Thank you for your interest in attending the Stakeholder Forum of the 9th Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting which will be held in Kampala, Uganda from 31st July – 1st August, 2017. This year’s theme is Resourcing and Financing Youth Development: Empowering Young People. The Forum is intended to be a space for dialogue and resolutions …
Resourcing and Financing for Youth Development will be in the spotlight when youth policy makers meet in Kampala, writes Alphonse Akouyu, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Cameroon. He argues that the meeting will be an opportunity for policy makers, stakeholders and youth leaders to come up with innovative ways on how to best resource, finance and empower …
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Angelique Pouponneau, a Commonwealth Correspondent from the Seychelles, highlights the importance of Public-Private partnerships in light of the upcoming Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting to reiterate the key role governments and the private sector stakeholders play to mobilise resources and finance youth development across the Commonwealth. This year at the 9th Commonwealth Youth Ministers’ Meeting (CYMM), …
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Kenneth Gyamerah, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Ghana, highlights the importance of the upcoming Commonwealth Youth Misters Meeting and calls for greater investment in young people to result a more prosperous, resilient and peaceful Commonwealth. The Commonwealth Secretariat will convene the 9th Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting (9CYMM) in Kampala, Uganda on 31st July to 4th August …
With so many youth policies promising empowerment in the developing world, why are we still experiencing so many challenges with youth development? Jamaican Commonwealth Correspondent Tamica Parchment says countries must approach youth development differently to ensure that policy translates to impact. As the Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting (CYMM) takes place in Kampala, Uganda, high on …
“Governments must bridge the gap between opportunities and change!” Read More »
Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC) is the official voice of 1.2 billion young people in the Commonwealth. It was established by the Heads of Governments in the commonwealth in line with the Commonwealth Charter. The CYC is an independent entity responsible for youth representation in the Commonwealth. Resource mobilisation and financing of youth development has been …
Commonwealth Youth Council calls for innovative financing for youth development Read More »
Kiiza Saddam Hussein, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Uganda who attened the Youth Connekt Africa Summit and the 9th Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting (CYMM) calls for a Commonwealth Youth Fund to boost entrepreneurship, innovation, agriculture and science in the Commonwealth. Time and time again we continue to discuss the ways of which we can address youth …
The Commonwealth Summit Unit has an opportunity for Commonwealth Correspondents who like taking photos – and who doesn’t enjoy snapping that shot that captures a moment or expresses a feeling? A Summit Instagram channel will be up and running shortly, kicking off with a campaign to crowdsource photos under the theme of “Commonwealth through your eyes.” This is a chance …
Alvin Ma, 26, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Canada, describes the powerful combination of sport and education in creating a fairer future for the Commonwealth. “I wouldn’t claim to have made any great discoveries, but at any rate I satisfactorily inched forward in our knowledge of a particular aspect of medicine…I’m far more content with that …
On the final day of the 11th Commonwealth Youth Forum, the young people of the Commonwealth finalised their declaration, expressing their policy recommendations to Heads of Government and action plan for the Commonwealth Youth Council. Layne Robinson, Head of Social Policy Development at the Commonwealth Secretariat said that the young people spoke very clearly on …
Commonwealth Youth put forward Declaration and Action Plan to power their common future Read More »