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FUTURE FOREIGN POLICY’s contributors have been preparing policy recommendations for the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Youth Programme, of which a number were selected for presentation at the Commonwealth Youth Leaders Forum and 8th Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting in Papa New Guinea at the end of April 2013.

The Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting is held every four years and is a key meeting to deliberate on the Commonwealth youth development agenda. It brings together Commonwealth ministers, senior government officials, youth representatives and youth development stakeholders from across the Commonwealth to discuss and agree upon ideas to enhance youth engagement and participation. The Commonwealth has established unique mechanisms whereby young people are represented at all levels of decision-making, including a seat and voice at the Ministerial table at the meeting.

The Commonwealth Youth Leaders Forum will be a meeting point for Commonwealth Youth Leaders and Representatives to contribute to the discussion on the role and contribution of young people at the centre of sustainable development in the Commonwealth.

The papers produced were centered around topics such as; “Post 2015 Development Agenda”, “Youth Employment and Enterprise”, “Youth Voice and Youth Led Activity” and “Value-based Leadership.”

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