2022 Youth Representative Program
Angelica Ojinnaka as the Australian Youth Representative to the United Nation will leading consultations with young people aged 12 to 25 across Australia to engage with and discover the issues that are most important to them. Following this journey across every State and Territory, Angelica will present to key UN stakeholders and government.
What is the Australian Youth Representative Program?
The Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations is tasked with representing the views of young Australians both domestically and abroad. To represent these views, the Australian Youth Representative leads annual face-to-face consultation of young people in the country.
Theses consultations will occur throughout 2022, seeing the Australian Youth Representative travel to every State and Territory, engaging with young people in urban, regional and rural areas.
Over the course of this consultation, the Youth Representative will hear a wide variety of youth opinions on issues at the local, national and international level. Alongside the consultation, the Australian Youth Representative will meet with prominent members of the Australian community including MPs, NGO heads, business leaders, young leaders and key players in the youth and education sectors
Participate in a consultation!
Angelica Ojinnaka as the Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations listens to the youth of Australia through consultations during the Listening Tour. These consultations can be held anywhere, typically from youth and council conferences, school visits, UN Youth Australia events, Juvenile Justice centres and an expansive range more.
Angelica and the Program team is currently developing the consultation framework for 2022. Look out for more information as we add it!
Reporting to the UN
In September/October, the Australian Youth Representative travels to New York to represent Australia’s young people at the United Nations as a member of the Australian Permanent Mission to the UN. While in New York, the Australian Youth Representative will represent the views of both the Australian Mission and Australia’s young people to the international community.
Culminating in a speech to the 3rd Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the Australian Youth Representative’s stay in New York will involve negotiating with Youth Representatives from other countries, and helping to inform the debate around topical issues from the youth perspective.
2019 Report
“I also saw an innate and powerful hope in young people…I saw them empowering each other. I saw young people looking at the world around them, determined to build a better one.”, Kareem El-Ansary reports.
2018 Report
“It is crucial that we consider young people as participating members of society…If young people had a greater say in decision-making and setting our policy agenda, our world would be kinder, safer, and healthier.”, Amos Washington reports.
2017 Report
“I know that young people have creative solutions to offer—which is helpful because our world is facing unprecedented challenges that will require young people to help solve.”, Paige Burton reports.
Report Back Tour
Following the report to the United Nations, Angelica will produce the 2021/2022 Australian Youth Representative Report, in collaboration with the 2021/2022 Australian Youth Representative to the UN. This report will detail all the findings of the 2021 Listening Tour and 2022 consultations, and will be available to all.
Angelica will then begin her Report Back Tour, where she will travel around Australia interacting with the Australian public, government officials, policymakers, Members of Parliament, and other organisations and deliver the report and her findings.
The youth of Australia will have an opportunity to join Angelica at parliament at a federal and state level, and other events.
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