Side Event

Partnership for Accelerating Meaningful Youth Participation for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

CALI, COLOMBIA: A side event of the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP16) will highlight the crucial role of youth in implementing the Biodiversity Plan.

Time
- America/Bogota
Address
Centro de Eventos Valle Del Pacífico (CEVP), Plaza One, Mavecure — Business and Industry Organizations meeting room

This side event at the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP 16) will explore ways to accelerate meaningful youth participation in international decision-making processes. It will discuss various youth empowerment and capacity development programmes and partnerships, including Global Youth MIDORI platform (GYM)

Participation

The side event is open to attendees of CBD COP 16 with access to the Blue Zone. It will be held in Mavecure — Business and Industry Organizations meeting room, Plaza One. 

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Programme 

(All times in COT)

10:10 – 10:15 Opening Remarks by AEON Environmental Foundation

10:15 – 10:20 Introduction 

10:20 – 10:55 Panel Session 1 — Accelerating Meaningful Youth Participation: Barriers, Strategies and Necessary Capacity Building

Moderator: Sandra Lorena Gómez Ramírez (Consultant, UNU-IAS)

Panelists: 

  • Shiho Ito (Global Youth MIDORI platform (GYM), UNU Youth Delegation)

  • Taira Ishiguro (Global Youth MIDORI platform (GYM), UNU Youth Delegation)

  • Youth from the African region, Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN)

  • Youth from the the Latin American region (GYBN)

10:55 – 11:20 Panel Session 2 — Partnerships for Scaling Up Meaningful Youth Participation

Moderator: Akio Takemoto (Head of Programme and Administration, UNU-IAS)

Panelists:

  • The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) representative

  • Government of Colombia representative 

  • Christian Schwarzer (GYBN)

11:20 – 11:30 Q&A

Organizers 

This event will be co-organized by UNU-IAS, the AEON Environmental Foundation and the Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN).