STRONG Universal Network (SUNx) Issues First Annual Climate Friendly Travel Report | The Youth Cafe

STRONG Universal Network (SUNx) Issues First Annual Climate Friendly Travel Report | The Youth Cafe

"Calls for increased climate crisis response from the travel & tourism Sector"

New York/Brussels/Beijing - September 24, 2019: A landmark report issued today by SUNx, in conjunction with the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) on the sidelines of the UN Secretary General’s Climate Action Summit and the parallel WTTC Travel & Tourism Summit, calls for intensified greenhouse gas emission reduction from the tourism industry.
The SUNx Climate Friendly Travel Report, analyses the evolving Paris Climate Framework with its hardening 2050 greenhouse gas reduction goals and lower than 1.5 degree temperature increase trajectory. It concludes that:

The ECOSOC President Just Published the Summary of the HLPF | Voluntary National Reports (VNR) | The Youth Cafe

The ECOSOC President Just Published the Summary of the HLPF | Voluntary National Reports (VNR) | The Youth Cafe

The ECOSOC President's Summary from the July HLPF can be found here. This blog focuses on the section on Voluntary National Reports (VNRs).
Before listing the summary let me make a few comments. It seems to me that:

  1. How many countries actually have a sustainable development strategy that has been developed with stakeholders AFTER the agreement on te 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Climate Agreement?

Africa Youth Month 2019 | The Youth Cafe

Africa Youth Month  2019 | The Youth Cafe

We are joining the African Union Commission in celebrating Africa Youth Month in November 2019, under the theme “1 Million by 2021: Count Me In!” The African Youth Charter adopted in 2006 proclaims the 1st of November as Africa Youth Day, and in 2019, given the myriad of interventions and actions on youth spurred by the 1 Million by 2021, The Youth Cafe is joining the Commission in celebrating youth in the entire month of November.

Global Participatory Budgeting Hub | The Youth Cafe

Global Participatory Budgeting Hub | The Youth Cafe

The Global PB Hub Review Committee offered The Youth Cafe Executive Director a board seat on the Global PB Support Board. The PB Support Board will guide the Hub's work to improve PB practice and impacts. It is responsible for advising on the needs of PB implementers and advocates, deciding on priorities for new PB resources and tools, and supporting the Hub in developing and disseminating resources and tools. They received nearly 80 outstanding applications from 34 countries, and this is a recognition of our exceptional work on PB.

Good Governance Fact Cards | The Youth Cafe

Good Governance Fact Cards | The Youth Cafe

The Youth Cafe led  a project to create a governance fact cards to enable young leaders and other actors to gain deeper understanding and skills as well as access tailored tools and reference materials to aid their work in the promotion of peace building and good governance at the local level. This is in response to limitations in the availability of reference materials, inadequate knowledge and limited opportunities for effective networking and collaboration hampers the capacity of CSOs and activists to fulfil their mandate in promoting peace and democracy at the local level, including failure to conduct effective grassroots civic education.


Handbook Launch | Good Governance and Democracy Toolkit | The Youth Cafe

Handbook Launch | Good Governance and Democracy Toolkit | The Youth Cafe

The Youth Cafe led  a project to create a governance fact cards to enable young leaders and other actors to gain deeper understanding and skills as well as access tailored tools and reference materials to aid their work in the promotion of peace building and good governance at the local level. This is in response to limitations in the availability of reference materials, inadequate knowledge and limited opportunities for effective networking and collaboration hampers the capacity of CSOs and activists to fulfil their mandate in promoting peace and democracy at the local level, including failure to conduct effective grassroots civic education.


First AWLN Inter- Generational Retreat on Leadership in Africa | Uniting Women Leaders Across Generations | The Youth Cafe

First AWLN Inter- Generational Retreat on Leadership in Africa | Uniting Women Leaders Across Generations | The Youth Cafe

The African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) and the AWLN Young Women Leaders Caucus with the Office of the African Union Youth Envoy (OYE) held the first African Women Leaders Network Inter-Generational Retreat on Leadership in Africa with the theme: Women Leadership in Africa: “Building the Africa We Want Together”.  This retreat was in partial fulfillment of AWLN’s pledge to the African Union Commission’s 1 Million by 2021 Initiative, which committed to building capacities of young leaders on civic leadership from community to continental level.   

The Road To ICPD 25 | The Youth Cafe

The Road To ICPD 25 | The Youth Cafe

Twenty five years have now passed since the historic International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) , which took place here in our beloved African Continent in Cairo, Egypt in 1994. A remarkable feature of this summit was , the Programme of Action adopted on 13 September 1994 , which emphasises the integral linkages between population and development and focuses on meeting the needs of individuals, especially young people with commitments to sexual reproductive health and rights for all young people, especially women and girls.

How Will This Action Plan Affect African Youth? | The Youth Cafe

How Will This Action Plan Affect African Youth? | The Youth Cafe

After collecting over 1000 feedback submissions from Africa Youth online and offline during consultations with youth groups, youth experts and African Union Commission departments, we are happy to launch the AU Youth Envoy Action Plan 2019/20. This Action Plan outlines activities on how to bring African youth closer to the African Union and influence its work and organs.