Day one
Leadership lab and framing
Opening plenary, focus-area allocation and a leadership lab where each group sets the question it will answer by Thursday.
Geneva
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WFIS Global Summit: Youth 2030
Four days of working sessions on youth leadership, climate action and public policy, alongside the Geneva institutions.
Geneva is where much of the 2030 Agenda is negotiated, and where young people are most often talked about rather than heard. For four days, 280 delegates aged 18 to 30 work alongside the institutions that set the agenda — and leave with outputs those institutions have committed to answer.
Programme
Day two
Policy field sessions
Closed-door sessions hosted by UN agencies, permanent missions and Geneva-based NGOs — delegates question the people who write policy.
Day three
Build day
Groups draft their output — a policy brief, a climate action plan or a youth leadership programme — with chairs and reviewers on hand.
Day four
Youth 2030 Assembly
Public presentations to policymakers and funders, written responses committed on the night, and the closing dinner where continuation grants are announced.
Focus areas
Youth Leadership 2030
Leadership skills, youth agency and the 2030 Agenda.
Climate Action
Adaptation, climate finance and a just transition.
Policy & Governance
Evidence-based policy, advocacy and public institutions.
Sustainable Innovation
Technology and enterprise for the SDGs.
Session chairs
Prof. Idris Haddad
Chair, Institute for Public Policy & Governance
Mariana Quiroga
Head of Adaptation Finance, Andean Development Bank
Dr. Ayesha Rahman
Director, Global Youth Leadership Initiative
Jonas Ekström
Former State Secretary for Sustainable Development
Dr. Hana Sato
Lead Researcher, Youth & SDG Futures Lab