What is the Global Coalition of International Youth Organisations (GCIYO) ?

It is a Global Platform for International (working in more than one region) Youth Entities to Engage in the UN. It provides a dedicated universal space to coordinate and facilitate meaningful engagement of international youth entities/organisations in the UN across its pillars and organs through existing modalities. LEARN MORE

How Do We Define ‘international’?

While we do not use prescriptive frameworks, for the purpose of defining ‘International’ we generally use the framework of working in more than one region. 

How Was This initiated?

The effort draws on provisions in several UN resolutions and documents, primarily Agenda 21, Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, UNGA Resolution 66/288, UNGA Resolution 66/288 (Rio+20 Outcome – The Future We Want), UNGA Resolution 67/290 (High Level Political Forum), UNGA Resolution 70/1 (Agenda 2030) and the inter-governmentally agreed political declaration of the 2019 HLPF- A/HLPF/2019/L.1.

It also seeks to create designated spaces for different types of youth entities/organisations by scope of work (grassroots/local. national, regional and international) in the coordination structures of the UN MGCY and seeks to continue to enhance the diversity of 'types of entities/organisations' that engage in the work of the UN MGCY.