> ECOSOC Youth Forum: Women Leaders of the United Nations, SDG Media Zone – ECOSOC Youth Forum 2018 /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/02/ecosoc-youth-forum-women-leaders-united-nations-sdg-media-zone-ecosoc-youth-forum-2018/ Thu, 01 Feb 2018 22:18:54 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=44366 The post ECOSOC Youth Forum: Women Leaders of the United Nations, SDG Media Zone – ECOSOC Youth Forum 2018 appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

]]> ECOSOC Youth Forum: Migration and Refugees – The Youth’s Perspective, with YouTuber Nabela /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/02/ecosoc-youth-forum-migration-refugees-youths-perspective-youtuber-nabela/ Thu, 01 Feb 2018 20:34:50 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=44334 The post ECOSOC Youth Forum: Migration and Refugees – The Youth’s Perspective, with YouTuber Nabela appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

]]> Without young people, Global Goals will not be achieved, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ forum told /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/01/without-young-people-global-goals-will-not-achieved-un-forum-told/ Tue, 30 Jan 2018 16:26:54 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=44262 Today's young people are more connected, dynamic and engaged than ever and the Global Goals can’t happen without them, speakers told an annual United Nations forum, where young leaders called on the Organization keep its promise to ‘leave no one behind’ on the road to creating a prosperous world for everyone on a clean planet.

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]]> Youth leaders ready to ‘roll up their sleeves’ and get to work at annual Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ forum /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/01/youth-leaders-ready-roll-sleeves-get-work-annual-un-forum/ Mon, 29 Jan 2018 16:08:29 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=44250 Not content to follow old-school rules to tackle problems like climate change, poverty and inequality, today’s youth – media savvy ‘Millennials’ and the ‘Born in the 90s’ cohort that can’t remember life without the Internet – are using disruptive, new-school innovations to drive change; and they’re heading to the United Nations to talk about building a better world for all.

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]]> At Youth Forum, Guterres calls for youth to share their stories /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/01/at-youth-forum-guterres-calls-for-youth-to-share-their-stories/ Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:55:53 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=24146 The Youth Forum offers young people an opportunity to voice their opinions, share ideas and think about what they can do to achieve sustainable development.

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]]> Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Forum to highlight significant role of youth in promoting a sustainable future for all /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/01/un-forum-to-highlight-significant-role-of-youth-in-promoting-a-sustainable-future-for-all/ Mon, 23 Jan 2017 15:12:09 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=24090 The 6th ECOSOC Youth Forum provides a critical global platform where youth ministers and others can contribute to discussions on issues affecting young people.

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]]> Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ official: Young people key to new sustainability agenda /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/02/un-official-young-people-key-to-new-sustainability-agenda/ Tue, 02 Feb 2016 22:20:56 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=15350 Marking the end of the two-day ECOSOC Youth Forum, ECOSOC President Oh Joon told youth leaders that the time is now for young people to get behind global efforts to ensure sustainable development for all.

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]]> Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ launches new initiative to tackle youth employment crisis /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/02/un-launches-new-initiative-to-tackle-youth-employment-crisis/ Mon, 01 Feb 2016 23:02:28 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=15266 As more than 800 young leaders gather in New York for the annual United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ officials launched a new initiative to tackle youth unemployment

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]]> Youth Forum to explore youth role in sustainable development agenda /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/01/youth-forum-to-explore-youth-role-in-sustainable-development-agenda/ Thu, 28 Jan 2016 22:56:33 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=15215 More than 800 youth leaders from around the world will gather at the ECOSOC Youth Forum to examine the role of young people in implementing, communicating and realizing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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