Commonwealth Youth Leadership Summit

xx – xx April 2024
Provisional Programme

Day 0 - arrivals
Day 1
Time Session Speakers/Facilitators
0900 - 1030 Session 1: Opening Session
 Welcome remarks
 Objectives of Summit
 Getting to know each other
 Safeguarding issues

1030 - 1230 Session 2: Understanding the

Commonwealth and British Council
 Introduction about British Council
 Introduction about Commonwealth
Secretariat, Commonwealth Charter,
Ministerial Mandates, Commonwealth
Youth Programme and Commonwealth
Year of Youth
- Presentations
- Discussions

1230 – 1330 Lunch Break

1330 – 1500 Session 3: Youth Participation and

Empowerment
 Why Youth Participation and
engagement
 Youth Empowerment
 What is Youth Mainstreaming
 Mechanism of youth participation
- Presentation
- Discussion/group work

1500 - 1515 Break

1550 - 1700 Session 4: Leadership and Governance
- Presentations
- Group work/exercise
1700 - 1730 Reflections and close

Day 2
Time Session Speakers/Facilitators
0830 – 0900 Reflections on leadership

0900 - 1030 Session 5: Looking forward to CHOGM 2024

 CHOGM 2024 theme
 Key youth development issues and
challenges in asia region
 Process for developing Summit
outcome statement

- Thematic teams
- Discussion/Group work
1030 - 1045 Break

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1045 - 1230 Session 6: Stocktake of Regional Youth
Participation Scenario
 National Youth Council/bodies
 Case Studies/Learnings
 Issues and Challenges

- Presentation
- Discussion (identifying issues,
challenges and common ground,
connecting the dots)

1230 - 1330 Lunch Break

1330 - 1515 Session 7: Mobilising resources and building

partnerships
 Writing concept notes and project
design
 Grant proposals
 Building partnerships

- Presentations
- Discussion/Group work

1515 – 1530 Break

1530 - 1730 Session 8: Site visit (TBC)

1730 Reflection and Close of day 2

Day 3
Time Session Speakers/Facilitators
0830 - 0930 Reflections on leadership

0930 – 1230 Session 9: Regional Collaboration

 Proposal on the establishment of
Commonwealth Asia Regional Youth
Council (CARYC)
 Governance mechanism aims and
objectives of CARYC.
 Strategic action plan for CARYC
 Communication and advocacy plan
- Presentations
- Group work

Lunch Break
1330 - 1500 Session 10: Session 3: Advocacy and
Communications
 Policy advocacy (looking at some case
studies)
 Leveraging media
 Social media for advocacy
 Etiquette and protocol
 Developing Communication
strategies/platforms

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 - Presentations
- Group work

1515 – 1600 Session 12: Group work on Policy

Recommendation
- Presentations
- Discussion/Group work

1600 - 1615 Break

1615 - 1730 Session 13: Group work on Policy
Recommendation
- Presentations
- Discussion finalisation

1730 Reflection and Close

Day 4
Time Session Speakers/Facilitators
0830 - 0900 Reflections on leadership

0900 - 1230 Session 14: Session 9: Regional

Collaboration: Group discussion and
finalisation of:
 Governance mechanism aims and
objectives of CARYC.
 Strategic action plan for CARYC
 Communication and advocacy plan
- Presentations
- Launch of CARYC

1230 – 1330 Lunch

1330 - 1500 Session 16: Inclusion

 Human Rights
 Gender
 Disability

- Presentations
- Discussion/Group work

1500 - 1515 Break

1515 - 1700 Session 33: Conclusion and next Steps

 Identification of collaboration
 Challenges and solutions.
 Agreement on action plan
 Next steps

1700 Reflection & Close

Day 5 - departure

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