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.
Member States, UN officials and civil society came together on Wednesday to shift the global perspective on ageing, with a call for new policies and action that bring older persons in from the margins of society.“Every older person has the right to…