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Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum

05 April 2022

“COVID-19 recovery: Youth taking action for a sustainable future”

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WHAT?

The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum is taking place on 19 and 20 April 2022 in a virtual format. The Forum will provide a platform for young people to engage in a dialogue with Member States and other actors on concrete actions to rebuild from COVID-19 and to advance towards the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Decade of Action.

The Youth Forum will address the theme of ECOSOC and the 2022 UN High-level Political Forum on sustainable development (HLPF) on “Building back better from COVID- 19 while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda.” It will also review progress in the areas of quality education (SDG4), gender equality (SDG5), life below water (SDG14), life on land (SDG15) and partnerships for the goals (SDG17).

WHO?

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.

HOW?

The two-day event will feature plenary sessions, interactive thematic and regionally based discussions. Young people are encouraged to share best practices, lessons learned, solutions as well as creative and innovative ideas with Member States, other youth and stakeholders on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and also on the sustainable development goals under review in the Economic and Social Council and the High-level Political Forum in 2022.

Side events will take place virtually on Monday 18 April 2022, one day prior to the ECOSOC Youth Forum. Guidelines to submit applications for side events will be posted online shortly.

Information

Concept Note
Draft Programme
Side Events (Submission of proposals is closed)

Concept Notes

19 April 2022

Opening Session

9:00 AM – 9:35 AM: COVID-19 Recovery: Youth Taking Action for a Sustainable Future

Plenary Sessions

9:35 AM – 11:00 AM: Working with and for Youth in Building Back Better from COVID-19 and Achieving the 2030 Agenda

Parallel Thematic Breakout Sessions

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM: Youth Engagement in Transforming Education - SDG 4 (Parallel Session – 1 A)
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM: Life Below Water and Youth: Connecting Generations to Protect our Ocean – SDG 14 (Parallel Session – 1 B)
3:15 PM – 4:45 PM: Generation Equality: Building Back Better with Young Women & Girls at the Center – SDG 5 (Parallel Session – 2 A)
3:15 PM – 4:45 PM: Securing a Sustainable Life on Land – SDG 15 (Parallel Session – 2 B)

20 April 2022

Parallel Regional Breakout Sessions

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM: Asia and the Pacific (Parallel Session – 1 A)
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM: Arab States Region (Parallel Session – 1 B)
9:45 AM – 11:15 AM: Africa (Parallel Session – 2 A)
9:45 AM – 11:15 AM: Europe, North America and Other States (Parallel Session – 2 B)
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM: Latin America (Parallel Session – 3 A)
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM: The Caribbean (Parallel Session – 3 B)

Plenary Sessions