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Working Group on Youth

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Working Group on Youth

SDGs
Cover of Goal 03 Good health and well being
Cover of Goal 5 Gender equality
Cover of Goal 10 Reduce inequalities
Cover of Goal 13 Climate action
Cover of Goal 16 Peace, justice and strong institutions
Co-Chairs
ILO
UNFPA
UNICEF
Members
FAO
UNDP
ECLAC
ILO
PAHO
UNDRR
UNFPA
UNHCR
UNICEF
UNODC
UN WOMEN
UNAIDS
UNESCO
DPPA
UNEP
UNV

The Working Group on Youth serves the following key functions:

RESOURCES

Youth, Peace and Security Agenda: urgent need for positive peace with youth at its center (English) (Español) (Português)

Promoviendo la solidaridad intergeneracional: Jóvenes de América Latina y el Caribe construyendo una región más resiliente

Latin America and Caribbean youth and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: An examination from within the United Nations system

The United Nations Launches Second Survey in Latin America and the Caribbean on Youth and COVID-19

United Nations Launches a Survey for Youth in Latin America and the Caribbean within the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

SURVEYS

Second United Nations survey on Latin America and the Caribbean youth within the context of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Report of results

United Nations survey on Latin America and the Caribbean youth within the context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

CAMPAIGNS

International Youth Day 2022  
International Youth Day 2021  
International Youth Day 2020

ACTIVITIES

Services

• Developing information, tools and /or analysis about the situation of young people in Latin America and the Caribbean or specific sub-regions.
• Provision of technical assistance for the development of inter-agency programming on youth.
• In the Caribbean, the Working Group on Youth will prioritize the offer of subregional technical support, considering the linguistic, cultural and geopolitical specificities of this subregion, mostly composed of small island developing States, and where UNCTs often cover more than one country.

• Undertaking a comparative study on adolescents & youth policies across the region/subregion/group of countries to support UNCT policy support role in Latin America and the Caribbean.

• Developing guidance and recommendations on adolescents & youth specific public policy areas for a specific set of countries.

• Training sessions for UNCTs and/or external counterparts (as requested through the Resident Coordinators) on topics related to adolescents and youth.

• Producing and disseminating joint key messages and/or joint communications strategy on adolescents and youth.

• Development of joint positioning in relevant subregional, regional or global inter-government fora to advance the implementation of the Youth 2030 UN SG Strategy on Youth, the participation of adolescents and youth in relevant spaces or to advocate for advancing adolescents and youth rights, development and health.

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