ECOSOC Youth Forum 2025
ECOSOC Youth Forum 2025 | Expression of Interest for in-person Participation
What is the ECOSOC Youth Forum?
The ECOSOC Youth Forum, ie the annual youth forum of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, is a platform that bring together young people from around the world to engage in deliberations on 2030 Agenda. It has evolved into a key platform where young people, high-level Government representatives and other stakeholders of the youth sector contribute to policy discussions through their positions, ideas, solutions, and innovations for the SDGs. It is organically connected with key UN processes and events under the umbrella framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, especially the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
The next ECOSOC Youth Forum will take place from the 15th-17th April, 2025 at the UN Headquarters in New York and the Youth Blast comprising capacity-building and training activities will take place on the 14th April 2025 in New York.
The theme of the 2025 ECOSOC Youth Forum will align with that of the 2025 High-level Political Forum: “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.” The 2025 Youth Forum will be a three-day event, with the last day dedicated to the preparation of the Conference and the 2nd World Social Summit, and the UN Financing for Development (FfD-4). The event will be held in-person, and it will feature opening and closing plenary sessions with representatives from youth organizations, as well as high-level and keynote speakers. Further details about the Forum will be published on its webpage: https://ecosoc.un.org/en/what-we-do/ecosoc-youth-forum/about-youth-forum/ecosoc-youth-forum-2025
Are you interested in attending?
Participants in the ECOSOC Youth Forum will be Member States, including Ministers and other high-level representatives, young people as well as representatives of regional and multilateral organisations.
The Youth Forum will bring together young people from a wide diversity of backgrounds. it will reflect the diversity of youth advocates, formal and informal youth organisations, entities and group working at the grassroots, national, regional and international levels. A particular emphasis will be given to representatives of marginalised and vulnerable youth communities.
To express interest in attending the forum, young people should fill out the form below. Note that currently there is no financial support available from the UN or any of the youth partners for the Youth Forum. Any funded opportunities available in the future will be shared with the participants registered.
There are many opportunities to engage in activities leading up and at the forum, including speaking roles, facilitation roles, taking part in drafting the youth outcome report, etc. These will be shared in the future to the participants registered.
Are you interested to participate in the Forum? Please fill out this expression of interest form: https://forms.gle/9ujQsRmXYfbsFCuj6
FIRST DEADLINE: January 12, 2025
SECOND DEADLINE: January 31, 2025