Global Youth Forum on Sustainable Development Online: Empowering Youth for the 2030 Agenda
Overview
Date: 29 January to 9 February 2024
Language: English
Application deadline: 25th January 2024
Price: Tuition 980€ (Subsistence 0€, Total 980€)
Scholarships: Scholarships available for outstanding candidates from developing countries in Africa, Southeast Asia, South Asia and the South Pacific
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Key features
Plenary sessions
- Engage with a core faculty of development professionals, social entrepreneurs and civil society change agents.
Leadership and Career Labs
- Shape your career and develop interpersonal skills for sustainable impact.
Project Design Sessions
- Designing sustainable solutions for the Decade of Action.
Introduction to the Forum
Far from being mere beneficiaries of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, young people play a vital role in its development. As architects of its frameworks and processes, they continue to be involved in its implementation, monitoring and review. The Decade of Action emphasises the need to accelerate sustainable solutions, making it crucial to include young people in their design and implementation.
Those aspiring to an international career are invited to acquire the skills needed to instigate change and support efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ITCILO) invites you to participate in the 2024 edition of its Global Youth Forum, an experiential learning platform that puts young people at the forefront of supporting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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Who should attend?
The Global Youth Forum welcomes undergraduate and postgraduate students and young professionals interested in pursuing an international career and developing projects to accelerate the realisation of the SDGs.
Learning objectives
Over the course of the two-week forum, participants will expand their knowledge of:
- The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the synergies of the SDGs.
- Leadership, involvement and empowerment of young people to accelerate the realisation of the SDGs.
- Leadership and soft skills for conceiving, planning and pursuing an international career.
- Fundamentals of project design for impact on the SDGs.
What will you learn?
Plenary sessions
- Unfold the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its SDGs.
- Discover the roles that future leaders can play in advancing the 2030 Agenda.
- Incorporate inclusive practices in the design and development of sustainable solutions.
Leadership and Career Labs
- Improve social skills for designing and pursuing an international career.
- Acquire and strengthen teamwork skills to thrive in multicultural environments.
- Make your voice heard and create space for the inclusion and support of others, leaving no-one behind.
Project proposal writing sessions
- Defining the foundations for the design of a sustainable group project proposal.
- Test your public speaking skills and your ability to present projects for international development.
- Brainstorm sustainable solutions and action steps for implementing the project.
Why join?
- Gain an in-depth understanding of the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs, discovering how young people can play a role in supporting their realisation.
- Design and develop a group project proposal to advance the SDGs at a local, national or global level.
- Expand your network with international development professionals, leading experts and like-minded colleagues committed to sustainable development.
- Develop your interpersonal skills to unleash your potential and bring about change.
Certificate
Participants who achieve the Forum's learning objectives through weekly asynchronous tasks in groups unlock an official ITCILO Certificate of Participation in the form of digital credentials. They also gain access to a network of over 500 Global Youth Forum alumni.
About INTEGRŌ
INTEGRŌ is the global skills development centre for future leaders in the world of work of the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ITCILO). Highlighting the ILO's contributions to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, INTEGRŌ motivates future leaders to leverage synergies that link Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG 8) to all other goals for the benefit of their communities. INTEGRŌ offers a wide range of training opportunities in global competences, working in synergy to formulate a dynamic and integrated curriculum.
