UNESCO: Acting with and for Youth UNESCO's objective is to help empower young people, reaching out to them, responding to their expectations and ideas, fostering useful and long-lasting skills.

 

Meeting this objective is a challenging task!

The United Nations define youth as persons between the ages of 15 and 24. UNESCO understands that young people are a heterogeneous group in constant evolution and that the experience of ‘being young’ varies enormously across regions and within countries.

We are encouraging:

• The participation of young women and men in UNESCO and its various networks and partner organizations, to open up opportunities for all to listen to and engage in dialogue.
• Partnerships between UNESCO and young people’s networks and organizations, to solicit and integrate their views and priorities and collaborate with them in setting up projects and programmes in the areas of the Organization’s competence.
• The integration of youth concerns and issues into the policy agendas of Member States in education, the sciences, culture and communication, in order to create spaces and opportunities for empowering young people and giving recognition, visibility and credibility to their contributions.

Our programme focuses on:

• Inter-Agency Cooperation
• Cooperation with NGOs
• Youth Forum(s)
• Youth Policies and Programmes

Contact: youth@unesco.org

News

2009 International Essay Contest for Young People - Winners Announced! 2009-11-13 3:00 pm UNESCO
The results of the 10th edition of the International Essay Contest are now available. Young people from all over the world have their say on "The role of science in building a better world”.
UNESCO listens to youth: Sixth Youth Forum in Paris, 1 to 3 October 2009-09-26 2:00 pm UNESCOPRESS
On the eve of the opening of the 35th General Conference of UNESCO, 128 young people from 89 countries and some 84 observers representing 68 organizations took part in the 6th UNESCO Youth Forum in Paris, which was held from 1 to 3 October at UNESCO. This year’s theme was “Investing out of the crisis: towards a partnership between UNESCO and youth organizations”.
Message from Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of International Youth Day, 12 August 2009 2009-08-12 9:00 am UNESCO
2nd Forum of Ministers and High-Ranking Officials Responsible for Youth in Central America 2009-08-11 9:00 am UNESCO
The 2nd Forum of Ministers and High-Ranking Officials responsible for Youth in Central America will be held in San Jose, Costa Rica, from 21-22 August, 2009 on the theme: “Towards the institutionalization of public programs of prevention”.

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