Summit of the Future - Youth Consultations & More Updates!

Engage in Summit of the Future:

Upcoming Consultations

& More Updates

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View this email in your browser Engage in Summit of the Future: Upcoming Consultations & More Updates! Dear youth and youth organizations,  We are pleased to circulate this newsletter to share exciting updates and opportunities regarding youth-led engagement at the UN Summit of the Future 2024. About Summit of the Future The Summit of the Future will take place in September 2023 bringing member states and stakeholders together to forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present and safeguard the future. The negotiations for the Summit are already taking place, occurring every 2-3 weeks at UN HQ in New York. The negotiations will result in an inter-governmentally negotiated text called “Pact for the Future”, structured under the 5 themes/chapters identified in the Scope Paper of the summit. The overall negotiations are being chaired by Germany and Namibia, alongside tracks on the Declaration on Future Generations and Global Digitial Compact being chaired by another set of member states available here.  Given the wide focus and ambition of the summit, it is essential to meaningfully engage young people in the process from the inception. Young people have been consulting and organizing their participation in the summit since 2022 and before (read more here) and we are excited to be able to continue this journey with you.  Youth Info Hub for the Summit Building on the model at ECOSOC Youth Forum and other processes, we are pleased to launch Youth Info Hub for Summit of the Future accessible on: www.linktree.com/youth_for_sotf This should serve as a one-stop shop for finding important links and updates about youth engagement in the Summit preparatory process. We have intentionally kept the design simple to ease access even in case of low internet connectivity or bandwidth.  Youth Info Hub Global Youth Policy Paper for the Summit of the Future  This Youth Policy Paper will be developed in different stages. The first version (v1) of the Policy Paper will be finalized before 31st December 2023 (deadline by UN) to provide inputs to the Zero Draft of the Pact for the Future, and subsequent versions will be worked upon in 2024 as negotiations progress. Register Now for Youth Consultation/Working Sessions! We want to ensure that the global youth positions developed are inclusive and reflect the views of a wide range of youth-led, youth-serving organizations and young individuals. We would like to invite you to youth consultation/working sessions to prepare inputs for the different chapters of the zero draft - these won’t just be an avenue for you to listen to speeches/statements but to co-develop and draft inputs jointly. To register for the working sessions, please fill out this form to indicate your interest. The joining links to the consultation sessions, together with background reading/analysis materials and working/live Google docs, will subsequently be emailed to registered participants. A schedule of the sessions is presented below, each session will be facilitated by a representative from the respective thematic constituency. If you would like to support us in organizing the sessions such as note-taking or helping with document review etc., let us know here.  Schedule of Consultations/Working Sessions: Consultation/working session on Chapter 3 “Science, technology and Innovation and Digital Cooperation”: Date & Time: Sunday 17th December, 3.00 pm - 4.30 pm UTC (10 am - 11.30 am New York time) Facilitated by:  Science Policy Interface (SPI) Youth Platform - Yash Tadimalla (Thematic Focal Point - Technology), Janelle Cheung (Thematic Focal Point - Data)  ------ Overall meeting of the Youth Working/Focus Group, featuring updates and discussion on meaningful engagement of youth, Tuesday 19th December,  3.30 pm - 4.30 pm UTC (10.30 am - 11.30 am New York Time) ------ Consultation/working session on Chapter 2 “International Peace and Security”: Wednesday 20th December 1400 - 15.30 UTC (9 am - 10.30 am New York Time) Facilitated by: Global Youth Caucus for SDG16 & Co-chair of the Youth in Politics Task Force of the Global Coalition for Youth Peace & Security: Mohamed Edabbar ------ Consultation/working session on Chapters 4 & 5“ Youth and future generations;” and “Transforming Global Governance”, Friday 21st December, 4.00 pm - 6.00 pm UTC (11 am - 1.00 pm New York time) Facilitated by: MGCY Secretariat - Lucy Fagan (Social Policy Officer) and Sendai Children and Youth Stakeholder Group - Terry Otieno (Global Focal Point) ------ The timing for consultation on Chapter 1 is to be confirmed soon.  ------ You can use the same link below to register for these consultations/working sessions.  Register Now Share your written contribution/existing policy paper As part of the development of the collective youth policy paper, we want to ensure that the policy demands are coherent and concrete while also not duplicating the amazing work that youth groups have already done or are doing; and that the constituency’s work builds on the existing policy stances. We have already started mapping and consolidation exercises of existing position papers across the UN system from youth groups, and would now like to invite everyone to contribute! We request you to support us by sharing your existing contributions such as policy/position papers using this form. This can include any previous policy paper relevant to the five themes of the Summit of the Future, or any new documents that you have developed during a consultation process recently. All kinds of inputs are welcomed as long as a clear relevance to themes is maintained. https://forms.gle/dVDfRTzDzzVvr7EK8 Join the Youth Working/Focus Group  To further enhance the participation of youth, and to provide a universal space for all interested youth organizations and youth advocates to contribute, engage and co-design the youth engagement for Summit of the Future, the youth constituency last year operationalized a Working/Focus Group specific for the process, called the Summit of the Future Youth Working/Focus Group. Please join via the link:  More updates will be shared directly with the focus group.  Join the Working Group Get involved Starting to engage in the MGCY is very simple! As a member, you can embark on a journey of impact where the priorities of young people become part of youth-led advocacy and proceedings at the UN. Get involved now! 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