Youth and Democracy

Projects

The 2007 Commonwealth Youth Forum took place in Entebbe, Uganda.

The 2007 Commonwealth Youth Forum took place in Malta.

The 2003 Commonwealth Youth Forum took place in Nigeria.

The theme of this exchange is " Cross-cultural collaboration to make a difference in Ghana through youth leadership, peer education and volunteering"

The Youth Action Group get involved in the development CYEC and taking action on Commonwealth Projects

The theme of this excahnge is "To discuss cultural differences

The Commonwealth Youth Forum 2009 took place in November in Trinidad and Tobago. Read about it here.

Debate to Action Wales provides training for young leaders pushing for the implementation of the Millenium Development Goals.

The Commonwealth Local Government Young Professionals Forum taking place in Cardiff in March 2011

Blog posts

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11 Jul 2011

We are recruiting four young people to work alongside the Department for International Development (DFID) and leading Civil Society Organisations (CSOs). As a member of the DFID / CSO Youth Working Group steering committee, you will promote the role of young people in creating global change.

26 May 2010

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07 Apr 2010

On arrival to Westminster Abbey, we were signed in and went through security, had our photo taken and given a lanyard with our visitor pass. We then made our way to a room to get signed in by the CYEC staff and began chatting to the other people we would be spending our day with.

28 Mar 2009

Download the final Communique from CYF5

The CYF provides an independent platform and voice for representative Commonwealth youth to consider a young person’s agenda at the same time as the CHOGM. Each CYF addresses Commonwealth youth’s concerns and builds on the work of previous youth fora. Each Forum works to formulate a Statement of Recommendations and Action Plans. These are shared with Heads of Government and disseminated Commonwealth-wide.

12 Mar 2009

We, the delegates of the sixth Commonwealth Youth Forum, representing 47 Commonwealth member countries and territories, are pleased to report that we have held fruitful discussions under the theme of ‘Breaking Barriers: Unleashing Young People’s Potential for evelopment’. We thank our Ugandan hosts for this opportunity. We have committed ourselves to achieving substantial outcomes before young Commonwealth representatives meet again in Trinidad and Tobago in 2009 and ask you for your help in realising these. Young people make up more than half of the Commonwealth’s population. We must continue invest in young people as their involvement can ensure advancements for generations to come.