related to Opportunities for Youth Employment, largely focused on
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, AND LAND USE
sustainable energy and agriculture. Ethiopia, in collaboration with UNICEF The UK Youth Climate Coalition
and UNEP, involved school children in
(UKYCC) through the Green
planting tens of thousands of trees as
Jobs Campaign has been raising
part of a national effort.
awareness of what green jobs are through outreach activities in schools and online communications. Young perspectives provide valuable input in helping shape
FAO works on ensuring that youth
the green economy, and the UKYCC has been facilitating
are fully included in programs,
these voices by delivering workshops to empower young
the agriculture value chain, rural
people to campaign for green jobs in their local communities
development and policy decisions, and
and nationally.
support for proactive youth initiatives related to agriculture and climate change (see youth and agriculture and this compilation of
THE YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PLAN
THE YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PLAN
SNV implements several projects
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The World Bank has developed
youth initiatives in agriculture). FAO is developing a Youth
a Framework to Guide Youth
Action Plan in 2020 to ensure a coordinated response on
Employment Interventions.
issues related to youth and children that have been identified by regional and country offices. They are collaborating with partners under the UN Decade on Ecosystem Degradation (2021-2030) to use citizen science for rural landscapes and adaptation, involving young people in research and monitoring and evaluation through an app.
