ANNEX. YOUTH-LED CONSULTATION PROCESS TO DEVELOP THE YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PLAN Because of the importance of youth-related processes to not
As leads of the YEP process, the YTF was tasked with ensuring
just be “about youth” but “with youth”, the NDC Partnership’s
the YEP was developed in consultation and close collaboration
Steering Committee agreed at its meeting in Spring 2020
with youth from around the world, making additional efforts
to establish a Youth Task Force (YTF) to ensure a youth-led
to include African voices. In providing their recommendations,
process in developing the Youth Engagement Plan (YEP).
they were asked to consider the Support Unit’s capacity
Representation in the YTF was voluntary and determined
limitations and the parameters and scope within which the
by the interest expressed by each SC member. The YTF was composed of youth representatives from interested Steering Committee member countries and institutions, as well as an additional institutional and associate member with strong programmatic activities around youth and climate action. Its final composition included representatives from Jamaica, the Marshall Islands, Pakistan, Costa Rica, the United Kingdom, THE YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PLAN
Sweden, the Netherlands, UNDP, UNICEF, and the Red Cross
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Red Crescent Climate Centre (RCCC). Participants embodied a range of backgrounds and expertise, including in-country implementation, international law, and communications.
NDC Partnership operates.
GLOBAL YOUTH CONSULTATIONS Between June and August 2020, the YTF led a consultation process with youth from around the world. In order to be as inclusive as possible in a limited window of time, the consultation included a survey (in three languages), four
The YTF was co-chaired by the Costa Rican and Dutch youth
workshops (in three languages and four time zones), and a
representatives and assisted by the Support Unit. Some
Twitter campaign (#YESforYEP). The survey and invitations
organizations and countries included observer representatives
to the workshops were shared with a curated list of youth
to support youth representatives with additional insights and
networks and relevant stakeholders, posted on the NDC
perspectives on youth engagement from their respective
Partnership website and in the newsletter, and promoted on
institutions, adding up to a total of 15 representatives and
social media in English, Spanish, and French. All feedback
observers.
provided through these different consultation tools was
