Event

SDGs Youth Summit 2023: Youth Empowerment for the SDGs

This event will discuss challenges and opportunities to enhance meaningful youth participation in policymaking.

Time
- Asia/Tokyo
Address
Tokyo, Japan
Details
Open to public

UNU-IAS will organise a session at the SDGs Youth Summit 2023 on the theme “Youth Empowerment for the SDGs — UNU-IAS Stakeholder Dialogue”. It will discuss challenges and opportunities to enhance meaningful youth participation in policymaking. The event will be held with the support of the Global Environment Outreach Center (GEOC).

Participation & Registration

This event will be held at the 1F Annex Space at UNU Headquarters. To participate, please register by 7 September (23:59 JST).

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Language

This event will be held in English.

Programme

14:35–14:40 Opening Remarks

14:40–15:45 Panel Discussion

Moderator: Jyuri Michino (Programme Assistant, UNU-IAS)

Panellists:

  • Akio Takemoto (Head of Programme and Administration, UNU-IAS)
  • Tarek Katramiz (Project Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University)
  • Ryoga Hiroki (RCE Yokohama)
  • Alexandra Marie Naval Sumaway (Student, UNU-IAS) 
  • Keisuke Midori (Section Chief, Ministry’s Secretariat, Office of Environmental Education, Ministry of the Environment of Japan)
  • Yurika Morii (Chief Secretariat of Policy Proposal Department, Japan Youth Platform for Sustainability)
  • Haruko Shimonishi (Student, Faculty of International Liberal Arts, Soka University)

15:45–15:55 Way Forward

15:55–16:00 Closing

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