{"id":15289,"date":"2016-10-19T03:27:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T03:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.globallandscapesforum.org\/glf-marrakesh\/?page_id=15289"},"modified":"2016-10-19T07:33:28","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T07:33:28","slug":"youth-in-conferences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archive.globallandscapesforum.org\/glf-marrakesh\/de\/youth-in-landscapes-initiative\/youth-in-conferences\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth in conferences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yfvudZpW0cE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The most pressing global challenges of today are intergenerational: climate change, environmental degradation and social unrest. We cannot have discussions about these topics without meaningfully engaging people under 30 years old (who also make up over half of the world\u2019s population).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are many barriers to young people&#8217;s\u2019 effective participation in such discussions and decision making processes. Financial constraints stop them attending important meetings. Poor internet connectivity means rural voices are underrepresented. Those who do participate often don\u2019t have the skills and confidence to do so effectively. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2015, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2016\/01\/the-10-skills-you-need-to-thrive-in-the-fourth-industrial-revolution\/\">World Economic Forum<\/a>\u00a0found that the most important skills for\u00a0a 2020 workforce include complex problem solving skills, creativity, people management, coordinating with others, judgement, decision making, negotiation, critical thinking and active listening skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15331\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.globallandscapesforum.org\/glf-marrakesh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/10\/bD4ikTLC2_fTr1843WCwYsZFbkCs-VwJBAQu2COD1rE-1-1-300x274.png\" alt=\"bd4iktlc2_ftr1843wcwyszfbkcs-vwjbaqu2cod1re-1\" width=\"422\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.globallandscapesforum.org\/glf-marrakesh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/10\/bD4ikTLC2_fTr1843WCwYsZFbkCs-VwJBAQu2COD1rE-1-1-300x274.png 300w, https:\/\/archive.globallandscapesforum.org\/glf-marrakesh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/10\/bD4ikTLC2_fTr1843WCwYsZFbkCs-VwJBAQu2COD1rE-1-1-768x702.png 768w, https:\/\/archive.globallandscapesforum.org\/glf-marrakesh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/10\/bD4ikTLC2_fTr1843WCwYsZFbkCs-VwJBAQu2COD1rE-1-1-92x84.png 92w, https:\/\/archive.globallandscapesforum.org\/glf-marrakesh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2016\/10\/bD4ikTLC2_fTr1843WCwYsZFbkCs-VwJBAQu2COD1rE-1-1.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Universities are struggling to prepare young people for this future; indeed there are active calls for the development of youth engagement programs outside formal education. Informal, experiential, and collaborative learning processes, such as those that take place at conferences, are important for fostering youth participation and leadership particularly when participants are given the time and space to practise skills with their peers and mentors in a safe environment.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our youth in conferences programs are carefully designed for which impact goes far beyond the usual metrics ($ invested, # businesses started) but deeper to the core of how human beings need to work together, resolve differences and realise when they are working towards the same goal. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is not just about youth but also about how different generations can work together, which is why YIL has always had an intergenerational focus with mentoring initiatives and an open invite to senior delegates interested to attend the youth session.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The most pressing global challenges of today are intergenerational: climate change, environmental degradation and social unrest. 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