The World Bank Group is hosting its
second annual Youth Summit on October 7, 2014, in partnership with the
Office of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth. This
year’s event will focus on increased youth engagement in issues relating
to government transparency, accountability, and collaborative
governance.
Increased government openness is crucial
to earning back the trust of young people. Perceptions of corruption,
inefficiencies, and bad management have resulted in a lack of trust in
governments. With increasing inequality, unemployment, and lack of
sustainable solutions, this perception is especially true amongst youth
who feel their voices are often overlooked, disregarded or shut out of
government decision-making processes. As those who have the most to lose
by inheriting corrupt systems and non-open governments, young people
have the incentive to create and seize the necessary tools to become
actively engaged in government decision-making, which could result in
greater transparency, accountability and better opportunities in their
future. Around the world youth are standing up against corruption,
demanding open governments, honest decision-making and active
engagement.
With this in mind, the Youth Summit 2014
aims to convene young civil society and NGO leaders, students,
government officials, technical experts and practitioners to focus on
how we, the youth, can help governments become more open and responsive.
The sub-themes of the Summit will focus specifically on transparency,
accountability and collaboration, measures understood to end corruption
and promote open and responsive governments.
To achieve this goal, the one-day Summit
will be composed of high-level plenary discussions and targeted
workshops. The Summit is envisioned to be engaging and innovative in
leveraging the experience and expertise of participants, speakers, and
workshop facilitators in an interactive setting. For this reason, this
year’s Summit will crowd source workshop session proposals whereby
organizations from around the world working on governance,
anti-corruption, and other related fields are welcome to submit a
proposal.
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