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Global Development and Youth:No Half Steppin’ (Putting 100% into Youth-Led Initiatives)

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Join Us in Support of theSeventieth Anniversary of the United Nations

5-7 August 2015 UN Headquarters, NYC

Host and Lead EndorserHis Excellency Ambassador Federico Alberto González & The Permanent Mission of Paraguay to the United Nations

Convened in Collaboration withUN Office of Partnerships

Other Permanent Missions to the United Nations Contributing to YA@UN

Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany,

New Zealand, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland,

The Philippines, United Kingdom, United States of America

Partners and SupportersUNESCO, Office of the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth,

UN Habitat, WFUNA, World We Want, Microsoft YouthSpark, OpenJC, WAY,

Fairleigh Dickinson University, Education Association for China Tomorrow,

Multinational Georgia for Strengthening Democratic Values, NISSI Global

Education, Washington Scholars Fellowship Program, International Youth

Council, The National Society of High School Scholars

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UN Headquarters, NYCSummer 2015

As I prepare to welcome you, I am reminded of how much work has gone into the preparation of this very special Youth Assembly at the United Nations. All summer long, a dedicated team led by Jolly Amatya on the program side, Jeanina Casusi, as our communications manager, and Yanyu Li and Victor Izquierdo on the logistics and admin side, has donated service to your community. Their work, and that of our talented, exceptional team of interns and volunteers, will better enable you to discover, learn, network, and utilize what you learn here in your communities – and for everyone’s communities – within the UN’s Post 2015 development agenda. For that, I am grateful and awed by their service in the name of every delegate here.

The program itself will demonstrate ways in which youth leaders can incorporate new strategies for global development alongside the Sustainable Development Goals. Through the Youth Assembly’s collective assortment of global cultures, we will witness cultural exchange enliven and educate our discussions.

As Executive Director of Friendship Ambassadors Foundation for twenty two years, I have witnessed the fact that cultural exchange can definitively raise the consciousness of people and move them to cooperative action on behalf of their weakest brethren. Through our substantial relationship with Microsoft’s YouthSpark program, we have witnessed the further, positive effects of technology, when applied to the world’s most serious development challenges.

I urge you to use these days well, pay attention, remain open, and attentive. Have a good time with this new and mind-expanding information; meet new colleagues - and join the International Youth Council, your alumni organization. And most of all, leave here with the promise to do good things, better, and together. Remember, YA delegates: you are among the very best world-shapers. You can make the world a better place, one community at a time. Go for it!

Welcome from the Co-Chair of the Youth Assembly, Jolly Amatya:

Welcome, everyone, to the 2015 Summer Youth Assembly. It is such a pleasure, and such an inspiration, to see this hall full of so many young leaders and game changers who believe in the UN and its mission of peace. Here’s a secret: I started out as one of you myself, two years ago – a delegate at the UN Youth Assembly. No matter what your passion, I hope that you’ll be empowered, over the next three days, whether by the United Nations, our distinguished speakers, or your wonderful peers all around you, to channel it to make a difference in your own unique way.

Our Staff

Our AdvisorsTami Kesselman, Program Advisor Margo LaZaro, Program Consultant Lucie Brigham, Panel Producer, UNOP Madeleine Ramos, Coordinator, IYC Relations Hadia Sheerazi, Media Consultant

Welcome from the Youth Assembly Project Director,Patrick Sciarratta:

Yin-Chu Jou Artistic Director

Yanyu Li Finance and Logistics

Victor Izquierdo Registration Manager

Jeanina Casusi Communications Manager

Ihor Dlaboha Events Manager

Arta Ademi Logistics Supervisor

Raina Kadavil Programming/Mission Outreach

Arissa Lahr Social Media

Maureen Pavlik Logistics

Diana Bosch Logistics

Alexandra Devaris Logistics

Alisa Choubay Registration

Eric Ramazani Registration

Yollaine Kaja Logistics/Social Media

Chiara Campanaro 2015 NGO Conference at the UN

Daniel MacLaury Photography/Videography

Registration | Doors open to UN Conference Room

Security Announcements

Call to Order Jolly Amatya, Co-Chair of the 2015 Summer Youth Assembly @JollyAmatya

Opening Welcome Address Patrick Sciarratta, YA@UN Project Director (Session Host) @YouthAssembly

Opening Musical Offering: Sophia Angelica, Singer and Actress @SAngelica12

Official United Nations Welcome

Moderated by: Ramu Damodaran, Chief, Academic Impact Secretariat, United Nations Department of Public Information @ImpactUN

H.E. Ambassador Federico A. González, Permanent Representative of Paraguay to the United Nations (Conference Host) H.E. Ambassador Henry Mac-Donald, Permanent Representative of Suriname to the United Nations H.E. Ambassador Ib Petersen, Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nations Amina J. Mohammed, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning

Official UN Youth Welcome (Video) Ahmad Alhendawi, The United Nations’ Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth

@AhmadAlhendawi

Youth Involvement with the United Nations

Moderated by: Frances Simpson-Allen, Coordinator, UN Post-2015 Strategy Hub @FrancesJSSA @worldwewant2015

Ana Saldarriaga, Global CEO & President, AIESEC International @AnaSaldarriaga @AIESEC

Kehkashan Basu, Former Global Coordinator for UNEP MGCY; Youth Ambassador, World Future Council @KehkashanBasu Marwan Bishtawi, Associate Coordinator, Pax Romana UN Advocacy Team

Multi-stakeholder Partnerships: Key Accelerator in Achieving the SDGs

Moderated by: Lucie Brigham, Chief of Office, United Nations Office of Partnerships @BrighamLucie

Anoush Rima Tatevossian, Strategic Communications & Partnerships Officer, UN Global Pulse @artate @UNGlobalPulse Ashley Baxstrom, Office of the UN Secretary-General, Special Rep for Food Security

@AshBaxNYC @ZeroHunger Emily Ross, Deputy Director of UN Relations & Special Initiatives, (Invited) United Nations Foundation @EmilyMRoss @UNFoundation

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OPENING SESSION , General Assembly Hall, United Nations Headquarters

Introductions: The International Youth Council and The Resolution Project

Kanchan Amatya, Chairperson, IYC Nepal; Resolution Fellow @KanchanAmatya Oliver Libby, Chair & Co-Founder, The Resolution Project @ResolutionProj

Schedules and Announcements: The Resolution Project’s Social Venture Challenge • Summer 2015

Announcements/ Lunch Logistics Tami Kesselman, Chief Solutions Officer, SolveForGood; Advisor, YA@UN @SolveForGood

Introduction: “Imba Means Sing”

Lunch Break

Arts and Global Development , Conference Room D Dr. Philip Matthias, Deputy Head of School (Research), School of Creative Arts, University of Newcastle (Australia)

Youth and Global Policy (with the IYC) , Conference Room E Ediola Pashollari, Secretary General, World Assembly of Youth @Ediola_18

Movie Screening: “Imba Means Sing” @ImbaMeansSing From Uganda, a story about children, resilience and the impact of education

Q & A with the Film Director and Producer

Moderated by Attila Yaman, Yale Student; UN Youth Rep for AIESEC International @AttilaYaman @AIESEC

Erin Bernhardt, Humanitarian Journalist; Producer, Imba Means Sing @ErinBernhardt4 Danielle Bernstein, Owner, Clear Films Productions; Director, Imba Means Sing

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Musical Performance Susana Stepanyan, Roosevelt High School Student

Call to Order and Announcements Jolly Amatya, Co-Chair of the 2015 Summer Youth Assembly @JollyAmatya

Youth and Financial Responsibility Kimberly DeRose, Youth Coordinator, Children & Youth Finance International @CYFIyouth Julia Myers, Aditya Karkera, Nick Rubin, Htet Aung, Maria Myers, (Entrepreneurs from The YouthCorp) @TheYouthCorp

Youth & Civic Tech: Open JC and Code for JC (A Code for America Brigade)

Moderated by: Emmanuel A. Simon, Founding Partner, Open JC @WeAreOpenJC

Akisia Grigsby, Founding Partner, Open JC @WeAreOpenJC Sharad Hegde, Code for JC Special Guests

Closing Keynote and Performance Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez, Youth Environmental Activist & Director of Earth Guardians

@Xiuhtezcatl

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POST-LUNCH WORKSHOPS

AFTERNOON SESSIONS , Conference Room 4

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Call to Order and Announcements

Opening Session Keynote Michelle Leon, Youth Ambassador of the Ecuadorian Civic Committee of New York

Networking Break (Walk to Workshop Sessions)

Live Session with International Youth Summit Serbia , Conference Room 4

Workshop: International Youth Council @IYCUpdates , Conference Room A

Lunch Break

Social Entrepreneur Track , Conference Room 4

1:00 pm Workshop: YouthCorp – Launching Your Impact @TheYouthCorp Led by Julia Myers & Maria Myers, Founders, YouthCorp & PrettyPurposeful @JuliaMy97 @MariaMyers_ and other global co-founders of TheYouthCorp.org

2:00 pm Workshop: The BEST Ways to Scale Your Impact Led by Tami Kesselman, Chief Solutions Officer @SolveForGood

Climate Track , Conference Room E

2:00 pm Workshop: Hive UN - Think Tank for Climate and Sustainability Led by Chris Castro, Energy Advisor and Co-Founder/President, IDEAS For Us @IDEAStweetsUS @castroideas

Personal Empowerment Track , Conference Room D

1:00 pm Workshop: Using Technology to Save Youth Led by Dr. Zeeshan Usmani, Founder & Chief Data Scientist, Predictify Me @zeeshanusmani @PredictifyMe

2:00 pm Workshop: Money Management 101 Led by Kimberly DeRose, Youth Coordinator, Children and Youth Finance International @CYFIyouth

Global Development Track , Conference Room A

1:00 pm Workshop: The Resolution Project Led by The Resolution Project Team @ResolutionProj

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Day 2 • Thursday, 6 August 2015OPENING SESSION , Conference Room 4

MISSION VISITS (Happening parallel to Workshops)

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2:00 pm Workshop: The Status of Women and Girls Led by Lilian Ajayi, Executive Director, Global Connections for Women Foundation @LilianAjayi

4-5:30 pm Resolution SVC Forum: Finalists Presenting to Delegates Led by The Resolution Project team @ResolutionProj

Movie Screening: “Pad Yatra” @PadYatraFilm Narrated by Daryl Hannah, with over a dozen international awards

Q & A with the Film’s Director

Moderated by: Tami Kesselman @SolveForGood

Wendy Lee, Writer/Director @wendytronic

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THURSDAY SCHEDULE AT A GLANCEConference Rm 4 Conference Rm A Conference Rm E Conference Rm D

9:30 AM Call to Order and Announcements

9:40 AM Opening Session Keynote

10:15 AM Networking Break

10:30 AM Live Session with International Youth Summit Serbia

International Youth Council

12:00-12:50 PM Lunch Break

1:00 PM The Youth Corp: Launching Your Impact

The Resolution Project Workshop

Using Technology to Save Youth

2:00 PM Best Practices for Scaling Your Impact

The Status of Women and Girls

Hive UN - Think Tank for Climate and Sustainability

Money Management 101

3:00 PM Movie Screening: “Pad Yatra”

4:00 PM Resolution SVC Forum

- Social Entrepreneur Track - Sustainability Track

- Global Development Track - Personal Empowerment Track

CHECK THESE OUT ON THURSDAY:+ Clouds Over Sidra (Virtual Reality) , Conference Room 4 A #WhyTheYA Photobooth & Social Media Station , Conference Room A

OPENING SESSION , Conference Room 4

MISSION VISITS (Happening parallel to Workshops)

CONCURRENT WORKSHOP SESSIONS

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PLENARY MOVIE , Conference Room 4

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Short Video from the UN Department of Public Information

Musical Performance: The Tarumi Violinists, “Musical Ambassadors of Peace”


Moving From Tragedy to Activism

Moderated by Hadia Sheerazi, Youth Expert, Commonwealth Youth Climate Change Network @hadiasheerazi

Annie Sophie Ranjbar, Associate Director, Accountability Lab @AccountLab Jenish Amatya, Co-Founder, Rebuilding Nepal-Relief Fund ‘15; Resolution Fellow @jenishamatya Jean Paul Laurent, Founder & CEO at Unspoken Smiles Foundation, Inc. @iamjpnyc

Opening Session Keynote Ravi Karkara, Strategic Partnership Adviser, Office of the Assistant Secretary-General; Deputy Executive at UN Women @RaviKarkara

Getting from Here to Gender Equality

Moderated by: Ravi Karkara @RaviKarkara

Lilian Ajayi, Founder & Exec Director, Global Connections for Women @LilianAjayi Lauren Brown, Representative for UN Women @UN_Women

Short Video

Cross Sector Partnerships: Together We Can Change the World

Moderated by: Amir Dossal, Founder and Chairman, Global Partnerships Forum @AmirDossal

Oliver Libby, Chair & Co-Founder, The Resolution Project @ResolutionProj Mariel Davis, Communications & Partnerships, Education for Employment Foundation

@EFE_Global Lance Gould, Executive Special Project Editor, The Huffington Post @LanceGould

Announcements Raina Kadavil, UN Mission Outreach Coordinator, YA@UN Co-Founder & President of Global Ambassadors Interact @Raina_Kadavil

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Resolution Social Venture Challenge Finals

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Day 3 • Friday, 7 August 2015OPENING SESSION , Conference Room 4

FOR FINALISTS ONLY , Conference Rm

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Movie Screening: “The Trials of Spring” @TrialsofSpring , Conference Room 4 A young woman’s pursuit of justice reflects post-revolution Egypt at an uncertain crossroads

Followed by Q & A with Filmmakers Moderated by: Hadia Sheerazi @hadiasheerazi

Social Venture for Social Development: Winner’s Presentation , Conference Room D Youth in the Business World with Kimberly DeRose @CYFIYouth , Conference Room E

Education Association for China Tomorrow Workshop @EACTus , Conference Room D International Youth Council Workshop @IYCUpdates , Conference Room E


Microsoft YouthSpark & Computer Science Unplugged Hosted by Matt Stempeck, Director, Microsoft Technology & Civic Engagement @mstem

An Address from the World Assembly of Youth (WAY) Ediola Pashollari, Secretary General, World Assembly of Youth @@Ediola_81

The Resolution Social Venture Challenge Awards

Closing Keynote Address Andrew Rabens, Special Adviser, Global Youth Issues, U.S. Department of State

Closing Remarks Patrick Sciarratta, Project Director and Co-Chair, 2015 Summer Youth Assembly

2015 Summer YA@UN concludes

CHECK OUT CONFERENCE ROOM A EACH DAY:* Decompression Room S Taking IT Global’s Adobe Art Exhibit e IYC Registration Table

CHECK OUT THE OCULUS AT CONFERENCE ROOM 4: “My World Virtual Reality Series” Alice Chen, Communications & Partnership Team, UN Millennium Campaign Kristin Gutekunst, Project Manager and Associate Producer, UN Millennium Campaign

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OPENING SESSION , Conference Room 4

FOR FINALISTS ONLY , Conference Rm

AFTERNOON SCREENING & WORKSHOPS

CLOSING PLENARY SESSION , General Assembly Hall, United Nations Headquarters

Special Acknowledgements: Nagy Nasr | Permanent Mission of Paraguay to the United Nations | Permanent Mission of São Tomé and Príncipe to the United Nations | UN Special Events and Conference Services | Lt. Malinda McCormack | Hawa Diallo | Pace University | CulinArts | New York University Kimmel Center | Columbia University | Hornblower Cruises and Events | United Nations Guided Tours

Special Initiatives:

FAF BOARD OF DIRECTORSKarim Babay, Board Chairperson Jacqueline Shapiro David Hill

Deena Merlen, Esq. Edward Christian, Esq. Richard Crystal, Esq. Genevieve Gimbert Jason Scorza Audie Serrano

FAF LEADERSHIPPatrick Sciarratta, Executive DirectorYin-Chu Jou, Artistic Director

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Global Development and Youth€¦ · Global Development and Youth: ... Global CEO & President, AIESEC International @AnaSaldarriaga ... Youth Ambassador of the Ecuadorian Civic Committee