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Final Day. Global Forum on Youth Policies.
The first Global Forum on Youth Policies took place in Baku, Azerbaijan on 28-30 October 2014.
The final day started with the plenary session on guiding principles for global youth policy development. This session addressed principles that should guide &inform youth policy development, implementation and monitoring at local, national, regional and global levels.
Following the plenary session, regional sessions explored how the common denominators and guiding principles discussed throughout the Forum could be translated into regional contexts. Facilitated by the UN regional commissions, these sessions featured overviews of the regional status-quo in relation to youth policy & youth policy frameworks.
A special session was also held on mobilizing youth people in the response to Ebola. A session was about the efforts of young people in the fight against Ebola – with youth participants from the region.
To finalize the work and summarize the results of all discussions, a closing session on the issue of “Taking youth policies forward: the next 5 years” was held. The final session reviewed and took stock of the First Global Forum on Youth Policies. A summary by the reporting team and reflections by the General Rapporteur of the Forum was followed by statements of and discussions with the Forum’s main stakeholders, focusing on the way ahead and actions needed to be undertaken in the coming years to take youth policies forward. As a result of a closing session, Baku Commitments on Youth Policies was adopted. Find the Baku Commitments from here: www.youthpolicyforum.org/documents/commitment.pdf
The Farewell Reception was followed by the final dinner of the First Global Forum on Youth Policies.
Final Day. Global Forum on Youth Policies.
The first Global Forum on Youth Policies took place in Baku, Azerbaijan on 28-30 October 2014.
The final day started with the plenary session on guiding principles for global youth policy development. This session addressed principles that should guide &inform youth policy development, implementation and monitoring at local, national, regional and global levels.
Following the plenary session, regional sessions explored how the common denominators and guiding principles discussed throughout the Forum could be translated into regional contexts. Facilitated by the UN regional commissions, these sessions featured overviews of the regional status-quo in relation to youth policy & youth policy frameworks.
A special session was also held on mobilizing youth people in the response to Ebola. A session was about the efforts of young people in the fight against Ebola – with youth participants from the region.
To finalize the work and summarize the results of all discussions, a closing session on the issue of “Taking youth policies forward: the next 5 years” was held. The final session reviewed and took stock of the First Global Forum on Youth Policies. A summary by the reporting team and reflections by the General Rapporteur of the Forum was followed by statements of and discussions with the Forum’s main stakeholders, focusing on the way ahead and actions needed to be undertaken in the coming years to take youth policies forward. As a result of a closing session, Baku Commitments on Youth Policies was adopted. Find the Baku Commitments from here: www.youthpolicyforum.org/documents/commitment.pdf
The Farewell Reception was followed by the final dinner of the First Global Forum on Youth Policies.