Dear colleagues and friends,
On 5th of October 2022 at 13:10 – 14:40 the UNECE ESD Youth Platform and UNECE ESD Steering Committee will organize the side-event -Launch of Publication: “Engaging young people to implement ESD in the UNECE Region, Good practices on the engagement of youth in education for sustainable development” during the 9th “Environment for Europe” Conference in Nicosia, Cyprus.
The side event will provide the opportunity to officially launch the very first Publication on ESD and Youth of the UNECE, hosting an interactive discussion session with the panelists/ contributors to the publication and other participants of the conference.
CAREC example “Central Asian Leadership Program on Environment for Sustainable Development (CALP) as a flagship ESD initiative empowering youth to promote sustainable development (SD) in Central Asia” was prepared and included into this publication.
CALP is a regional capacity-building initiative, undertaken since 2010, designed to equip young leaders of the Central Asian (CA) region with cutting-edge knowledge and innovative leadership methodologies in responding to global, regional and national environmental challenges. CALP is organized annually and involves young leaders of 25-40 years of age from governmental, academic, private and NGO sectors. CALP improves the capacity of ‘new generation’ managers to promote the role of youth in strengthening regional cooperation. CALP alumni tackle global and regional environmental challenges such as climate change, water management, gender equity and the green economy as well as post-COVID-2019 development with their high qualifications and skills for sustainable development. The side-event will be organized in ENGLISH – FRENCH – RUSSIAN.
Manager of CAREC ESD Programme Tatyana Shakirova will take part in the panel discussion during this side-event.
More information is here: https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/preliminary-agenda-3/