The Youth Advisory Group (YAG) marks a big step within the group’s efforts to amplify youth management and engagement in sustainable improvement processes and programmes. This initiative aligns with the worldwide UN Youth Technique, Youth2030, which emphasizes the significance of significant youth participation in all areas of the UN’s work.
The institution of the YAG is a key part of UN Jamaica’s complete Youth Engagement Motion Plan (YEAP). This plan, designed to bolster youth involvement throughout all pillars of the UN’s work in Jamaica, is intently aligned with the timeline of the United Nations’ present Cooperation Framework.
The Youth Advisory Group goals to supply younger leaders in Jamaica with one other platform to play an lively and main position within the nation’s sustainable improvement, working in shut collaboration with the UN. Members of the YAG will achieve worthwhile insights into UN programmes each globally and domestically, whereas additionally providing suggestions to UN management on how these programmes can higher serve the youth of Jamaica.
“We consider that the voices of younger persons are essential in shaping the way forward for Jamaica,” stated Dennis Zulu UN Resident Coordinator. “The Youth Advisory Group is a chance for youth leaders to immediately affect the UN’s work within the nation, guaranteeing that our programmes are inclusive, related, and efficient.”
Membership within the YAG will encompass lively nationwide youth representatives and rising leaders who’re dedicated to serving their communities. In keeping with the UN’s mandate to “Go away No One Behind” (LNOB), the YAG shall be each participatory and inclusive, representing the various voices and experiences of Jamaican youth.
The YAG is predicted to additional strengthen the UN’s engagement with younger individuals in Jamaica, fostering a technology of leaders who’re outfitted to drive the nation’s improvement ahead sustainably and equitably.
The initiative underscores the United Nations’ ongoing dedication to youth empowerment and its recognition of younger individuals as key companions in attaining the Sustainable Growth Objectives (SDGs) in Jamaica and past.
“We recognise that we’re borrowing this planet from younger individuals, and we now have a accountability to go away it in good situation. This YAG ensures that Jamaica’s younger persons are not simply within the entrance passenger seat, however are driving us in the direction of resilient and sustainable improvement,” Zulu stated.
