On Monday, March 4th, the Open-Ended Committee of Permanent Representatives (OECPR) started its discussions and negotiations in preparation for the 4th UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-4)
HERE'S TO ALL STRONG WOMEN: Happy International Women's Day
LIVESTREAM: First International Symposium on Youth Participation in Peace Processes
The Youth Cafe is excited to be attending the ongoing 1st ever International Symposium on Youth Participation in Peace Processes in Helsinki, Finland!
Young people under the age of 30 accounts for over half of the world’s population. It is estimated that 600 million youth live in fragile and conflict-affected states. These figures underscore the need to understand the importance of engaging them in conflict prevention & mediation processes – a domain where they are often marginalized. Despite their numbers and their progressive and effective interventions for sustaining peace processes, young people’s efforts and contributions remain undervalued.
WORLD YOUTH REPORT: Youth and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development | The Youth Cafe
The World Youth Report on “Youth and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, prepared by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), examines the mutually supportive roles of the new agenda and current youth development efforts. The report provides insight into the role of young people in sustainable development in the context of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and related frameworks, in particular, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development and the World Programme of Action for Youth.
The Report considers the role the 2030 Agenda can play in enhancing youth development efforts and examines how evidence-based youth policies can help accelerate youth-related objectives. It explores the critical role young people have in the implementation of sustainable development efforts at all levels.
TRAINING TOOLKIT | Peacebuilding, Conflict Transformation and Creating Peaceful Narratives | The Youth Cafe
Hello! Welcome to the United Network of Young Peacebuilders’ (UNOY Peacebuilders) Youth4Peace Training Toolkit that will bring you through the concepts and practice of delivering educational activities on confict transformation & peacebuilding and the creation of peaceful narratives.
This toolkit has been developed for beginners and intermediate youth trainers and educators in the feld of peacebuilding and we hope that this is going to be a useful tool for you to start or further implement educational programmes on peace and transforming conficts and narratives targeting youth through non-formal education. By making this toolkit accessible online, we hope to support the shift in narratives by equipping young people with basic understanding of core concepts, matched with relevant and practical non-formal education methods to promote the creation of an enabling environment for peace.
CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP: Addressing inequality in the context of Agenda 2030
The Sustainable Development Goals include goals on decent work, peace and inequality while also vowing to end violence against women and girls, human trafficking and dangerous climate change. A stand-alone goal on inequality (SDG10) is a clear demonstration that fighting inequality shall be at the centre of national and global development agendas. By referencing within and among nations, SDG 10 highlights how much inequality is a challenge for every country and not just the developing ones.
NEW REPORT: Millenials & The Digital Marketplace
HOW MIGHT WE KEEP MILLENIALS PRODUCTIVE IN THE WORKPLACE?
Enhancing employee productivity should be a top priority for employers. As the workplace continues to evolve, a number of global trends are being adopted and currently taking centre stage in some African markets too. Millennials now occupy a larger portion of the workplace, and in today’s age it is essential for employers to create an employee-centric culture that fosters productivity amongst this expanding demographic.
Validation of Kenya Youth Development Policy
The Youth Cafe was part of the Government’s roll out the Kenya Youth Development Policy (KYDP) (2018) at the Intercontinental Hotel,Nairobi on February, 13.The Policy aims to demonstrate the country’s commitment in spearheading multi- dimensional approaches and initiatives to address the challenges currently facing our youth, while optimizing the several strengths and opportunities that the youth present.
Addressing European Eunion on Africa-Europe Economic Relations.
In January, Willice Onyango, the Executive Director of The Youth Cafe was invited to speak to a European Union audience of over 2,000 pro-EU delagates attending the inaugral #PiuEuropa Congress in the historic city of Milano. He spoke on viable options for strengthening EU-Africa economic cooperation that could specifically create opportunities for young people in order to avert the pitfalls of the recent waves of African youth migration to Europe.
