presentation on youth in sids
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SIDS Consultative Meeting, UNECA, 8-9 April 2015, Ethiopia.TRANSCRIPT
AFRICAN SIDS YOUTH Presented by:
Karuna Rana Antonio Palazuelos Prieto
Youth Specialists
SUMMARY
1. IntroducBon 2. General Context Youth in SIDS 3. Grassroots level 4. Macro level / Advocacy 5. Discussion
Where are the SIDS?
AIMS
AIMS AIMS
1. MauriBus 2. Seychelles 3. Comoros 4. Maldives
5. Cape Verde 6. Guinea Bissau
7. São Tomé and Príncipe 8. Singapore
How the youth is organized in the SIDS?
§ Pacific Youth Council
§ Caribbean Youth Council
§ AIMS Youth (?)
How the youth is organized in the SIDS?
ATLANTIC § Cabo Verde
-‐ FCJ -‐ Scouts -‐ PONG’s
§ Guinea-‐Bissau -‐ CNJ -‐ RENAJ -‐ FNJP
§ São Tomé & Príncipe -‐ CNJ -‐ FONGS
How the youth is organized in the SIDS?
INDIAN OCEAN § COMOROS § MAURITIUS § SEYCHELLES
PoliVcal process § In 1994 a meeBng in Barbados
prepared a plan dealing with the special needs of Small Island Developing States – The Barbados Programme of AcBon (BPOA)
§ In 2005 a 10 year review of the BPOA was held in MauriBus – the outcome was the MauriBus Strategy of ImplementaBon (MSI)
§ In 2014 a 20 year review of the BPOA was hold in Apia
§ Follow-‐up by the UN Economic Commissions and UNS: Samoa Pathway
M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S
Timeline for Apia 2014 NaBonal reports due from all SIDS
Regional consultaBons in PAC, CAR & AIMS
Inter-‐regional ConsultaBon in Barbados
3 Regional synthesis documents
SIDS synthesis document
GA appoints prep com
Side events and civil society forum
Conference Apia
Expert Mtgs
Expert Mtgs
Sustainable Development
Healthy Reefs
Healthy Oceans
Healthy Rivers
Clean water Healthy Forests
Healthy Mangroves
Healthy Wetlands
Healthy Soils
Healthy Grassland
Healthy Woodlands
ConservaBon Areas
Healthy Estuaries
Gender Equality Good Health
AcBve poliBcal
parBcipaBon
Good EducaBon
AcBve social life
Strong family
Clean Agriculture
Livelihood opportuniBes Good jobs
Adequate income
Good NutriBon
OpportuniBes for youth
Clean Industry
Clean Energy producBon
Clean Transport
Savings
Adequate Housing
Adequate SanitaBon
Access to credit
Economic Growth
What is SYAH?
The SIDS Youth AIMS Hub (SYAH) is a recently founded youth-‐led, inter-‐island NGO focused on advancing and implemenBng youth-‐led sustainable development in the AtlanBc, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, and South China Sea (AIMS) region.
In April 2014, SYAH got registered under the provisions of the RegistraBon of
AssociaBons Act of MauriBus
Our ObjecBves 1. To provide a dedicated network that connects young people working for
sustainable development in the AIMS region of Small Island Developing States (SIDS);
2. To engage young people to play an acBve role in the sustainable development of their country, region and globally, thereby promoBng youth-‐led sustainable development;
3. To promote parVcipatory governance, inclusive of youth from marginalised and minority groups, and provide a plamorm for young people to acBvely engage in sustainable development policy-‐and-‐decision-‐making processes naBonally, regionally and globally;
4. To promote and support volunteerism amongst young people in the SIDS AIMS region;
5. To promote and support research work done by youth in sustainable development areas; and
6. To build sustainable partnerships with relevant stakeholders in achieving the objecBves of the AssociaBon.
The Birth of SYAH
Advocacy
Community Development Research
ARC
#YouthinPolicy #SIDS2014 #Post2015Agenda
• Sustainable development • Youth development • Social entrepreneurship
• EducaBon & training • Volunteerism • Social entrepreneurship • Other hands-‐on environmental and social projects
Our partnerships are mulV-‐layered
Global
Regional
NaVonal
Eg. SIDS Youth Network
Eg. AtlanBc Strategy
Eg. Global Shapers Port Louis Hub
Grassroots
§ InternaBonal Youth Day § InternaBonal Volunteers Day § Global Youth Service Day
Grassroots
§ Climate Change Awareness
Grassroots
§ Non Formal EducaBon
Grassroots
§ Awareness campaigns
Grassroots
§ Environmental EducaBon
Grassroots
§ ParBcipaBon & Engagement
Grassroots
§ ConservaBon and heritage
Grassroots
§ Science EducaBon
Grassroots
§ Volunteering for Environment
Grassroots
§ Environmentally friendly income generaBng acBviBes
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Grassroots § Early Warning System Support
SYAH Regional Youth Workshop May, Ebene, MauriBus
The objecVves of the workshop were: 1. To review SYAH’s governance; 2. To learn about the work of the Indian Ocean
Commission, specifically projects related to biodiversity and renewable energy; and
3. To prepare a 2-‐year AcBon Plan for SYAH, focused on
(a) Seqng up NaBonal Commirees, led by a NaBonal Focal Point;
(b) Mobilising and engaging youth in IOC projects and in the preparaBons and youth advocacy leading up to the SIDS 2014 Conference and beyond.
ParBcipants from Seychelles, Comoros and MauriBus reviewing
SYAH’s statute
SYAH Regional Youth Workshop May, Ebene, MauriBus
Youth parBcipants (represenBng Cape Verde, Comoros, Maldives, MauriBus (including Rodrigues island) and Seychelles) with Mrs. Hiroko Morita-‐Lou, Chief, SIDS Unit, UN DESA
Winning entry in the Category 13 – 17 years old by Bhashnee Isnoo
Seeing Blue: InteracVve Dialogue on Oceans
ParBcipants at the mulV-‐stakeholder round-‐table InteracBve Dialogue on Oceans and a prize-‐giving ceremony on 28 June
2014.
The dialogue enabled different stakeholders, including youth, to discuss and exchange ideas on exisBng and
future measures to tackle ocean-‐related issues.
The Sustainability Tour
PHASE 1 (before Samoa Conference) ConducBng mini workshops with young people in high schools and universiBes in line with the InternaBonal Year of SIDS, on topics such as sustainable development in
SIDS, the specificiBes and challenges of SIDS, the SIDS 2014 Conference, the Post-‐2015 Development Agenda process and youth
advocacy.
PHASE 2 (a`er Samoa Conference) Mini workshops with young people in high schools and universiBes on topics
such as Renewable Energy and Biodiversity.
SYAH Sustainability Tour session held with youth in MauriBus and Seychelles
Advocacy and Policy Dialogue
Seychelles youth with Mr. Jean-‐Paul Adam, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Seychelles during the NaBonal Youth ConsultaBon organized in line with the SIDS 2014 Conference on 16 August 2014
Advocacy HE Minister of Youth, Employment and HR
Advocacy HE Prime Minister
Advocacy HE President of the Republic
Advocacy DeclaraBon of S. Vicente
Advocacy DeclaraBon of Mindelo
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DECLARATION OF MINDELO
"DECENT WORK FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT”
Outcomes of the Conference “Agenda Post 2015 on Population and Youth Employment”
Preamble In the year 2000 the United Nations formulated the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for countries to achieve them by 2015. Currently, world leaders are consulting stakeholders and development partners to create a new Charter called the Post 2015 Development Agenda, where population and youth employment are two fundamental issues in current debate, making young African leaders key players in this new Agenda.
In this context, and under the framework of the Fifth African University of Youth and Development which took place in Mindelo, Cape Verde, young African and African Diaspora leaders, gathered at the Conference "Post-2015 Agenda on Population and Youth Employment" from May 8th to 10th, to discuss advocacy and cooperation strategies to advance the Post-2015 Development Agenda. The Conference revealed the concerns of African youth and provided a space for them to be heard and taken into account, as they are the backbone of sustainable development in Africa and the world.
This Conference is part of a broader Post-2015 Agenda consultation, included in the global meetings "The world we want" and "My world" initiatives. These consultations are promoted by the United Nations, as a follow up to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio + 20. The Conference contributes to the debate on the MDGs through two fundamental themes: Population and Youth Employment. It is part of the
CooperaVon in InternaVonal Plaaorms
Climate for Development in Africa Youth Plamorm
CooperaVon in InternaVonal Plaaorms
African UniversiBes on Youth and Development
«In this University we are all exposed to a learning environment that values the sharing, and the caring for each other: a community of practices that devote a week to learn and learn to live together».
African University on Youth and Development
The third edition of the African University on Youth and Development, organized by the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe, the Cape-Verdean Youth Federation and the Portuguese National Youth Council, with the support of the European Youth Forum and the Pan-African Youth Union, took place from 15 to 21st May in Cape Verde. It brought together leaders of the main world youth movements with the aim of promoting youth participation in decision-making processes and elaborating cooperation policies for Global Development.
The main objectives of the AUYD were to create a political space where youth can affirm and receive recognition for their role in Euro-African co-operation, particularly in implementing the Strategic Partnership EU-Africa; to provide a space for raising awareness on development issues and global education, training, non-formal education and intercultural dialogue for youth leaders; and to facilitate the process of defining and implementing youth projects within the Euro-African co-operation and Global Youth cooperation and promoting youth policies.
AFRICA-EUROPE COOPERATION “The North-South Centre, the Portuguese National Youth Council together with a long list of partners that includes the European youth Forum, the Pan African Youth Union and ADYNE- African Diaspora Youth Network Europe are committed to continue enlarging and qualifying this space as a natural space to implement the outcomes of the Africa Europe Youth Summits. The Cape Verdean Youth Federation and the Cape Verdean authorities expressed the wish to continue to host this University in these Islands”, according to Marcos Andrade from the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe.
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