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08 June 2015
Online Survey - Seeking Youth Inputs for Secretary General's Youth Initiative
miércoles, 18 julio 2012
The United Nations is developing a System-Wide Action Plan on Youth. This Action Plan will affect the way the whole UN system…
08 June 2015
UN to Hold First Open Meeting with Youth-Led Organisations
lunes, 16 septiembre 2013
From Wednesday 18 to Friday 20 September, the UN Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development (IANYD) is hosting the first open meeting with youth-…
08 June 2015
UN Youth Champion experiences the plight of youth in Kenya
lunes, 16 mayo 2011
The UN Youth Champion and American Actress of the movie, High School Musical, Monique Coleman was recently in Nairobi to engage with young people in the…
08 June 2015
Unemployed, Frustrated and Connected: Youth Development Indicators linked to the WPAY
viernes, 24 febrero 2012
From 12-13 December 2011 an international expert group meeting was organized in response to calls from the General…
08 June 2015
United Nations High-level Meeting on Youth
viernes, 22 abril 2011
As part of the International Year of Youth, the General Assembly will hold a high-level meeting on youth on 25 and 26 July 2011. The high-level meeting will have as…
08 June 2015
Youth education, employment and empowerment key to global progress
Providing education, employment and empowerment for young people are key factors in achieving global progress, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today at a meeting with…
08 June 2015
Rio+20: Youth turn to green jobs as an answer to unemployment
lunes, 18 junio 2012
With over half the world population under 25 years of age and the global economic crisis still ongoing, the creation of jobs that provide decent…
08 June 2015
Impact of jobs crisis on youth among issues on agenda of UN labour conference
jueves, 31 mayo 2012
Nearly 5,000 delegates kicked off a United Nations forum in Geneva focusing on the global jobs crisis and its impact on youth, as…
08 June 2015
Inclusion of Young People in National Decision-making
miércoles, 04 junio 2014
Member States welcomed a proposal to incorporate youth-focused target areas in the post-2015 development agenda, as the Economic and Social Council…
08 June 2015
The recent ECOSOC Youth Forum, focused on how to leverage science, technology and culture for today’s youth, gathered a number of young creative leaders from around the world. In connection with the event, UN Youth Envoy Ahmad Alhendawi, Mashable’s…
01 June 2015
UNDESA DSPD (Focal Point on Youth and the Technical Cooperation Unit) carries out a regional training workshop on “Evidence-based policies on Youth Development in the Caribbean”. Organized in partnership with UNDP and The Commonwealth, the workshop…
28 March 2015
The Annual Meeting of the UN Inter-agency Network on Youth Development took place from 24-25 March in UNDP headquarters, New York. UN DESA is the permanent co-chair of the Network, and for 2015/2016 is joined by rotating co-chair UNDP.
The Network…