FAO at the ECOSOC Youth Forum 2023

The 2023 ECOSOC Youth Forum is convened by the President of ECOSOC and co-organized by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), and the Office of the Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, in collaboration with the United Nations Inter Agency Network on Youth Development (IANYD), and co-convened by the Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY) and the International Coordination Meeting of Youth Organizations (ICMYO), with technical inputs from youth-led and youth-focused organizations relevant to the theme of the forum.

Youth leaders from around the world will have the opportunity to engage with government representatives, youth delegates, policymakers and other relevant stakeholders in civil society and the private sector.

The Youth Forum will address the theme of ECOSOC and the 2023 UN High-level Political Forum on sustainable development (HLPF) on “Accelerating the recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at levels”. It will also review progress in the areas of clean water and sanitation (SDG 6), affordable and clean energy (SDG 7), industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9), sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11), and partnerships for the goals (SDG17).

The Youth Forum will also gather young people to share their  recommendations and innovative ideas in preparation of the SDG Summit, to be held under the auspices of the General Assembly, in September 2023.


                                                                                                 FAO at the 2023 ECOSOC Youth Forum

SIDE EVENT

Tuesday, 25 April | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (EDT) | Online event

'A Climathon for students to tackle climate change challenges in secondary cities: feedback from three experiences in Burkina Faso, Niger and Senegal'

*Hervé Levite, FAO Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture Expert, will participate.

Organized by FAO.

Concept note and agenda | Register


SDG THEMATIC DISCUSSSION

Tuesday, 25 April | 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM (EDT) | Hybrid event
UNHQ | Conference Room 5

'Thematic session on SDG 9: Harnessing the potential of youth to turbo-charge SDG9 – infrastructure, industry and innovation''

Co-organized by FAO and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

Concept note and agenda | Live webcast 


SIDE EVENT

Thursday, 27 April | 6:30 AM - 8:00 AM (EDT) | Hybrid event from FAO headquarters in Rome

'Agrifood systems transformation accelerates climate action: youth leadership for agrifood systems transformation'

Organized by the FAO Youth Committee, the IFAD Youth Network and the WFP Youth Network.

*FAO Chief Economist and Chair of the FAO Youth Committee, Máximo Torero Cullen, to participate.

Concept note and agenda | Live webcast


SIDE EVENT

Thursday, 27 April | 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM (EDT) | In-person event
UNHQ | Conference Room C

'Youth and women in agriculture: the future of regional and rural development for achieving SDG11'

Organized by the Permanent Mission of Hungary to the United Nations

*Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the United Nations in New York, QU Guangzhou, to participate as a panelist.

Concept note and agenda


SIDE EVENT

Friday, 28 April | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (EDT) | Online event

'Young voices in infrastructure and regional development'

Organized by UN Youth Delegates from the Netherlands, Slovakia, Switzerland, Austria and Italy

Concept note and agenda | Register