The World Conference on Youth 2014: stepping stone in post-2015 agenda

This week, representatives from over 100 diplomatic missions met in New Delhi, India to discuss the upcoming World Conference on Youth in May. The conference, which will take place in Sri Lanka, will be the first time the conference is hosted in Asia.

The theme of the event is ‘Mainstreaming Youth in the Post 2015 Development Agenda,’ and the conference will take place from 6th -10th May 2014 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Over 1,500 people, including 350 international youth leaders, 150 people from marginalised backgrounds and around 400 young people (two from every country in the world) will be in attendance.

The conference will focus on young people’s role in the creation and implementation of the post-2015 development agenda. The event aims to engage youth in reviewing the progress of achieving the Millennium development goals, increasing awareness about the World Programme for Action on Youth and facilitating the best ways to partner with youth, youth-led organisations and youth movements around the world.

The Vice President of the European Youth Forum, Lloyd Russell-Moyle, is involved in the conference as a co-chair of the International Youth Task Force.

“The conference will bring together people for the first time in history to engage in an intergenerational dialogue about the role of young people in creating and implementation the future development agenda,” Russell-Moyle said.

The European Youth Forum is looking forward to seeing what new, innovative ideas come out the World Conference on Youth that will help benefit young people around the world.