Kazakhstan to partake in Global Forum on Youth Policies
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Kazakhstan was invited to participate in the first Global Forum on Youth Policies, which will be held this fall in Baku (Azerbaijan), this has been reported today by UNICEF international expert on youth policy Christina Bacalso.
"The first Global Forum of youth policy is one of our key events of the current year", explained C.Bacalso speaking at a conference on youth policy in Astana. According to her, the main purpose of the forum is to revisit the global blueprint for national youth policies provided by the World Programme of Action for Youth, to develop a common understanding of the needs for and rationales of systemic and cross-sectoral approaches to youth policy, to build a common understanding of guiding principles for integrated youth policy development. The event will bring together 700 youth policy experts from governments and parliaments, youth networks and movements, research and development communities. The Global Forum on Youth Policies will be convened by the United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth together with UNDP, UNESCO and the Council of Europe. The 2014 Global Forum on Youth Policies will be hosted by the Ministry of Youth and Sports in the Republic of Azerbaijan in the framework of Azerbaijan's Chairmanship of the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers. The team of youthpolicy.org will support the Global Forum.