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2017 WINTER YOUTH ASSEMBLY AT THE UNITED NATIONSRealizing the 2030 Agenda: Youth in Action1
2017 Winter Youth Assembly at the United Nations
Realizing the 2030 Agenda: Youth in Action
2017 WINTER YOUTH ASSEMBLY LEAD ENDORSERSHis Excellency Ms. Gillian Bird and The Permanent Mission of Australia to the United NationsHis Excellency Mr. Ib Petersen and The Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations
HONORARY CHAIR | H.E. Ms. Simona-Mirela Miculescu, Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UN Office in BelgradeDIRECTOR & TREASURER | David Hill, Friendship Ambassadors Foundation, Inc.YOUTH CHAIR | Jolly Amatya, Friendship Ambassadors Foundation, Inc.
SPECIAL THANKS to the following Permanent Missions to the United Nations:Canada, Costa Rica, Finland, Italy, Mexico, United Kingdoms, United States, Zambia
PARTNERS & SUPPORTERSInternational Labour OrganizationUN EnvironmentUNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring ReportSustainable Development Solutions NetworkThe Resolution ProjectBRAC USABuildOnFeelGoodIDEAS for ActionInstagram
STAFF | Yanyu Li, Operations Manager | Victor Izquierdo, Registration Manager | Jeanina Casusi, Communications SpecialistShan Cheema, Program Specialist | Yumna Khan, Youth Development Specialist | Jolly Amatya, Youth Chair, 2017 Winter Youth Assembly Diana Bosch, Logistics Coordinator
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2017 Winter YA Hashtag: #ActionBeginsWithYouth
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1-3 February 2016 UN Headquarters, NYC
Pencils of Promise SDG AcademySDSN YouthTakingITGlobalTerraCycleThe Campus Kitchens ProjectThe Hunger ProjectUN-HABITATUN FoundationUnited Nations Association of the United States of America
OPENING SESSION UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY HALL
10:00 - 10:15 a.m. Call to Order
10:15 - 10:20 a.m. video: UNRocks Music Group’s “Strong UN, Better World”
10:20 - 10:50 a.m.Opening Remarks
H.E. Ms. Simona Miculescu, Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of United Nations Office in Belgrade; Honorary Chair, 2017 Winter Youth Assembly at the United NationsDeena Merlen, Esq., Board Member, Friendship Ambassadors Foundation, Inc.Jolly Amatya, Youth Chair, 2017 Winter Youth Assembly at the United Nations
10:50 - 11:30 a.m.United Nations Welcome
H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, President of the 71st United Nations General AssemblyH.E. Mr. Ib Petersen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United NationsH.E. Ms. Gillian Bird, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nationsvideo: Dr. David Nabarro, Special Adviser on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Climate Change
11:30 - 11:55 a.m.Quality Education Aaron Benavot, Director, Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCO
11:55 - 12:20 p.m.Poverty Vinicius Pinheiro, Special Representative to the United Nations and Director, ILO-New York
12:20 - 12:45 p.m.Responsible Consumption & Production
Jamil Ahmad, Deputy Director, UN Environment
12:45 - 1:00 p.m. Announcements
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Lunch Break
AFTERNOON SESSIONS UN CONFERENCE ROOMS
1:00 - 3:30 p.m. The Resolution Social Venture Challenge Forum • conference room e
All delegates are welcome to drop in throughout the day
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.First Sessions
Option A: Quality Education for People and Planet (UNESCO GEM Report)conference room 3
Moderator: Aaron Benavot, Director, Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCONora Fyles, Head of the Secretariat for the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative or UNGEI Patience Stephens, Director/Special Advisor on Education, UN WomenMark Waltham, Senior Education Adviser, UNICEF Dean Brooks, Director, International Network for Education in Emergencies or INEEAlice Jowett, Policy Manager for Education, One Campaign
Option B: Reaching Higher Heights: The SDGs and Higher Education (SDG Academy)conference room 11
Liz Moyer, Manager, SDG AcademyYemissrach Melka, SDG AcademyAbigail Orzolek, Manager, SDG Academy
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1Wednesday, 1 February 2017
AFTERNOON SESSIONS UN CONFERENCE ROOMS
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.First Sessions (Con’t)
Option C: Sustainable Approaches to Addressing the Global Education Crisisconference room 12
Emily Varni, Senior Impact Coordinator, Pencils of PromiseAdnan Karim, New York Program Director, BuildOn
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.Second Sessions
Option A: Youth Plan of Action Deliberations: Goal 4 - Quality Education (SDSN)conference room 3
Option B: Cities and Climate Change: Youth Action (UN-Habitat)conference room 11
Douglas Ragan, Chief, Youth and Livelihoods, UN-HABITATMiro Polzer, International Association for the Advancement of Innovative Approaches to Global ChallengesJoao Felipe Scarpelini, Youth Advisor, Office of the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia
Option C: Refugee Crisisconference room 12
Moderator: T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Visiting Professor of Law and Huo Global Policy Initiative Research Fellow, Columbia Global Policy InitiativeGregory Maniatis, Co-Director, International Migration, Global Policy Initiative; Senior Advisor to the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for International Migration; Senior European Policy Fellow, Migration Policy Institute (Invited)Firas Kayal, Senior Policy Advisor, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)Sarah Case, Director Policy and Planning, International Rescue CommitteeLamya Agarwala, Student Advocate, International Refugee Assistance Program; Chair, IRAP-NYU Board
MORNING SESSIONS UN CONFERENCE ROOMS & INTERCONTINENTAL NEW YORK BARCLAY
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.Third Sessions
Option A: Supporting the Implementation of SDG 1 through Better Jobs for Young People (ILO)grand ballroom, intercontinental new york barclay
Moderator: Dino Corell, Programme Analyst, ILONiels Caszo, President, AIESEC InternationalAnna Fendley, United Steelworkers (USW); Member, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Youth CommitteeSamantha O’Brien O’Reilly, UN Youth Delegate Ireland Tchegoun Koba, Youth Programme Specialist, United Nations Volunteers (UNV), Senegal
Option B: Youth Leadership to End Hunger: Break the Cycle of Povertyconference room 11, un headquarters
Keynote: Mattia Prayer Galletti, Lead Technical Specialist, IFAD Yvette Cabrera, Food Waste Analyst, Rockefeller Foundation Paula Hunker, Director of Strategy and Policy, Hunger Solutions Institute, Auburn University(Con’t)
1 Wednesday, 1 February 2017
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2 Thursday, 2 February 2017
2Thursday, 2 February 2017
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MORNING SESSIONS UN CONFERENCE ROOMS & INTERCONTINENTAL NEW YORK BARCLAY
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.Third Sessions (Con’t)
Erin East, Board Member, FeelGoodLaura Toscano, Director, Campus Kitchens Project Mary Kate Costello, Policy Analyst & UN Representative, The Hunger Project
Option C: Girl’s Club Toolkit: Microfinance, Livelihoods & Youth (BRAC USA)conference room 12, un headquarters
Linda Patentas, Program & Development Associate, BRAC USA
Option D: #ActionBeginsWithYouth -- Using Your Instagram to Change the World – 1st Sessionconference room e, un headquarters
Bernadette Anat, US Teens Lead, Instagram Community TeamCarolyn Merrell, Public Policy Manager, Instagram
11:30 - 1:00 p.m.Fourth Sessions
Option A: Youth Plan of Action Deliberations: Goal 1 – No Poverty (SDSN) grand ballroom, intercontinental new york barclay
Option B: Young Women’s Economic Empowerment (UN Women)conference room 11, un headquarters
Moderator: Allyson Humphrey, Youth Partnership Analyst, UN WomenEmad Karim, Regional Coordinator, Empower Women, UN WomenShruti Kapoor, Founder, SayftyDiana Rusu, Knowledge Management Analyst, UN WomenMendhi Wu, Designer & Founder, Miss Locker
Option C: #ENDChildPoverty as Part of the SDGs: Empowering Youth to Making a Lasting Difference (UNICEF and Global Coalition to End Child Poverty)conference room 12, un headquarters
Antonio Franco Garcia, Child Poverty Advocacy and Programmes, UNICEFCristina Diez, Director of Advocacy – New York Office, ATD Fourth WorldKatherine Ronberg, Advocacy & Policy Advisor, ChildFundBeatrice Mauger, Associate Director, Equity for ChildrenSofia Garcia Garcia, Representative to the United Nations, SOS Children’s VillagesMasue Suzuki, Program Officer, Arigatou InternationalMarggie Simo, Advocacy & External Engagement, World Vision
Option D: #ActionBeginsWithYouth -- Using Your Instagram to Change the World – 2nd Sessionconference room e, un headquarters
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Lunch Break
AFTERNOON SESSIONS UN CONFERENCE ROOMS & INTERCONTINENTAL NEW YORK BARCLAY
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. The Resolution Social Venture Challenge Finals • conference room e
All delegates are welcome to drop in throughout the day
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AFTERNOON SESSIONS UN CONFERENCE ROOMS & INTERCONTINENTAL NEW YORK BARCLAY
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.Fifth Sessions
Option A: Putting Sustainable Consumption and Production in Practice: Sustainable Lifestyles (UN Environment) • grand ballroom, intercontinental new york barclay
Moderator: Jamil Ahmad, Deputy Director, New York Office, UN EnvironmentH.E. Mr. Per Thöresson, Deputy Permanent Representative of Sweden to the UN (Invited)Halina Brown, Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at Clark UniversityAlden Wicker, Founder of EcoCult Blog, Freelance JournalistSteve Lee, Founder of Foundation for Environmental Stewardship
Option B: The Hive UN: Think Tank For Sustainable Development (IDEAS for US)conference room 11, un headquarters
Chris Castro, Co-founder & President, IDEAS for US; Director of Sustainability, City of OrlandoClayton Ferrara, Executive Director & CEO, IDEAS for US
Option C: Eliminating the Idea of Waste (TerraCycle)conference room 12, un headquarters
Emily Dinan, North American Director of Client Services, TerraCycleAnthony Rossi, VP of Global Business Development, TerraCycleMeg Hilbert, Director of Global Business Development, TerraCycleAmanda Smoluk, Global Business Development Associate, TerraCycle
Option D: How Young Voices Can Inform the World’s Most Important Challengesconference room e, un headquarters
Kevin D. Grant, Co-founder and Managing Editor, The GroundTruth Project
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.Sixth Sessions
Option A: Youth Plan of Action Deliberations: Goal 12 – Responsible Consumption and Production (SDSN) • grand ballroom, intercontinental new york barclay
Option B: The Role of Youth in Policy Makingconference room 11, un headquarters
Saskia Schellekens, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on YouthAashish Khullar, Board Member & Organizing Partner, Children and Youth International, UN Major Group for Children and YouthPernille Borgbo, Youth Advisor, Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United NationsPablo Angulo-Troconis, Youth Program Officer, WFUNANicol Perez, U.S. Youth Observer to the UN, UNA-USA
Option C: Collaboration in the Digital Age (TakingITGlobal)conference room 12, un headquarters
Jessica Matthews, Project Coordinator, TakingITGlobalJasmine Baker, Program Coordinator, TakingITGlobalTania Rashid, Senior Project Administrator, TakingITGlobal
2 Thursday, 2 February 2017
2Thursday, 2 February 2017
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CLOSING SESSION GENERAL ASSEMBLY HALL
6:45 - 7:00 p.m. Call to Order
7:00 - 7:10 p.m.Resolution Social Venture Challenge Awards
Oliver Libby, Chair and Co-Founder, The Resolution ProjectGeorge Tsiatis, President and Co-Founder, The Resolution Project
7:10 - 7:55 p.m.Integrated Nature of the SDGs
Moderator: Ravi Karkara, Senior Advisor Strategic Partnership and Advocacy To the Assistant Secretary-General/Deputy Executive Director, UN WomenFionna Smyth, Senior Advocacy Adviser, Sustainable Development Goals, UN Women Shannon O’Shea, Agenda 2030 Partnerships Manager and Team Leader, UNICEF Mitchell Toomey, Director, UN SDG Action Campaign Sergio Fernández de Córdova, Co-Founder & Chairman, PVBLIC Foundation
7:55 - 8:10 p.m.Outstanding Youth Delegate Awarding & Statements
Syed Shoaib Hasan Rizvi (Canada) Jane Okafor (USA)Agnishwar Jayaprakash (India)
8:10 - 8:20 p.m.Youth Plan of Action
Isabel Perez Dobarro, Sustainable Development Solutions Network
8:20 - 8:30 p.m.Special Keynote Ahmad Alhendawi, United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth
8:30 - 9:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
H.E. Ms. Simona Miculescu, Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of United Nations Office in Belgrade, Honorary Chair, 2017 Winter Youth Assembly at the United NationsGenevieve Gimbert, Board Member, Friendship Ambassadors Foundation, Inc.Jolly Amatya, Youth Chair, 2017 Winter Youth Assembly at the United Nations
PERMANENT MISSION VISIT/BRIEFINGS VARIOUS LOCATIONS4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Important Note: Applicable only to Youth Assembly Delegates who have signed up for Permanent Mission
Visits
• Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations• Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations• Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations• Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations• Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations• Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations• U.K. Mission to the United Nations• U.S. Mission to the United Nations• Permanent Mission of Zambia to the United Nations
3Friday, 3 February 2017