Mongolian youths at WCY-2014

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Mongolian youth delegates have headed to Sri Lanka to take part in the World Conference on Youth-2014 /WCY/ on May 6-10. Participants consisted of Kh.Batsaikhan, the president of the Union of Mongolian students, B.Bayarbaatar, a coordinator at the UN Young Advisory Panel, L.Jargaldavaa, an advisor member, B.Badamsuren, a specialist of foreign relations department at the Ministry of Population Development and Social Welfare and Mr Dustin Barter, a staffer at the UN Population Fund /UNFPA/. The WCY2014 , under themed “Mainstreaming Youth in the Post 2015 Development Agenda”, will be organized by an International Youth Task Force (IYTF) in collaboration with the National Task Force appointed by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development of Sri Lanka. The event's objectives will include to create an inclusive youth participation platform that enables young people to review the progress on the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, to share ideas, experiences and innovative approaches for effectively contributing to the post-2015 development agenda and its implementation, to facilitate a process that increases awareness on and implementation of the World Programme for Action on Youth (WPAY), to facilitate effective partnerships with youth, youth-led organisations and youth movements to further strengthen inclusive youth participation in the decision-making processes and implementation of the post-2015 development agenda and to contribute to the establishment of a permanent youth engagement mechanism that ensures consistent follow- up with young people and further boosts their participation and partnership in the implementation of the post-2015 development agenda at national, regional and global levels.