The United Nations Secretary-General has convened world leaders in a once-in-a-generation Summit of the Future to adopt the Pact for the Future. Under the key pillar “Youth and Future Generations”, Actions 34 and 35 aim to improve youth engagement at national and international levels. Improving youth engagement also promises systemic impacts across all of the Actions.
And yet, many engagement practices are experienced as shallow or performative. Youth who have been – or have tried to be – engaged in governance processes are well placed to help leaders understand how best to work with them.
To advance both understanding and practices, NORRAG has convened a number of youth experts globally to advance world-leading and world-changing youth-led practices for meaningful youth engagement. Meaningful youth engagement can only be achieved by listening to youth; this Policy Insights collection allows us to learn from youth to better work with them.
