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Quick Link to this page: www.unesco.org/en/youth
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| UNESCO: Acting with and for Youth |
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| UNESCO's objective is to help empower young people, reaching out to them, responding to their expectations and ideas, fostering useful and long-lasting skills. |
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Meeting this objective is a challenging task!
The United Nations define youth as persons between the ages of 15 and 24. UNESCO understands that young people are a heterogeneous group in constant evolution and that the experience of ‘being young’ varies enormously across regions and within countries.
We are encouraging:- The participation of young women and men in UNESCO and its various networks and partner organizations, to open up opportunities for all to listen to and engage in dialogue.
- Partnerships between UNESCO and young people’s networks and organizations, to solicit and integrate their views and priorities and collaborate with them in setting up projects and programmes in the areas of the Organization’s competence.
- The integration of youth concerns and issues into the policy agendas of Member States in education, the sciences, culture and communication, in order to create spaces and opportunities for empowering young people and giving recognition, visibility and credibility to their contributions.
Our programme focuses on: Contact: ucj@unesco.org |
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04-12-2008 (UNESCO) - The results of the International Essay Competition 2008, organized by the Goi Peace Foundation and UNESCO, are now available. The theme was "My project to create positive change in my environment: How can I foster sustainable development in my community?”
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18-11-2008 (UNESCO) - From 8 to 12 December 2008, UNESCO will host the sculptures exhibition « Kano – Son chemin ». This exhibition retraces half century of creation by sculptor Minoru Kano (1930-2007) in France.
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14-11-2008 (UNESCO) - To broaden their knowledge on the different aspects and issues related to world heritage, thirty young people from sixteen countries gathered in Quebec, Canada, during the 32nd session of the World Heritage Committee, held from 21 June to 10 July 2008. The event was organized by Parks Canada and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO.
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05-11-2008 (UNESCOPRESS) - How can we fight racism and discrimination in stadiums and on playing fields? What action can municipalities take to combat this plague? On 6 November, five young representatives of three European cities (Botkyrka, Erlangen, Nuremberg) affiliated with the European Coalition of Cities against Racism (ECCAR) visited the European Parliament in Brussels and presented a set of recommendations for preventing and responding to racist behaviour in amateur and professional sports.
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16-09-2008 (UNESCOPRESS) - UNESCO Director-General, Koïchiro Matsuura, designated the Dominican musician Juan Luis Guerra UNESCO Artist for Peace during a ceremony on 15 September 2008 at the Organization’s Headquarters in Paris.
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11-09-2008 (UNESCO) - On 2 September 2008, Mr Davaajargal Munkhb, the Mongolian sumo wrestler known professionally as Hakuho, was designated UNESCO Champion for Sport by the Organisation’s Director-General, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, in recognition of his dedication to UNESCO’s values and ideals.
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