UNESCO: Acting with and for youth
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=5058&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
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 25. The Section for Youth works specifically for the people in this age category.
UNESCO understands that young people are a heterogeneous group in constant flux and evolution, with certain groups more at risk, more vulnerable than others.
We are encouraging:
- the participation of young men and women in UNESCO and in partner organizations, to open up opportunities for all to listen to and engage in dialogue with them;
- partnerships between UNESCO and young people, 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.
NEWS:
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=5058&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
- the participation of young men and women in UNESCO and in partner organizations, to open up opportunities for all to listen to and engage in dialogue with them;
- partnerships between UNESCO and young people, 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.
NEWS:
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=5058&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html