Regional training workshop on “Evidence-based policies on Youth Development in the Pacific” - organized by DESA in partnership with UNDP, The Commonwealth Secretariat, UN-Habitat, UNESCO, the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Pacific Youth Council - takes place from 13 to 15 June in Nadi, Fiji. The meeting brings together representatives of youth organizations, representatives of Member States, academia and United Nations entities. The training aims at strengthening the capacity of participants to formulate, monitor and evaluate effective and evidence-based policies on youth using international youth indicators.
On 12 March, 1995, the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development was signed at the World Summit for Social Development. Never before had so many world leaders come together for such a purpose - to recognize the significance of social development…