THE GLOBAL YOUTH CALL “Prioritizing Youth in the Post-2015 Development Agenda” This Call reflects an emerging global consensus on concrete proposals for target areas on youth in the post-2015 development agenda. It is based on the top five thematic priorities of over 1.3 million young people who voted in the MyWorld2015 survey out of a total 2.1 Million respondents – Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship, Health, Good Governance, and Peace and Stability. Convened by the Office of the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, a team of youth-led organizations and UN entities worked from January 2014 to May 2014 to consolidate the proposed target areas with the participation of: Over 1700 youth organizations in the Crowdsourcing Platform of the Global Partnership on Youth in the Post-2015 Development Agenda, i The UN Major Group on Children and Youth, Global networks of international NGOs, youth organizations and regional youth platforms, including the International Coordination Meeting of Youth Organisations (ICMYO, a network of 26 international youth-led NGOs and regional youth platforms), and the Alliance for International Youth Development (AIYD) (a coalition of 24-international non-profit, private organizations, and foundations), United Nations Inter-agency Network on Youth Development (IANYD, consisting of 40 UN entities). Intergovernmental organizations: The Commonwealth and Ibero-American Youth Organization (OIJ) National youth structures, including National Youth Councils, And building on: Ideas submitted by participants of the Crowdsourcing Platform Outcomes of recent national, regional and global youth consultations, fora and meetings (See Annex) UN Development Group National and Global Thematic Consultations on Post-2015 The Colombo Declaration on Youth made at the World Conference on Youth and its call for a standalone goal, clear targets and indicators on youth The Global Partnership for Youth in the Post-2015 Development Agenda and the signatories of this call invite Member States to incorporate the following youth- focused target areas in the post-2015 development agenda: Ensure universal access to quality primary and post-primary education and expand equitable access to tertiary education Ensure all young people achieve recognized and measurable learning outcomes with quality formal, non-formal and vocational education and training that equips them with the relevant knowledge and skills to lead safe, healthy and productive lives, to meet the demands of the job market and to foster global citizenship. Reduce the number of youth not in employment, education or training and increase access to decent work and livelihoods amongst young people by providing access to learning opportunities, putting in place school-to-work transition policies, strengthening public private partnerships for better skills-matching, enhance access to financial and non-financial services to increase opportunities for youth-led entrepreneurship, and promote inclusive and
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THE GLOBAL YOUTH CALL
“Prioritizing Youth in the Post-2015 Development Agenda”
This Call reflects an emerging global consensus on concrete proposals for target areas on
youth in the post-2015 development agenda. It is based on the top five thematic priorities of over
1.3 million young people who voted in the MyWorld2015 survey out of a total 2.1 Million respondents
– Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship, Health, Good Governance, and Peace and Stability.
Convened by the Office of the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, a team of youth-led
organizations and UN entities worked from January 2014 to May 2014 to consolidate the proposed
target areas with the participation of:
Over 1700 youth organizations in the Crowdsourcing Platform of the Global Partnership on
Youth in the Post-2015 Development Agenda,i
The UN Major Group on Children and Youth,
Global networks of international NGOs, youth organizations and regional youth platforms,
including the International Coordination Meeting of Youth Organisations (ICMYO, a network of
26 international youth-led NGOs and regional youth platforms), and the Alliance for
International Youth Development (AIYD) (a coalition of 24-international non-profit, private
organizations, and foundations),
United Nations Inter-agency Network on Youth Development (IANYD, consisting of 40 UN
entities).
Intergovernmental organizations: The Commonwealth and Ibero-American Youth
Organization (OIJ)
National youth structures, including National Youth Councils,
And building on:
Ideas submitted by participants of the Crowdsourcing Platform
Outcomes of recent national, regional and global youth consultations, fora and meetings (See
Annex)
UN Development Group National and Global Thematic Consultations on Post-2015
The Colombo Declaration on Youth made at the World Conference on Youth and its call for a
standalone goal, clear targets and indicators on youth
The Global Partnership for Youth in the Post-2015 Development Agenda and the
signatories of this call invite Member States to incorporate the following youth-
focused target areas in the post-2015 development agenda:
Ensure universal access to quality primary and post-primary education and expand
equitable access to tertiary education
Ensure all young people achieve recognized and measurable learning outcomes with quality
formal, non-formal and vocational education and training that equips them with the relevant
knowledge and skills to lead safe, healthy and productive lives, to meet the demands of the
job market and to foster global citizenship.
Reduce the number of youth not in employment, education or training and increase access to
decent work and livelihoods amongst young people by providing access to learning
opportunities, putting in place school-to-work transition policies, strengthening public private
partnerships for better skills-matching, enhance access to financial and non-financial services
to increase opportunities for youth-led entrepreneurship, and promote inclusive and
Ensure young people’s meaningful and inclusive participation in decision making processes,
governance and peacebuilding, and develop, implement and adequately fund cross-sectorial
youth policies and review mechanisms, in the framework of the World Programme of Action
for Youth
Improve the physical, social and mental health of adolescents and youth, promote healthy
behaviours for reducing the risk of Non-Communicable Diseases and substance abuse, and
increase access to affordable, acceptable and quality-assured adolescent- and youth-friendly
health services and information
Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights,
including HIV, modern methods of contraceptives, and comprehensive education on human
sexuality, with a particular focus on adolescent girls;
Promote human rights and gender equality and eliminate all forms of violence and
discrimination against adolescents and youth, including adolescent girls and young women,
including child, early and forced marriage and harmful practices.
Strengthen collection and analysis of data on adolescents and youth, disaggregated by age,
sex and marital status, to promote monitoring, evaluation, accountability and transparency
and support advocacy and policy making.
Let’s remember, the world’s demographic and development realities mean that the success of the
post-2015 development agenda hinges on fulfilling the human rights and meeting the development
needs of all young people. Connected to each other like never before, they are driving social
progress, inspiring political change and building resilience. Countries with populations composed of
large proportions of adolescents and youth can reap a demographic dividend for national
development, resilience and sustainability, by investing fully in young people. Countries will need to
promote human rights, eliminate all forms of discrimination, address all forms of inequalities, including
gender inequality, so adolescents and youth can reach their full potential and in turn shape the
development of their families, communities, and countries. Young people – their experience of
engagement or of alienation, their inclusion or their marginalization – will determine whether their
societies prosper or fail.
Let’s ensure, as the global community gathers to review progress made towards the Millennium
Development Goals and puts forth an ambitious and achievable vision for the Post-2015 Development
Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals, that youth priorities and targets are duly included.
Equity and equality must be at the centre of the Post-2015 Development Agenda. Investing in young
people – particularly the marginalised - could ensure the success of the agenda more than anything
else. A failure to do so could jeopardize it altogether. The Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, in
partnership with the United Nations entities and all the signatories of the Global Youth Call, urge the
international community to put young people at the centre of this agenda. The time for action is now.
Young people today… With 1.8 billion strong, the world is home to the largest generation of young people aged 10 to 24 in its
history
Close to 90 percent of the world’s youth live in developing countries, where they tend to make up the largest proportion of the population
More than 500 million youth aged 15 to 24 live on less than $2 a day
Some 74 million youth are unemployed, and more than 600 million jobs need to be generated globally by the year 2030
Young people aged 15 to 24 people are almost three times more likely than older segments of the population to be unemployed, and in some countries the youth unemployment rate exceeds 50 per cent
Some 69 million adolescents of lower secondary school age remain out of school
In developing countries, 1 in 3 girls is married before her 18th birthday and across the world, more than
half of all sexual assaults take place against girls younger than 16
1.5 billion persons, the majority of them under the age of 30, live in conflict or in fragile situations
Young people are under-represented and excluded in decision-making processes: Fewer than 2% of parliamentarians around the world are in their 20s and only 12% are in their 30s.
Despite significant progress made since the MDGs were adopted, this generation of young people has been left behind. They are still denied the opportunities that they need to realize their full potential
SUMMARY OF OUTCOMES:
FROM CONSULTATION TO CONSOLIDATION YOUTH PRIORITIES
Education:
Ensuring basic literacy and numeracy skills for young people in low-income countries could lift 171
million people out of povertyii, resulting in a 12 per cent cut in global poverty. Despite large gains
made in primary education in the past decade, 69 million adolescents of lower secondary school age
remain out-of-school. These efforts are further undermined by the low quality of education systems:
over 250 million children of primary school age are unable to read or write even after four years of
schooling. In the least developed countries, one quarter of young men aged 15 to 24 and one third of
young women aged 15 to 24 are illiterateiii. Yet, educational outcomes for youth have a direct impact
on economic growth and stability: ensuring adolescent girls complete education beyond primary level,
for example, could add 1.5% per year to the GDP of countries, while ensuring their participation in the
job market through education and training could add up to 4.4% per year. The following have been
identified as key target areas for education with a focus on the most marginalizediv:
Ensure universal access to quality primary and post-primary education and expand equitable
access to tertiary education;
Ensure all young people achieve recognised and measurable learning outcomes at all levels,
made possible through the provision of safe, relevant and quality education by a sufficient
number of adequately and well-trained, supported teachers and education infrastructure;
Ensure all young people have access to quality formal, non-formal and vocational education
and training, which can be provided through governments and partnerships with civil society
organisations, private sector and youth organisations as to equip them with the relevant
knowledge and skills to lead healthy and productive lives, to meet the demands of the job
market and to foster global citizenship;
Ensure access to technical and vocational education and training, ICT, comprehensive
education on human sexuality and life-skills, human rights, peacebuilding, sustainability,
entrepreneurial skills, global citizenship, and education for sustainable development and
lifelong learning opportunities;
Increase national budget allocation to education and strengthen the accountability and
responsiveness of national governments.
Employment and Entrepreneurship:
In 2013, nearly 200 million people were unemployed, of which some 74 million were between the
ages of 15 and 24. Young people aged 15-24 people are almost three times more likely than older
sections of the population to be unemployed, and in some countries the youth unemployment rate
exceeds 50 per cent. The share of young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs)
has grown in a majority of countries for which data exists and informal employment remains pervasive
for young people in many developing economies. Currently youth often lack access to existing jobs
due to lack of work experience and social capital, poor educational preparation, relevant skills training
or mentorship. Young entrepreneurs face similar obstacles, including access to adequate and
relevant information, the lack of access to financial services, skills training and support in the pre- and
post-creation phases when setting up and managing their own businesses. It is estimated that from
2015 to 2030, the global economy will need to create more than 600 million jobs to contain the current
spread of unemployment and cope with the growth in the working age population. As 9 out of 10 jobs
are created by the private sector, it will be of paramount importance to strengthen and promote the
development of a sound private sector to ensure inclusive and sustainable economic growth,
including through industrialization, while respecting the planetary boundaries and ensuring the
efficient use of resources. The quest for decent work and livelihood opportunities is a universal
concern that affects young people in all countries and communities. The post-2015 development
agenda should make decent and productive work for young people a reality. Moving away from
exploitive work and unpaid traineeships/internships and towards a decent work, which fulfils
international standards and ensures equal pay for work of equal value. The following have been
identified as key target areas to promote productive and decent work for young people, in particular
young women and reduce the number of youth not in employment, education or training:
Increase employment rates of young women and men, with targeted measures for
disadvantaged youth, by putting in place school-to-work transition policies;
Ensure a better match between the skills of young people and the changing needs of the
labour market, by strengthening partnerships between governments, social partners,
educators and the private sector;
Provide access to learning opportunities to develop knowledge and skills, including
professional, technical, entrepreneurial and vocational training, for work and life, as well as
information on business opportunities, new markets and national/international networks of
investors
Ensure young entrepreneurs’ access to tailor-made financial and non-financial assistance in
pre- and post-creation phases;
Ensure equality, including gender equality at work, including eliminating the gender pay-gap;
Ensure universal global access to adequate social protection, including social protection
floors, and decent work and livelihoods for young people in the formal and informal sector in
accordance with ILO labour standards.
Health:
Adolescence is a critical life stage characterized by rapid physical, emotional and social development,
during which every person develops the capabilities required for a productive, healthy and satisfying
life. Health and development during this period affects health in adult years. Nearly two thirds of
premature deaths and one third of the total disease burden in adults are associated with conditions or
behaviours that began in youth, including tobacco use, a lack of physical activity, unprotected sex or
exposure to violencev. Globally, approximately 20% of youth aged 15-24 experience a mental health
condition each year. An estimated 1.3 million adolescents died in 2012, mostly from preventable or
treatable diseases. According to the “Health of the World’s Adolescents,”vi the top three causes of
death among adolescents include road traffic accidents. An estimated 1.3 million adolescents died in
2012, mostly from preventable or treatable diseases. According to the “Health of the World’s
Adolescents,”vii
the top three causes of death among adolescents include road traffic crashes, HIV
and suicide. Young girls continue to carry the heaviest burden of death and disability due to
complications relating to pregnancy and childbirth, including unsafe abortions, with complications
relating to pregnancy and childbirth the leading cause of death among 15 to 19 year old girls in low
and middle income countries. In order to ensure all adolescents and youth enter adulthood with the
highest attainable standard of physical, social and mental health, the following have been identified as
key target areas for health:
Ensure universal access to affordable, acceptable and quality adolescent-and-youth friendly
health services and information;
Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health, reproductive rights and HIV
services, and modern methods of contraceptives, with a particular focus on adolescent girls;
Ensure early detection, treatment of and support for mental health issues among adolescents
and youth;
Improve the health status of adolescents and youth by putting in place prevention
programmes targeting adolescents and youth including violence, accidents, injuries and early
detection and treatment of mental health issues amongst adolescents and youth;
Increase investment to promote healthy behaviours and health promotion programmes aimed
at reducing risk of non-communicable diseases, tobacco use, obesity, violence and the
burden of road traffic injuries and harm reduction for substance abuse, including drug use and
alcohol;
Recognize the social and political determinants of health and address all social, economic
and political inequality and exclusion as a way to improve the health and well-being of
adolescents and youth.
Peace and personal security:
Peaceful, inclusive and safe societies require the participation and engagement of young people.
Young people are over-represented among the direct and indirect victims of violence – whether
criminality, terrorism or armed conflict. Globally, 43% of homicide victims are aged 15-29. Across the
world, more than half of all sexual assaults take place against girls younger than 16. In conflict-
affected countries, rates of violence against young people are often higher. Young women and men
are at increased risks of physical and sexual abuse and exploitation, and are disproportionately
targeted for recruitment by armed forces/groups for use as (child) soldiers and trafficked for
exploitative labour or sexual exploitation. They are also subjected to the trauma of losing family,
friends and community; education and livelihood opportunities. Only 20% of secondary school-aged
refugees are enrolled in secondary school.Humanitarian and development efforts seldom target
young people, who are rarely allowed to participate in decisions affecting their lives. Yet young
people’s roles in preventing and resolving conflict, violence and extremism are essential to achieving
sustainable peace. The following have been identified as key target areas for peaceful and stable
societies:
Eliminate all forms of violence against children and youth, including in schools, the household,
public spaces, detention centres and online.;
End all forms of violence and discrimination against girls and young women, including sexual
violence, child, early and forced marriage and harmful practices, trafficking and other forms of
gender-based violence;
Promote young people’s participation as an essential condition for safe and secure societies;
Ensure that humanitarian and development efforts address young people’s needs and protect
their human rights;
Ensure that all young people participate in peace and human rights education, either through
formal or non-formal education, and have access to opportunities for cross-cultural exchange
and volunteerism;
Ensure equitable distribution of development gains to young people to promote safe, peaceful
and secure societies.
Governance and Participation:
“Governance” has been identified as a high priority issue by young people, who want to see
governments effectively held to account, and governance structures where young people have access
and contribute to decision making processes. Concerns around corruption feature strongly in global
consultations, together with transparency and accountability. Young people are not represented
adequately in formal and political institutions and processes, such as parliaments, political parties,
electoral processes and public administrations. Despite the fact that young people disproportionately
face poverty and constitute a significant proportion of the population in low-income countries, 2 out of
3 countries do not consult young people as a part of the process of preparing poverty reduction
strategies or national development plans. Good governance and the rule of law require the
meaningful participation of young people, and in particular young women, in decision-making at all
levels, including in the planning, implementation and monitoring of policies and programmes, with
young people as partners and leaders in development. Improved information and communication
technology is making it easier for young people to collect and access data and increase transparency
and accountability in decision-making. At local and national level Youth Councils should continue to
play an important role in bringing together young people and decision makers and best practice of co-
decision and co-management, appropriate to each body, needs to be further developed at all levels.
The following have been identified as key target areas:
Strengthen inclusive participation of young people, especially young women) in governance
and decision-making processes at the local, national, regional and global levels;
Develop, implement and adequately fund cross-sectorial youth policies that are evidence-
based and include participatory, monitoring and evaluation on a regular basis in accordance
with the World Programme for Action on Youth;
Ensure the right to information, association, and freedom of speech and opinion, for all,
including marginalised youth;
Strengthen youth-led movements, networks and organisations and improve their access to
institutions that affect the lives of young people;
Encourage and support youth civic engagement and volunteerism for development, including
by ensuring education on and awareness of human rights and development;
Strengthen effective, transparent and accountable institutions at all levels;
Support and promote increased and equitable access to open, timely, reliable, accessible and
quality information, including through ICTs to enable stronger accountability mechanisms and
greater youth participation in decision making.
Ensure that youth are meaningfully involved in global and national monitoring mechanisms to
ensure accountability for commitments made in the post-2015 framework
ANNEX II Outcomes of recent national, regional and global youth consultations, fora
and meetings
- World Program of Action for Youth for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond (A/RES/50/81);
- The Future We Want: the outcome document of the Rio+20 UNCSD (A/RES/66/288), July 2012;
- Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011-2020: Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, May 2011;
- Outcome Document of the High Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding (A/RES/65/312), July 2011;
- ILO Resolution on “The youth employment crisis: A call for action”; - Colombo Declaration on Youth “Mainstreaming Youth in the Post 2015
Development Agenda”, 2014; http://wcy2014.com/pdf/colombo-declaration-on-youth-final.pdf
- San José BYND2015 Declaration on Youth and ICT; - Growth and Employment in the Post-2015 Agenda: Messages from a Global
Consultation, September 2013; - Final Report on the Global Thematic Consultation on Governance and the
Post-2015 Development Framework (2013); - UNDG Report: A Million Voices (2013); - Quito Youth Declaration of the Regional Meeting for the Latin American and
Caribbean Youth (2014); - Outcome Document of Dubai Regional Arab Youth Meeting (2014); - ILO Resolution on “The youth employment crisis: A call for action”; - Growth and Employment in the Post-2015 Agenda: Messages from a Global
Consultation (September 2013); - Final Report on the Global Thematic Consultation on Governance and the
Post-2015 Development Framework (2013); - Communique of the 8th Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting (2013), and
the Youth Declaration of the 2013 Commonwealth Youth Forum (2013); - The Magampura Commitment to Young People (2013) issued by
Commonwealth Heads of Government; - The Commonwealth Youth Development Index; - IFMSA Health Priorities Document; - Youth Voices on a Post-2015 World.viii
248. Coordinadora Juvenil Por La Equidad De Genero (Ecuador)
249. Cordillera Youth Center (Philippines)
250. Cordoba Academy For Training Education And Development(Morocco)
251. Corporacion Semillas De Esperanza(Colombia)
252. Corporativa De Fundaciones (Mexico)
253. Council For A Parliament Of The World's Religions(United States Of America)
254. Council Of Economics Educators, Inc. (Philippines)
255. Covenant Branding And Distribution Services (Botswana)
256. Creative Technology For Development Initiative (Nigeria)
257. Crusteam Group (Nigeria) 258. CV. SOULMAKS
CREATIVE(Indonesia) 259. CWISH (Nepal) 260. Dels Founndation(Ghana) 261. Department Of Rural And
Urban Planning, University Of Zimbabwe(Zimbabwe)
262. Despatch HIV/AIDS Project(South Africa)
263. Destiny Ladies Initiative (Nigeria)
264. Deutsche Model United Nations (Germany)
265. Develop- Rwanda(Rwanda)
266. Development Initiative For Community Enhancement (Nigeria )
267. Development Of Institution & Youth Alliance (Pakistan)
268. Dewan Mahasiswa Fisipol UGM (Indonesia)
269. Diálogos A.C.(Mexico) 270. Digital Leadership
Institute(Belgium)
271. Diplomacy Club (Kenya) 272. Dirt9 Education (India) 273. Djibouti Nature (Djibouti) 274. Dr.H.S. Gour University
(India) 275. Dynamic Youth
Development Organisation(Nigeria )
276. DYNO Politics (United States Of America)
277. Earth In Brackets(United States Of America)
278. ECOSCRIPT(Ghana) 279. ECPAT-USA(United States
Of America) 280. Educacion Y Ciudadania
A.C(Mexico) 281. Education For Equality
International(United States Of America)
282. Education Is A Right(Senegal)
283. Edupass (Dominican Republic)
284. EFOBS Empowerment And Information Resource(Nigeria )
285. Egypt Foundation For Youth And Development (Egypt)
286. Elige Red De Jóvenes Por Los Derechos Sexuales Y Reproductivos AC(Mexico)
287. Emerge For Africa Ltd (United Kingdom)
288. ENACTUS TAMALE POLYTECHNIC(Ghana)
289. Engajamundo (Brazil) 290. Entrepreneurship
Initiative For African Youth(Nigeria )
291. Environmental Protection And Development Association(Cameroon)
292. Eshraka Project (Egypt) 293. Espacio De Mujeres
Lesbianas Salvadoreñas (El Salvador)
294. Espacio Iberoamericano De Juventud (Mexico)
295. ESPOLEA(Mexico) 296. Eurodemos(Romania) 297. European Environment
And Health Youth Coalition(Lithuania)
298. European Youth Information And Counselling Agency (Luxembourg)
299. Excellent World Foundation(Nigeria)
300. Expectant Leaders Fundaytion (Nigeria)
301. Faces Of Change(Netherlands)
302. Fahari Yetu Foundation (Tanzania)
303. FAHEDO Cameroon(Cameroon)
304. Family Planning Association Of Nepal(Nepal)
305. Family Well Being Centre(Sri Lanka)
306. Family-In-Need Trust Of Zimbabwe(Zimbabwe)
307. Farm Hospitality Ghorghare(Tunisia)
308. FATA Youth Forum(Pakistan)
309. FAWE(Burundi)
310. Federacion De Estudiantes De La Universidad De Costa Rica(Costa Rica)
311. Federation Of African Youth(Nigeria )
312. Federation Of Liberian Youth FLY(Liberia)
313. FEKRA CENTER (Iraq) 314. FEMAJECI(Cote D'ivoire) 315. Fep-Si (India) 316. FERMUN(France) 317. Focal Point Global(United
States Of America) 318. Fondation Les Enfants
D'abord Centrafrique(Central African Republic)
319. Foresight Generation Club(Ghana)
320. Foro Democrático Juvenil(Peru)
321. Fortress Of Hope Africa (Kenya)
322. Forum For Legal Assistance(Tanzania)
323. Forward Action For Conservation Of Indigenous Species (Nigeria )
324. Foundation For Environmental Stewardship(Canada)
325. Fransalian Agency For Social Care And Education In India (India)
326. Free Tunisia Association (Tunisia)
327. Friendship Ambassadors Foundation(United States Of America)
328. Full Armour Bible Church(Zambia)
329. Fundação Thiago De Moraes Gonzaga (Brazil)
330. Fundación Novia Salcedo(Spain)
331. Fundación República Dominicana 2030 (Dominican Republic)
332. Future Generations(Tunisia)
333. Future Leader Summit (Indonesia)
334. G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance Australia(Australia)
335. Gaia Pacha Foundation (Bolivia)
336. Genderless Nigeria(Nigeria)
337. Generación Repuesta(Mexico)
338. Generation Development(Nigeria)
339. Generation Leaders (Morocco)
340. Generation Youth Uganda(Uganda)
341. Gensan Youth Network (Philippines)
342. German National Committee For International Youth Work (Germany)
343. G-Hackademy(Nepal) 344. Ghana Youth Aids
Society(Ghana) 345. Giovani Nel Mondo(Italy) 346. Girls Education Initiative
Of Ghana(Ghana) 347. Girls' Education
Movement(Uganda) 348. Girls-Awake Foundation
(Uganda) 349. Gistsalvage Foundation
(Nigeria ) 350. Global Alliance For
Development Foundation(Ghana)
351. Global Development Initiative For Social Transformation (Nigeria)
352. Global Focus Projects(Kenya)
353. Global Fund For Higher Education(Democratic Republic Of Congo)
354. Global Media Foundation(Ghana)
355. Global Peace Council, SWAT Pakistan (Pakistan)
356. Global Shapers- Gaborone Hub (Botswana)
357. Global Youth Coalition Against Cancer (Nigeria )
358. Global Youth In Environmental Sustenance (G-YES)(Ghana)
359. Global Youth Movement – Guyana (Guyana)
360. GMR Foundation(India) 361. GO GREEN PK(Pakistan) 362. Gojoven Honduras
(Honduras) 363. Gorakh
Foundation(Pakistan) 364. Grameenmall
Foundation(India) 365. Great Silk Way
International Youth Union(Azerbaijan)
366. Green Alternatives And Peace Movement(Uganda)
367. Green Brigade (India) 368. Green Citizen Community
Board(Pakistan) 369. Green Earth
Citizen(Kenya) 370. Green Hope DR /
Esperanza Verde RD(Dominican Republic)
371. Green Hope UAE (United Arab Emirates)
372. Greenbits Initiative(Kenya)
373. Greenearthcitizen (Sweden)
374. Greening Forward(United States Of America)
375. Guyana Women Miners Organisation(Guyana)
376. H3 Foundation - Hearts & Hands Of Humanity(Sri Lanka)
377. Habitat Awareness Planners International(United States Of America)
378. HATS Community Empowerment Programme(Ghana)
379. Healthy Egyptians (Egypt) 380. Heart Beat(Nepal) 381. Heart Of World (Benin) 382. Heliotrope(Canada) 383. Help Foundation (Nigeria) 384. HERA - Health Education
And Research Association(Macedonia)
385. Hetrixbyte.COM (Romania)
386. Hope Faith Foundation (Ghana)
387. Hope For Children Cameroon(Cameroon)
388. Hope For The Future(Liberia)
389. Hope Foundation For Social Entrepreneurship (Tanzania)
390. Horizon Jeune(Cameroon) 391. Horn Of Africa And Aids
Development Organisation(Kenya)
392. Hour Children (United States Of America)
393. House Of Perempuan(Indonesia)
394. HRIDAY (India) 395. Hristo Botev Secondary
School (Bulgaria) 396. Hub - Officine Giovanili
(Italy) 397. Human IS Right
(Cameroon) 398. Human Rights
Commission For Social Justice & Peace (Pakistan)
399. Human Rights Council-Ethiopia (Ethiopia)
400. Human Rights Education Network(France)
401. Humanitarian Educational Work And Development(Pakistan)
402. Humans For Equality Leadership And Prosperity (HELP) (Jamaica)
403. Huqooq-Ul-Ebad Development Foundation (Pakistan)
404. I Blog For Human Rights (Dominican Republic)
405. I Like Jaffna Youth Organization (Sri Lanka)
406. IBDDG/AP (Initiative De Base Pour Le Developpement Durable En Guinée(Guinea)
806. Sustainble Fish Farming And Microfinance Inititative(Nepal)
807. Swapbotswana (Botswana)
808. Swaziland Young Women's Network(Swaziland)
809. Sybaris Consulting Group(United States Of America)
810. Synergies Of Actions For Development And Education For All(Cameroon)
811. Synergy (United Arab Emirates)
812. Tacid Network (Tunisia) 813. Taipei American School
Model United Nations Program (Taiwan)
814. Talented Tenth In Mzansi(South Africa)
815. Tanweer For Institutional Building And Knowledge Management (Jordan)
816. Tanzania Environment Relatives Organization (Tanzania)
817. Tanzania Graduate Farmers Association (Tanzania)
818. Tanzanian Cultural Organization(Tanzania)
819. Targeted Initiatives To Mold And Enlighten Society(Pakistan)
820. TARSHI (Talking About Reproductive And Sexual Health Issues)(India)
821. Teachings Of
Entrepreneurship On Antipoverty Movement(Ethiopia)
822. Team For Nature And Wildlife(Nepal)
823. TECHO Haití(Haiti) 824. Tegemeo Youth Group
(Kenya) 825. Tembea Africans(Kenya) 826. Temple Debate Society
(United States Of America)
827. The Akili Initiative(United States Of America)
828. The Alliance For International Youth Development (United States Of America)
829. The Ashe Company(Jamaica)
830. The Association For Development Through Education, Information And Support (Romania)
831. The Child & Elderly Support Organisation (Uganda)
832. The Children's Project Fund(United States Of America)
833. The Commonwealth Human Rights And Democracy Network (United Kingdom)
834. The Coordinating Committee For International Voluntary Service (France)
835. The Dove Foundation (India)
836. The Duke Of Africa™ Foundation®(Botswana)
837. The Family Planning Association Of Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka)
838. The Foundation For Post Conflice Development (United States Of America)
839. The GODDESS Foundation(Botswana)
840. The Goi Peace Foundation(Japan)
841. The Great Society - Africa(United States Of America)
842. The Hand Of Change(Senegal)
843. The Indonesian Forum Of International And National Affairs(Indonesia)
844. The International Association For Volunteer Effort (United States Of America)
845. The Leader(Indonesia) 846. The Millennials
Movement(Peru) 847. The Multipurpose Inter
Parliamentary Union(Pakistan)
848. The National Society Of Collegiate Scholars(United States Of America)
849. The Peace Gong(India) 850. The President's Award-
Kenya (Kenya) 851. The Prospect(United
States Of America) 852. The S4
Foundation(Guyana)
853. THE SLUMCODE GROUP (Kenya)
854. The Student Voice Project(United States Of America)
855. The Web Tekies Ltd(Kenya)
856. The Winnipeg Oromo Youth Association (Canada)
857. The World For People Foundation(United Kingdom)
858. The World We Want Foundation(United States Of America)
859. The Youth Working Group-Sagesse University(Lebanon)
860. Theatre Of Solutions(Nigeria )
861. Thisable Creative(Indonesia)
862. Tinada Youth Organization(Kenya)
863. Tiruchirapalli Productivity Council(India)
864. Tiwale Community Based Organization (Malawi)
865. Toby Koncept(Nigeria ) 866. Tongu Youth Agenda For
Development (Ghana) 867. Toronto Youth Cabinet
(Canada) 868. Tourism For Life(Pakistan) 869. Transformed Expressions
Youth Development Initiative (Nigeria )
870. Triumphant Youth Foundation (Nigeria )
871. TRMEGA(Tanzania) 872. Tropical Rainforest
Foundation (Guatemala) 873. Tunisian Association Of
Educators(Tunisia) 874. Tunisian International
Model United Nations(Tunisia)
875. Tunisian Organization Of Debates(Tunisia)
876. Turkey Europe Foundation(Turkey)
877. Udema (Democratic Republic Of Congo)
878. Uganda Red Cross(Uganda)
879. Ukrainian Youth Forum (Ukraine)
880. UN MDG Youth Ambassadors Program(Suriname)
881. UN Youth Association Of Romania(Romania)
882. UN Youth Of Finland(Finland)
883. UNAI ASPIRE Of East Stroudsburg South (United States Of America)
884. UNA-Uganda(Uganda) 885. UNICEF- Speak Africa
Platform (Ethiopia) 886. Uniglow Global (United
Kingdom) 887. Union "Uniteck"(Ukraine) 888. Union Of Mongolian
Student(Mongolia) 889. Unitarian Universalist
United Nations Office(United States Of America)
890. United Colleges
Association(Tunisia) 891. United For Education And
Sustainable Futures (Austria)
892. United Nations Association Of Georgetown(United States Of America)
893. United Nations Association Of Serbia(Serbia)
894. United Nations Association Of Slovenia Youth Section (Slovenia)
895. United Nations Students Association- Ghana Technology University College (Ghana)
896. United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network - Youth Solutions (Australia)
897. United Nations Volunteers Yemen(Yemen)
898. United Nations Youth And Student Association Of Liberia (Liberia)
899. United Nations Youth Association Of Nigeria(Nigeria )
900. United Nations Youth Association Of Zambia(Zambia)
901. United Nations Youth Associations Network (Global)
902. United World For Women And Girls(Nepal)
903. Unity Mission Trust(Sri Lanka)
904. Uniunea Studentilor Din Romania/ Romanian Students Union (Romania)
905. Universities Together Empowering Development(United Kingdom)
906. University Of Youth(Brazil)
907. Uni-Y Trivandrum(India) 908. Unltd Tamil Nadu(India) 909. Unspoken Smiles
Foundation, Inc.(United States Of America)
910. Urducation(Pakistan) 911. V Care (India) 912. Vavaneafrica(Nigeria ) 913. VHS Bhaktapur (Nepal) 914. View Your Choice(Nepal) 915. Vigeo (France) 916. Vijana Umoja Pamoja
Foundation(Kenya) 917. Vineyard Town Police
Youth Club(Jamaica) 918. Virunga Gambia (Gambia) 919. Vision Aid International
Movement(Sierra Lone) 1040. Youth's View, Voice And
Vision In Society (Vietnam)
1041. Y-PEER Bhutan(Bhutan) 1042. Y-PEER In Belarus(Belarus) 1043. Y-PEER
Moldova(Moldova) 1044. Y-PEER Network
Pakistan(Pakistan) 1045. YPM Enviro
Engineers(India) 1046. Yusuphbabs Global
Industries Limited(Nigeria )
1047. YUWA (Nepal) 1048. YWCA Of Queens(United
States Of America) 1049. Zimbabwe United Nations
Association(Zimbabwe) 1050. Zo Indigenous
Forum(India)
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i The online thematic discussions were moderated by the following organizations: Education: UNICEF, the Global education First Initiative (GEFI); Employment and Entrepreneurship: ILO, UNIDO and the Major Group on Children and Youth (MGCY); Health: UNFPA, UNAIDS and the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA); Governance: UNDP, the International Coordination Meeting of Youth Organisations (ICMYO), Restless Development and Plan International; Peace and Stability: UN-HABITAT, the UN Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) and the United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY) ii Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2010, Education Counts
iii United Nations Technical Support Team Issues Brief: Education and Culture
iv The ‘most marginalized’, includes but is not limited to girls, adolescents and youth with disabilities; indigenous and
minority ethnic groups; young people in poverty; key populations affected with HIV; working children; those living in disadvantaged areas, in informal settlements or on the street; alternative care settings; refugees and migrants; and those affected by emergencies and conflict. v WHO http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/adolescent_health/facts/en/index.html