Program for Youth@Annual Meetings 2008
Youth@Annual Meetings 2008 is a first attempt by the World Bank to create a conducive space for youth within the Annual Meetings Civil Society Forum. As this is a pilot program, a group of 17 youth leaders representing 13 nations from the Bank’s Youth for Development and Peace networks and Youth Advisory Groups, in addition to some local youth activists and NGO leaders have been invited to participate in this event. The primary objectives of this initiative are to 1) provide a space to discuss major development concerns from a youth perspective; 2) institutionalize the dialogue and exchange of ideas and experiences between the Bank and youth organizations and 3) increase the knowledge of youth about the work and priorities of the World Bank. The youth program will run from Wednesday, October 8 to Friday, October 10, 2008. Participants will be involved in a series of plenary sessions covering the themes of youth citizenship and school-to-work transition interspersed with breakout sessions allowing youth leaders to share ideas, network and dialogue with one another, Bank staff, CSO and policy leaders. The event will culminate in the drafting of a central workplan offering participants and the World Bank viable options for future collaboration and coordination. It is hoped that Youth@Annual Meetings will become a fixture during future Annual Meetings.
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Youth@Annual Meetings 2008 is being organized by a cross-sectoral team, which includes the World Bank’s External Affairs Vice-Presidency, the Human Development Network Children & Youth Unit, Social Development Department/Citizen Driven Development Unit, Operations Policy and Country Services, and Friends of Africa International. The program is sponsored by the Civil Society Team and the Global Partnership for Youth Investment (World Bank/ImagineNations Group).
Follow up to the Youth@Annual Meetings
Information: Maya Brahmam, Senior Communications Officer, EXTIA, mbrahmam@worldbank.org
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