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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 of the Regional Collaborative Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean serves the following key functions:

  • Act as the technical advisory group on Youth to the Regional Collaborative Platform on sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, ensuring a coherent United Nations response to the needs and interests of young people in the region, in all their diversity.

  • Assist United Nations country teams in their roles supporting the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the country level, and the involvement of youth in the Sustainable Development Goals and the implementation of the Montevideo Consensus.

  • Facilitate the sharing of experiences at the regional level, including successes, challenges, and lessons learned, to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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

CAMPAIGNS

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

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 United Nations country teams often cover more than one country.

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

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

• Training sessions for United Nations country teams 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 United Nations Secretary-General Strategy on Youth, the participation of adolescents and youth in relevant spaces, or to advocate for advancing adolescents and youth rights, development, and health.
  • Community for the Working Group on Youth

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