ECOSOC Youth Forum – Youth Participation Application

Background
Convened by the President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the ECOSOC Youth Forum gathers younger individuals from all horizons to contribute to coverage discussions by their distinctive experience, modern concepts, and concrete options. The Forum offers a platform for representatives of youth-led and youth-focused organizations and networks to have interaction in a dialogue with Member States with a view to additional advance younger individuals’s personal growth in addition to their contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Forum will happen from 15 to 17 April 2025 within the United Nations Headquarters in New York City (USA).

The ECOSOC Youth Forum will deal with a theme that aligns with the 2025 High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on “Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals for leaving no one behind.”
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The United Nations Youth Office will assist as much as 15 younger individuals (18-35 years outdated) to take part in individual on the ECOSOC Youth Forum.

Selection of eligible younger individuals might be made by the UN Youth Office with assist of companions, together with its Youth Reference group. Selection will take into account gender stability, geographical illustration and different under-represented youth.

Preference might be given to candidates with restricted or no prior engagement with the UN. Additionally, please word that we’re unable to sponsor youth who’re at the moment beneath contract with the UN.

Before making use of, please ensure you assessment the purposes’ steerage that may be discovered right here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xLM011xApXwPcjkiXsm6wiJNBnvt418A/view?usp=sharing

Please full this way by Wednesday 12 February by midnight ET.

All candidates might be notified of the ultimate determination relating to their application as much as 4 weeks after the deadline.

If you’ve gotten any questions, please attain out to the UN Youth Office: Romeral Ortiz Quintilla, Youth Engagement Lead, gracia.ortizquintilla@un.org.

Your voice issues in shaping multilateralism! We sit up for receiving your application and welcoming you to the ECOSOC Youth Forum. CLICK HERE TO APPLY.