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THE 6TH COMMONWEALTH YOUTH FORUM, ENTEBBE - UGANDA

Theme "Breaking Barriers; Unleashing Young People's Potential for Development"

The Uganda Government is proud to host the 6th Commonwealth Youth Forum at the Botanical Beach Hotel, Entebbe from 14th to 21st November 2007. Every Common Wealth Country is invited to send a delegation of 2 people made up two young people aged 18 to 25 (one female and one male).

This is an opportunity for young adults to come together and share information, exchange ideas, identify strategies and develop plans of action for young people, from the commonwealth of nations, to make their contributions to the advancement of the ideas of the commonwealth.

About the Youth Forum
Commonwealth Youth Forum brings together young people from the Commonwealth nations to discuss issues of contemporary importance. The inaugural Commonwealth Youth Forum was hosted by the government of the United Kingdom at Edinburgh in 1997.

At this forum a strong foundation was made to ensure that the Commonwealth Youth Forum becomes an institutionalized part of Commonwealth Heads of Government.

The 2nd Commonwealth Youth Forum took place in Durban, South Africa in November 1999, Commonwealth Youth Forum at the Gold Coast, Australia in October, 2001, Commonwealth Youth Forum 4 in Abuja, Nigeria in 2003 and Commonwealth Youth Forum 5 in Malta in November, 2005.

These Foras developed aims and objectives drawn from mission statement that focused on ‘enabling young people to identify their agenda for the Commonwealth of the 21st Century’ and invited two delegates from each country to attend. The CYF provides an independent platform for representatives of the Commonwealth member countries to consider young person’s agenda at the same time as CHOGM. Each CYF addresses young people’s concerns and builds on the work of previous youth foras. Each Forum works to formulate a Statement of recommendations and Action Plans which are shared with Heads of Government and disseminated Commonwealth-wide.

Mission
‘Enhancing young people’s contribution to development and democracy’

Objectives
• To provide a platform for young people to contribute to Commonwealth and CHOGM agenda.
• To demonstrate the role and contribution young people make in promoting development and democracy.
• To develop young people’s understanding of the Commonwealth and Commonwealth values.
• To demonstrate the critical importance of partnership between young people, government and civil society as a strategy for suitable development.
• To provide the host country with an opportunity to showcase young people’s participation in the promotion of the Commonwealth at the time of CHOGM.
• To promote networking and interchange between young people and their organizations.

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