PARTICIPATED IN THE URBAN ECONOMY FORUM (UEF) CAMPAIGN FOR INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY (IYD) 2021
International Youth Day (IYD) is a special occasion that was endorsed by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in 1999 celebrating the views and initiatives of young people globally.
This year’s International Youth Day focused on promulgating the theme “Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health".
The Urban Economy Forum (UEF) (https://www.ueforum.org/), an initiative of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UNDP), was one of the organisers of the campaign for International Youth Day 2021. I assist UEF through my consultancy practice, Thoth Impact Advisory (TIA). My colleagues at UEF invited me to participate in this year’s campaign. I participated by releasing a statement exploring and elucidating further on this year’s aforementioned theme.
It was an honour to have been one of 8 young professionals & entrepreneurs and policymakers, including UN Secretary General António Guterres, to have been involved in this year’s UEF campaign for International Youth Day 2021.
My statement for International Youth Day 2021 is appended below:
