Loading ...The Permanent Mission of Romania to the United Nations hosted a working session on the evaluation of the Youth Delegate to the United Nations Program, reads a Foreign Ministry release on Friday. Under the theme "Youth in the decision-making processes, developments in the 2008-2009 term', the event was organized by Alexandra Martin and Bogdan Covaliu, Romania's Youth Delegates to the Commission for Social Development.
The working session was structured as a SWOT analysis with contributions from each delegation, complemented by perspectives of partners. The participants concluded that, during the current term, greater progress has been achieved and the youth delegates have shown a higher level of expertise on youth related issues, thus being able to offer greater input to the formulation of national positions. It was also underlined that, in terms of public outreach, the program enjoyed greater visibility, to which the events organized by various delegations contributed greatly.
Delegates from Belgium, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal and Switzerland heard inputs from several institutional partners, such as the European Youth Forum (EYF), World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) and UN Youth Unit, as well as a brief presentation on behalf of the Alliance of Civilizations on the organization's Youth Program.
Discussing the way forward, participants agreed that future steps should lead towards institutionalizing the youth delegate project in all participating member states and its further implementation, particularly in African, Asian and Latin American countries which have insufficient levels of youth participation in public sector activities, the release reads.
The 'Youth Delegate to the United Nations' Project was firstly implemented in Romania in 2006. Ever since, following a selection process organized by the Youth Council of Romania in partnership with the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, two young people participate each year in the works of the UN Third Committee and those of the Commission for Social Development, as members of the national delegation.
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